There is much talk on the internet about VoIP (Voice over IP) and how it can save you money. Using a hosted VoIP phone servicehowever has many more benefits to your business. The Basics Rather than use traditional telephone lines, VoIP uses an internet connection to make and receive phone calls. The number of concurrent users or calls you can have depends on the speed and quality of your internet connection. You can still make and receive phone calls to and from traditional phone numbers using this service. Calls between VoIP users on your service are generally free. Lower Setup [...]

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as a trend is here to stay. More and more employees are using tablets and smartphones at home and want to bring them into the office to use. If you have a wireless network that employees use and they have access to the security key you may find that some of their personal devices are already connected to your network without your knowledge. Allowing employee owned devices can be beneficial - allowing greater flexibility and in the right environment greater creativity and productivity. However, there are security and productivity pitfalls that need to be considered. [...]

It's likely that you are reading this because Google have blocked your IP address as they have identified your IP address as a source of spam emails. So, basically, you can't send email to any Google accounts. First things first. Why did Google blacklist you? Google don't do this lightly. You have either been sending large amounts of email to Google accounts over a short period (in which case stop it!) or more likely you have some MalWare on one of your PCs that is doing this without your knowledge. So before we look at how to request you are [...]

With the rise of brute force attacks (automated attempts to crack passwords) on the rise. There has never been a better time to review the passwords you use. It's not an easy task to choose a password. Your password should be fairly long and shouldn't be one that can be guessed. However, you do need to be able to remember it! Here are a few pointers on how to choose a good password: First and foremost - choose a password that would be hard to crack. Never share your password Don't use the same password for all of your accounts [...]

Nothing quite gets to you like a slow computer. When you bought your PC it was nice and quick but over time it's just got slower and slower.... sound familiar? Well it may be that your PC is a few years old and time for a replacement but there may be life in the old dog yet! We manage all of the PCs on our customers network with our IT support services, to ensure that they are running at the optimum level. But if you want to speed up your own PC it can be quite simple and it's worth trying [...]