There are changes coming regarding the Essential Eight cyber security strategies in Australia. Any business with an IT infrastructure needs to at least be aware of these changes. Essential Eight – what is it? The Essential Eight are baseline mitigation strategies recommended for Microsoft Windows-based networks. They were developed by The Australian Cyber Security Centre…
When you purchase any piece of technology or equipment for your business, there will always be an “end of life” moment. This is the time when it slows down, doesn’t perform as well, and presents issues and frustrations to your business. Waiting till the time when the technology is no longer useful to the business…
In today’s business landscape, technology is what keeps many companies running. Whether it be EFTPOS terminals, Point of Sale (POS) units or more complicated items such as cloud computing software, these keep your business going. Many companies enjoy more efficient work processes because of new developments in IT. If you want to keep your work…
The turn of the century brought with it a new way forward in the technology space: the cloud. Although network computing can be traced back to the 1960s, many believe that the first time the phrase “cloud computing” was used was in 2006 when the then CEO of Google said at a conference “data services and…
A long time ago, sharing files with others involved sending large emails or using an external hard drive or a USB stick. In the business world, files were uploaded to an internal server and could only be accessed within the business network. Cloud computing has revolutionised the way in which we share files and collaborate. We can…
Azure Managed Services is a term that gets thrown around the technology space quite a bit. But what does it mean, and how can businesses take advantage of this offering to make their business run more efficiently and effectively in this new digital world? What are managed services? Managed services is the outsourcing of technology…
Costs are an important part of business, but it’s even more important to know the tricks to reducing them in the most practical ways. Microsoft Azure can be used to reduce the cost of your cloud computing. Azure is a managed service that includes more than 200 services and supports all major operating systems, programming languages,…
This seems to be the NEW question plaguing people in the digital age, with most of society divided into two distinct camps when it comes to the answer: The Back-Ups: Those who understand the value of the action and accept their level of individual responsibility to maintain data security and access not matter where it…
Many companies have realised that using public clouds can help with hyper scalability, faster deployment, and flexible operating costs. Cloud migration has transformed the software development process by assisting organisations in gaining access to modern applications and technologies without a significant upfront cost. But not as many companies are jumping on the ‘cloud’ bandwagon as…
2020 proved the importance of adaptability, especially with regards to how businesses are run. Setting up remote workspaces, providing better online services, and migrating the majority of applications and workflows to the cloud were seen to be some benefits of cloud flexibility. The trend towards data centre virtualisation is predicted to intensify as businesses demand…