If you run a small business, the chances are that you have a website and that you are familiar with the importance of Search Engine Optimisation or SEO. It is the process by which you can boost the position of your site on Google search lists, and as such is crucial for gaining exposure and…
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Hardly a week has gone by in 2016 so far without a story of a company, website or organisation being hacked or having data stolen hitting the news. This week the main headline has regarded apps from Chinese internet giants Baidu leaking the personal data of millions’ of users. Any company with an online presence…
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Unless you’re considerably behind the curve, the chances are that your company has already looked into how you might use social media in your day to day operations. What’s more, you may well have decided that it is a potentially profitable avenue to explore, and if that is the case, then you will have joined…
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Recent statistics from the British government have revealed that there were impressively more than 600,000 new start-ups registered with Companies House during the course of 2015. That represents a slight increase on the already notable 581,000 new firms launched in 2014 and a similar story in other developed economies around the world suggests that there…
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Cloud computing is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in business and in the wider world in general, with most people utilising the technology in one way or another – whether they directly realise it or not. Due to the inherent flexibility, expertise and cost-efficiency which cloud computing can offer to small and medium sized enterprises too, these…
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Lincolnshire County Council have this week had to close down their computer systems entirely for a total of four days after a ransomware attack demanding payment of £1 million. Ransomware, as we discussed in this very blog just over a month ago, is a particularly nasty type of malware which encrypts data on a computer…
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