Many companies are now taking advantage of the power of Office 365’s Sharepoint to help streamline their Occupational Health and Safety processes. The importance of Occupational Health and Safety has grown significantly in recent years, as has the complexity of OH&S processes. To address the new level of difficulty managing and adapting to these changes,[…]
There are three options to choose in relation to the management of your organisation IT systems and Infrastructure: hire IT staff, utilise a managed services provider, or use a combination of both. Utilising a Managed Services Provider enables your business to utilise a team of IT experts with a broad range of technical knowledge.[…]
The vast majority of employees utilise a desktop for the vast majority of business tasks. It is therefore necessary to utilise the services of a desktop support technician to maximise desktop speed, reduce downtime, and reduce the risk of data theft. Desktop support is available in three different delivery models: Remote: Managed through remote computers[…]
Businesses are faced with three options in relation to the management of their IT systems and Infrastructure: hire IT staff, utilise a managed services provider, or use a combination of both. A Managed Services Provider enables your business to utilise a team of IT experts with a broad range of technical knowledge. This broad knowledge[…]
Cloud computing is a computing model which enables businesses outsource to the management of data and applications to a service provider. The service provider hosts servers in a purpose built datacentre. The client can access computing resources as required, on demand, over a network connection. The result is an increase in scalability and a reduced[…]
Tape vs. Online Backup Recent advancements in network speeds within Australia, have seen a large increase in the number of organisations moving from tape to online backup. Improved broadband capabilities have reduced the previously lengthy backup window associated with online backup. Where historically backup windows for tape based backup were shorter than online, the[…]
In the age of cloud computing, outsourcing IT is becoming more commonplace as it becomes unnecessary to be on-site in order to provide many IT services. Very often, businesses will outsource separate needs to separate companies, working on a ‘best of breed’ basis. However, there are real advantages to restricting outsourcing to one IT[…]
Small business owners invest a great amount of money, time and effort to turn their ventures into success stories, but often fail to come up with a disaster recovery plan. And unfortunately disasters come in many shapes and forms; from natural disasters to man-made ones. As more and more companies become dependent on computers and[…]
Customer: I can’t get on the Internet. Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password? Customer: Yes, I’m sure. I saw my colleague do it. Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was? Customer: Five stars. Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use? Customer: Netscape. Tech support: That’s not an anti-virus program. Customer: Oh, sorry…Internet[…]