While most email users are well aware that you should avoid opening up .EXE attachments, most will not think twice about opening up an emailed document with a .DOC, .DOCX or .RTF file name. There are a lot of situations in daily working life where you may need to open …

UK businesses are placing themselves at risk of cyber attacks as a result of ‘rampant’ use of cloud storage services, according to new research from WinMagic. The survey, conducted by CensusWide, of 1,000 office workers in organisations of 50 or more employees revealed widespread, and often unilateral employee use of …

We chat to Abiguo’s chief operating officer Ian Finlay to find out if the hybrid cloud is right for every businesses, and how it can help CIOs gain more control over their data, despite what many may believe. Can you explain what ‘hybrid cloud’ is and the different benefits it …

A number of UK firms within the IT and technology sector have been named as ‘National Champions’ in the European Business Award, which is sponsored by RSM. Those selected include biotech company Abcam, IT consultancy firm BJSS, Cloud provider Exponential-e, communications provider Gamma, and datacentre provider TelecityGroup. Europe’s largest business …

New research reveals that 24 per cent of UK SME owners believe human error is their biggest security risk. The Shred-it survey, which was conducted by Ipsos MORI, also found that 27 per cent of SMEs do not have information security policies and procedures in place. A third of those …

Over 9,000 Windows 10 PCs have gone through Western European disties since launch

The speaker line-up for the PCR Boot Camp North conference stream has been confirmed

The ICT channel is one of the more rapidly changing sectors of IT technology, with new innovations entering the market all the time. So, it is understandable that the channel might face difficulties keeping track of these developments and selling their clients the right product and likewise, for many businesses, …

New research reveals that 81 per cent of IT channel businesses are seeing client demand for third party data recovery services. The research from Kroll Ontrack reveals that 93 per cent of UK resellers have had a client purchase additional products and services as a result of working with them …

Products from the likes of ASUS and HyperX feature this month