I have just been to an excellent seminar on productivity – or, more specifically, how to avoid productivity 'traps'. This subject is close to my heart because our clients are investing in new technology specifically to improve their productivity. Therefore, we are constantly updating our knowledge and analysing what we have learned so that we can [...]
A study by a security firm, Proofpoint, identified that social engineering was the top cyber attack technique in 2015. Instead of focusing on automated attacks as in previous years, attackers are getting you, or your employees, to do their dirty work. If you think your staff and senior management team are that not that gullible, [...]
It is incredibly frustrating for all businesses that to just to operate on a day-to-day basis, we need to invest so heavily in cyber security protection. I feel your pain as the MD of an IT services company we too need to constantly militate against security risks that might impact on our business operation [...]
We’ve all heard of hospitals being hit by highly contagious viruses such as the norovirus, but what about the ‘Locky’ virus that is spreading at an alarming rate in the US? This new variation of the Cryptolocker ransomware is effecting a staggering 60,000 users per day, the majority in the US and Germany, but UK [...]
Whether or not the UK stays or leaves the European Union, new data protection laws will still apply to your business if you deal with others in the EU. This year the Network and Information Security Directive (NISD) is due to come into force, followed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018. Only [...]
As the end of the financial year looms many of us are looking at budgets and earmarking areas in our businesses that require spending in the next tax year. IT is one function that I know can cause some sleepless nights for CFOs looking to balance spending with positive ROI. IT security is one area [...]
Apple Macs have always been relatively immune from malware and other malicious software - mostly due to the limited user base making them a less attractive target for Cyber criminals but also in part due to an operating system that is considered inherently more secure than Microsoft's Windows. Recently I have noticed a steady increase in reports [...]
While listening to a presentation at a recent industry conference I was told that the Internet of Things (or IoT as it's known in tech circles) will be 'the biggest thing to hit the IT industry since the cloud' - a very bold prophecy and, considering many of us are still trying to understand how [...]
At Pro Drive we do feel obliged to ensure we are 'early adopters' of the latest technology - learning it early before our customers start using it. However there is always a certain sense of trepidation when moving to new software as soon as it is released, especially one we use almost constantly throughout the [...]
Following the news this week leaked from China that Samsung is planning to release a foldable smartphone screen early next year, we at Pro Drive have been musing over what their impact will be. The obvious outcome is that the larger smartphone screens this technology enables will likely render tablets unnecessary – creating a welcome [...]
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