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How to Transport Your Business Data Securely

By Vernon Yerkess
Published May 11, 2012
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As a business you will know that keeping your data and that of your customers secure is vital.

Like me you probably react in amazement when you read in the news of yet another data breach as laptops, flash drives and external drives containing unencrypted files are left on trains, buses and park benches.

Carrying personal information or confidential information around on devices such as an unencrypted memory stick is clearly unwise business behaviour. But situations sometimes arise when you need to transport files from one location to another in a secure manner. So what are the options?

Cookie Crunch Time – What the new Cookie Directive means for your business

By Vernon Yerkess
Published May 01, 2012
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On May 26, what many businesses will see as something of a Cookie Monster will come into being.

In short, new rules are going to affect every business with a website.

For many, the new rules will seem like just another piece of unwanted bureaucratic legislation from the EU designed to make business harder than ever.

Even so, non-compliance isn’t going to be an option because the consequences could be very costly indeed, with fines of up to £500,000.

Mobile Technology and Your Business

By Vernon Yerkess
Published Apr 12, 2012
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Mobile technology or, to be more precise, mobile communications technology, can revolutionise the way businesses operate. Many businesses have already discovered the benefits.

From the early pager, then the simple mobile phone to the PDA, we have moved into an era of smartphones, netbooks, notebooks and tablets. We might not know what the next market-moulding device is going to be, but we can be pretty sure it will be mobile.

What these devices all have in common is that they can be linked to a network that allows the user to access data whenever and wherever it’s needed.

Sharing Your Business Data with NAS

By Gary Sargent
Published Mar 23, 2012
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If you’re a small business, you’ve probably wondered what is the most cost-effective way of sharing business files with the people you work with.

And, really, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

You can opt for storage in the Cloud, which is a great way to give everyone access to the same documents and data.

Or, if you have someone who has the necessary IT skills and you need the computing power, you can invest in a server.

But there’s another relatively cheap and effective choice that can be very attractive to a small business – and that’s using NAS storage.

Backing up Your Business Data – What You Need To Think About

By Gary Sargent
Published Mar 21, 2012
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We get lots of questions from small businesses about one of those critical IT housekeeping tasks – Backing up your data.

Back up these days is quite a lot more complex than it’s been in the past – basically because we all have a lot more data and it’s spread around servers, desktop PCs, as well as bring your own devices, like phones and tablets.

But the reasons for backing up haven’t changed.

Virtual Desktops – Your Questions Answered

By Gary Sargent
Published Mar 06, 2012
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Our look at how to tell whether a Virtual Desktop is right for your business sparked several questions.

So, we thought it was worth offering some answers.

First, though, just to recap, as these days a lot of terms, like Cloud, slim devices, private cloud, virtual desktop and a few others often seem to get used interchangeably.

When we talk about a virtual desktop environment we mean that the user’s device accesses a server and it is the server that holds all that user’s own personal data, applications, settings, documents, everything.

What to do BEFORE your notebook is stolen – How to protect your business data

By Gary Sargent
Published Feb 29, 2012
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Imagine the worst-case scenario. Your notebook is missing. Your business data is at risk.

This is obviously something that can happen to anyone and, for many, it can have serious consequences.

So, how you can protect the data on your business notebook if it’s lost or stolen?

The fact is that there are quite a few things you can do – but they’re all precautions you must take before the worst happens.

Blaggers And Your Business – Why Helpful Staff Are Your Biggest Danger!

By Vernon Yerkess
Published Feb 17, 2012
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We’ve all received those lame emails asking to check our bank details or urging us to enter some personal information or other because we’ve won a $645 million prize in some South American lottery.

I bet you, like me, have often wondered how anyone can be so gullible that these emails work. But of course some people are fooled, that’s why the emails keep coming.

The real danger often comes, though, not from some geeky hack, but from the fact that your staff are probably too unsuspecting and too helpful.

Welcome to the scary world of Social Engineering.

Your Business and the dangers of ‘Bring Your Own Devices’

By Gary Sargent
Published Jan 25, 2012
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By Gary Sargent, Vendor Relationship and IT Product Manager

Mobile security has become a seriously BIG concern within business IT, and for good reason.

It’s a relatively new issue, but it’s now really starting to dawn on a lot of companies that what is a terrific opportunity can also represent a threat.

What’s brought this about is the advent of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) concept.

And this really taken off with the increasingly widespread use of highly portable smartphones and tablets. BYOD is quite simply causing a blurring of the lines between being at work or at home.

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