What happens if your team can’t access important business files? The impact of data loss is disruptive at best and devastating at worst. While many businesses associate data loss with cyber attacks, a lot of the time it’s a little closer to home—user error. So, how...
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How to Spot a Dodgy Website
As anyone with a mobile phone in Australia knows, scams are on the rise. Whether it’s “mum” asking you send through a couple hundred bucks on loan for groceries, or “Linkt” asking you to top up your toll account, sometimes fraudulent and scammy characters can be hard...
Why You Should Use Microsoft Office Cloud Signatures
As businesses return from their holiday breaks, email signatures are slowly being edited to remove end-of-year sales, holiday period information, and festive additions. Many of these businesses are unaware that this rollout can be made easier by utilising the cloud...
Chrome Coming to End of Life for Windows 7 & 8
Late last year, Google announced that Chrome will no longer be supported on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. Their newest version of Chrome (Chrome 110) is set to be released on February 7th. This newest version will be the first to require you running Windows 10 or...
Why You Should Keep Outlook’s New External Email Warning Tag
We’ve recently had several clients come to us asking to remove the external email warning tag on their business’ Microsoft Outlook. Our guidance, however, is that tag should be kept as its benefits far outweigh the cons. Let’s run through why. What is the external...
BitLocker Encryption Explained
Data security and disaster protection is a major concern for any modern business, given that the average cost of a data breach being roughly AU $3.35 million per breach. Keeping your business data, information and intellectual property secure requires a range of...
Configure MFA for m365
If you need help setting up Multifactor Authentication (MFA) for your Office 365 Account – This guide will walk you through the process. Please note: Multifactor will need to be enabled on your account before proceeding. Let us know before continuing so we can set...
Cord Wars: Docking Stations vs USB-C Monitors
A survey by the ABS in February of 2021 showed that two in five people (41%) worked from home at least once a week, compared with 24% before March 2020. This trend isn’t necessarily a bad thing; a 2019 study by Deloitte into Australia’s mobile technology habits found...
Whitebox computers – are they worth it?
One of our clients recently brought in a computer that they had purchased for gaming. What he initially thought was a great deal on a computer custom-built for his hobby, turned out to be the start of an ongoing saga of repeated visits and calls to...