Thursday 29 July 2010 06:05:30
Connexion become accredited for the industry leading Disaster Recovery and High Availablity solutions from Doubletake
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Friday 26 February 2010 11:12:12
Connexion customer I.T.P. will buy back your empty print cartridges, meaning you can get some money back from your printers.
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Friday 26 February 2010 10:50:10
Microsoft have won a court order to shut down a network of computers that sent out 1.5 billion spam messages.
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Monday 22 February 2010 12:34:54
Following a legal agreement with the European Competition Commission, Microsoft committed to letting Windows PC users across Europe install the web browser of their choice, rather than having Microsoft IE as a default.
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Friday 19 February 2010 03:10:58
There are three main options to choose from when it comes to licensing Microsoft Office 2007 for your company. We discuss them here.
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Monday 1 February 2010 03:33:26
Amid high speculation, Apple have finally announced the release of their tablet computer - the iPad
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Thursday 5 November 2009 01:25:15
The new Windows 7 task bar is difficult to use but we have a slight tweak that will make life much easier.
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Tuesday 27 October 2009 04:47:02
Read the BBC guide to upgrading your operating system
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Tuesday 13 October 2009 12:01:13
Tuesday October 13th will see Microsoft release it's biggest ever security update.
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Friday 9 October 2009 04:26:21
Previously we showed you how to prevent spammers from getting hold of your email address but what about those that already do?
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Friday 2 October 2009 10:13:05
The BBC has confirmed reports that business could need a TV licence if they have access to live online broadcasts.
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Tuesday 29 September 2009 04:52:44
Orange and Vodafone announce that they will offer the Apple iPhone to customers as the exclusive deal with O2 comes to an end.
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Tuesday 15 September 2009 01:06:55
SPAM email is a real nuisance, not only do you pay to download it (through your internet connection), it clogs up your computer, makes it difficult to find emails, wastes your time from having to clear it up and contains potentially malicious attachments. The more you can do to prevent your email address from being spammed the better.
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Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:46:44
With A simple piece of Kit, you could experience faster broadband
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Friday 7 August 2009 10:54:15
Microsoft has announced an October release date for it's new operating system, Windows 7, to the public. However it has been around for many months now for 'beta testing' and we have been trailing it for a while now to see if it is really cracked up to all it is hyped to be.
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Tuesday 28 July 2009 09:51:29
Despite the advantages to cloud computing, there are still quite a few shortcomings that you must consider before making the switch.
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Tuesday 21 July 2009 10:10:35
The main benefits to the user are clear to see for all. Cloud computing offers great convenience, not only can users access their information from any computer but at the click of a button they can have an new program when needed.
However, for a business there are many positives that can be taken from Cloud computing but not all are particularly clear.
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Tuesday 14 July 2009 05:22:39
If you haven't heard of cloud computing by now then you soon will as it is a very interesting development within the IT industry. It is likely to change the way that we use our computers and software in the future and appears to be on it's way to the main stream very soon.
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Tuesday 7 July 2009 11:49:56
Businesses require a TV licence for their office if employees have access to BBC iPlayer and watch live programmes or face a £1000 fine.
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Thursday 2 July 2009 11:16:01
We consider the cost to you, the client, for placing an IT support call with your support company or IT support team.
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Thursday 26 March 2009 10:35:24
Sometimes it’s easy to lose site of the fact that the value proposition of IT boils down to either time saving or increased productivity. Even though most of the marketing aimed at small and medium sized businesses makes very exciting promises about the time saving and improvements in productivity that their products or services will deliver, the truth is that most of us already have far more technology at our disposal than we know what to do with or that we take full advantage of.
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Friday 1 August 2008 12:22:49
I am not sure if it's because we are now well into the annual "Silly Season" or whether its the economic slowdown, but lately the volume of e-mails that I get from recruitment agents informing me about their candidates has escalated to newer and ever more irritating heights. I must get around 10 a day! For me the only good thing about these e-mails is the amusement I get from reading them. It is amazing how creative they are in finding new ways to say the same thing. The only consistent thing is that every candidate they have is "Extremely...
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Monday 30 June 2008 12:27:17
ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has given the go ahead to relax the rules on "top-level" domains. In short this means that at the moment we have .com, .co.uk, .org and other domains but in the future domains will be able to end in .anythingyoulike. For example it will now be possible to have domains ending in .hotel or .connexion. The bad news is that you can't just go out and buy one of these top level domains. You will need to show a "business plan and technical capacity" plus it will cost a few million...
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Wednesday 25 June 2008 12:29:54
A recent survey published in .NET magazine claims that 83% of SME businesses don't improve their websites by acting on information which is readily available to them in the form of their website user statistics. This figure shocked me. I can only assume this is due to SME businesses either not realising how valuable this information is, or perceiving that interpreting it requires in depth technical skills. I guess there is also the possibility that they don't consider their websites to be important enough to warrant the time an effort, but it's hard to believe that the majority of small...
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Tuesday 24 June 2008 12:30:39
Our intended audience for our blog are "Business Owners Managers" in Small and Medium sized companies. We recently received a study from Microsoft on "Owners Managers" where they compared the stereotype "Owner Manager" to the character Maximus in the movie "Gladiator" sighting issues such as "IT" "Cash Flow" and "HR" as metaphors for their daily battles. The point they were making was that owner managers don't have time to concern themselves with the nitty gritty of their Technology, ...
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Tuesday 20 May 2008 12:33:19
How much time as a company do you think you spend browsing your network file system searching for documents that contain valuable information? How often do you start looking for a document that contains information that will help you to complete a task or complete it better only to give up in frustration? Unless your companies file structure is remarkably well organised and your staff remarkably well trained and well versed in where everything should be kept the answer to these questions will be "a great deal of costly time" Now just think how much would it boost your companys...
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Friday 7 March 2008 12:37:09
Apple announced yesterday that the highly acclaimed iPhone will shortly include Activesync software enabling it to synchronize with Microsoft Exchange. Most people will be aware of the iPhone, but for the benefit of anyone that has somehow managed to miss it, the iPhone is arguably the best 'fun' phone on the market combining the features of an IPOD and mobile Phone into a incredibly slick little device with a touch screen interface that blows away any of the competition. One of the iPhones most remarkable features is its Web Browser which makes the experience of browsing the Web more akin...
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Wednesday 5 March 2008 12:37:47
According to the BBC security firms are reporting an unprecedented high for malicious programs found in 2007. Estimates suggest that there has been a staggering FIVE fold increase in malicious programs in circulation in 2007 compared with 2006 (5.5 million reported up from 972,000). As usual, our advice would be to remain vigilant and now the need to do so is even more important. Please see our guide on the tell tale signs of a virus email. We would also recommend taking the following precautions...
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Thursday 31 January 2008 12:41:48
If I said you may be able to improve your productivity whilst working at your computer by up to 20-30% simply by purchasing a new piece of hardware for only a hundred pounds, you'd probably either think I was talking rubbish, or you'd expect me to start ranting about an innovating new product. Well its true and its actually very simple. Surveys have consistently shown that adding an extra monitor will give your productivity a considerable boost, 20-30% according to a survey by Jon Peddie Research...
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Tuesday 22 January 2008 12:43:28
Last week Apple announced the release of what they are calling the World's thinnest laptop. Measuring just 4mm at it's thinnest point, the laptop is not only ultra portable but also boasts excellent battery life without compromising power. Details of the laptop can be found at http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookair/ This computer is the start of a revolution for the laptop market because it sees the first solid state hard drive to come into public awareness (Although technically Samsung and Lenovo have been shipping them out in their computers for a while)....
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