The cloud already helps businesses in a million different ways, but what do you need it for? Having access to so much data is a great thing, but you also need to work out where to keep it. While your new digital knowledge will take up less space than the physical documents you’re probably more…
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Your IT systems are critical to the operation of your business and it’s therefore equally important that you budget to properly maintain and improve these systems. Following is a summary of what should be considered essential expenditure for your IT as part of your annual budget: IT SUPPORT: Your IT department, or otherwise your IT…
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Archiving is a term that most business owners will have heard, but so many still aren’t giving it the necessary attention. Here’s why you should invest… While technologies like fax and even SMS are falling into obscurity as new alternatives become available, email has stood the test of time. The fact that it’s one of…
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VoIP can be an incredibly valuable tool for your business, but only if you approach it in the right way VoIP – or Voice over Internet Protocol – technology has existed for some time, but with the cloud and unified communications (UC) now more prominent than ever, it’s becoming cheaper, more accessible and even more…
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The purpose of an Internet and E-mail Policy is to ensure there is consistency in the application of the internet and e-mail within an organisation. These systems have been long established as crucial communications facilities, providing the ability to contact professional and academic sources worldwide. Therefore, a policy is required that provides for the optimum…
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Spend as much as you want on IT security measures and policy creation, but it’ll mean nothing if the team isn’t on board. Protecting your data in today’s cyber crime-ridden business landscape is no mean feat, but there are steps you can take to strengthen your defences. All too often companies invest heavily in their…
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