2016 has been described as the year of the hack, as companies continue to defend themselves against hackers and identity thieves these masters of malware have been able to infiltrate the of systems of the Fortune 500 and even Government Departments. As the year draws to a close we’re recapping...
Akamai Technologies has revealed that DDoS attacks greater than 100 Gbps (Gigabits per second) have increased by 138% on a Global scale over the past year. For those of you who are unaware of what a DDoS attack is, it is the process in which a website is flooded with...
Microsoft offer several different licencing plans for their products and services. We’re going to focus on Office Enterprise E3, a licence similar to Enterprise E1- both of which come with Exchange online, SharePoint, instant message with Skype and Outlook on both desktop and web browser. Enterprise E3 however, has the following...
PowerPivot is a Microsoft Excel add-in which can be used to incorporate Business Intelligence (BI) into an excel environment. Data is imported into PowerPivot as tables and these tables are shown as separate sheets in the PowerPivot window, similar to worksheets in an Excel workbook. PowerPivot provides significantly different functionality from...
Last week we walked you through setting up Office 365 mail on iOS- now we’re going to do the same for those of you who use Android products. Unfortunately for you, this process may be slightly longer if you cannot set it up the easy way. On the bright side by the end...
Setting up Office 365 Mail on your iPhone or iPad should be straightforward, but it is worth doing it properly. Your email is not just where messages arrive. It is where meeting invites, client updates, shared files, password resets, approval requests and day-to-day business decisions often begin. If your Microsoft...
Malvertising is an abbreviated term for ‘Malicious Advertising’, through this hacker’s use online advertising to spread malware. Cryptolocker Malvertising is extremely effective and is on the rise and large popular sites such as msn.com, nytimes.com, bbc.com and aol.com, are being used to deliver these ad served malware to countless machines. The...
Office 365 Planner is a planning application produced by Microsoft. This visual approach to organising allows you to create plans, assign tasks, share files and receive updates. Although Office 365 Planner is only available to those on the first release program, those using Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business...
Google Chrome is the most used internet browser worldwide- it is fast, reliable and secure, not to mention it comes with tons of features and add ons. This doesn’t mean that no one can conquer against Chrome. In fact Microsoft Edge has been launched to go head to head with...
SharePoint can do far more than store files. When it is set up properly, it can help your team find documents faster, reduce email clutter, manage projects more clearly and keep better control over your company data. The problem is that many businesses only use the basics. You create a...
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