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We are often asked by our clients and prospective clients if and why they should consider hosting IT services in the cloud as opposed to running them onsite in a traditional manner. There are many [...]
There are few things that are more frustrating at work than trying to operate with a slow internet connection. We now work at such a high pace, with tighter deadlines than ever and with many [...]
Banker Trojans have proven to be a reliable and effective tool for attackers. Allowing them to quietly steal large amounts of money from unwitting victims. Zeus, Carberp and many other Torjans have made piles of [...]
If you like sport as we do at Pro Drive you may have a few fans wanting the chance to watch the impending World Cup in Brazil or The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow live whilst [...]
Apple’s recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) announced major updates to their phone (IOS) and computer (OSX) operating systems. The some of the most exciting announcements centred around “continuity” which is all about linking your iPhone [...]
We have all become used to it being there - that handy little button which opens our world to the inner workings of our machines and devices, whether you want to run a program or [...]
Note-taking software has come a long way since the humble Notepad first appeared nearly 30 years ago with Windows 1.0. The advent of cloud and mobile computing has seen software in this market evolve substantially [...]
Until not that long ago choosing a mobile device for your business was simple – it would be a Blackberry. Their messaging ability and more importantly the ability to deploy, manage and secure them in [...]
You will no doubt have read about the Heartbleed bug affecting some web based systems which was widely reported in the national press last week. There is a significant amount of confusing and often conflicting [...]
#1 Beware of pop ups advertising free antivirus scans or software updates Rogue security software or “scare ware” is employed by criminal gangs attempting to lure people into fraudulent transactions. Initially on PCs, it has [...]
In our last article we discussed the types of web based security threats and how they might affect your business. Whilst the consequences of a web based attack can be severe there is fortunately a [...]
The exponential increase in the number of security threats from traditional web browsing has been well publicised in recent years and is a risk to all of us both personally and to our businesses. The [...]
Pro Drive are very proud to announce that they have been incorporated on the MSPmentor 501 global ranking 2014, a distinguished list identifying the world’s top 501 IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs), for the first [...]
This article is not trying to get you to shift your whole business to the cloud. The real question right now for businesses is “how can I use the incremental benefits of opex based services [...]
Have you ever considered how many IT assets your business has? You might have an idea; you may even keep a spreadsheet. But what do you track? PCs perhaps, mobiles even. But what about servers? [...]
How frustrating is it when your laptop or PC fails? You suspect that it is under warranty but you have long since filed or thrown away the paperwork. Would it not be great if there [...]
No doubt most of us have now seen Office 365 advertised on the TV, radio and of course the web and many of us are probably wondering what exactly it is? After all a ‘complete [...]
For many months now articles have been produced across the IT media about what will happen after the retirement of Windows XP in April 2014. Previous articles have suggested a fairly bleak outlook after the [...]
There seems to be little let up in the winter storms and most of the country has suffered at some point. Disruption to travel and services can be particularly bad news for business, at worst [...]
Over the past few years, technology has really come a long way. Tape and disk backup used to be the best option for SME’s to back up their data. Then came offsite storage of data, [...]
