It’s the four words we all dread: “we are being audited”. Queue the sweaty palms, dry throat and a damp brow. You rack your brain trying to remember the last time you performed a DR test and pray (a) it was successful; (b) you documented it, and (c) you have …
You’ve probably heard a lot about the increasing push for automation in the IT industry and when you think about it makes a lot of sense. Why waste your time performing repetitive tasks when you can setup a service or system that can do it for you, freeing you up …
Last wee sitting in the doctor’s office, (phoneless), I made the flippant decision to peruse the ‘Where’s Wally’ abandoned on the seat next to me. A book I hadn’t spared a thought for in years brought me a level of frustration and irritation, usually reserved for my doctors’ inability to …
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A wave of pride has swept through the Starboard IT after our recent ISO27001 certification, and for very good reason. This is recognition of the quality of workmanship that our staff and management deliver day to day and clearly set us apart from providers that are not certified. For those …
You may have heard recently that Microsoft have finally set a date for the retirement of Skype for Business Online. That date is July 31, 2021, after which the service will no longer be accessible. Sounds like a long way away but you’d best start preparing now as moving off …
The world is awash with information. We live in the information age. The personal journey is different for everyone, while some are overwhelmed and disengage never to return again. No Facebook, no online newsfeeds, no google, and definitely no Siri. Others embrace information and technology, and businesses are no different. …
Implementing a multi-cloud strategy has its benefits: speed to market, flexibility, scalability, risk mitigation and greater operational efficiencies come to mind. However, managing more than one cloud technology isn’t always easy. The biggest roadblocks I’ve experienced impacting businesses today in their journey to multi-cloud nirvana are: Resource constraints – According to …
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Every business needs to stay competitive and innovation is the usual path taken to achieve this outcome. There are countless examples where innovation through technology has revolutionised or disrupted particular industries, unfortunately, not all projects are successful. The BBC has captured the struggles of implementing innovative projects in their popular …
Microsoft has millions of subscribers to Office 365 services, but what is it about this platform that attracts so many businesses? Our five top reasons are: Collaboration – Having an effective method of document collaboration has always been a bit of a sticking point for businesses. In the past, there have …
It wasn’t all that long ago that we were beefing up our on-premises server rooms with air conditioning units and uninterruptible power supplies to improve business continuity. Invariably, internet connections would go down, redundant circuits failed to take over, or when IT was still relegated to the basement, the server …
