Many of us have had experience of changing one of the major IT software systems in our business. This is usually a costly process and often driven by a need make our information systems do more for us – to contribute more to our businesses. However the experience is often very different – usually requiring [...]
Pro Drive are absolutely delighted to have been recognised by MSP Mentor in the MSPmentor 501 top 501 IT Managed Service Providers for the second year running. The MSPmentor 501 is a distinguished list identifying the world’s top 501 IT Managed Service Providers and is based on data from MSPmentor’s global online survey conducted during Q4 [...]
The threat from viruses and malware is continually evolving and the IT industry faces an ongoing challenge to combat them. In an increasing digital world we have online accounts for almost all aspects of our lives and the opportunity to criminals to use malware exploit this, whether though identity theft, gaining access to you bank [...]
Thanks to the efforts of Loseley Park, their managing agents and the nice people at Fibre Options, Pro Drive have recently been upgraded to a new high speed fibre internet service. We are lucky that there was a locally sponsored initiative which should make a huge difference to the residents and businesses on the Loseley [...]
Microsoft have just released a number of exciting updates for their OneDrive service which we at Pro Drive are delighted to see and we are certain will be of benefit to our customers. OneDrive is Microsoft online file storage platform which allows you to store your documents, pictures and videos online, share them and access [...]
As you may have seen in the news recently O2 has been put up for sale by current owner Telefonica who recently confirmed they are in exclusive talks with Hutchison Whampoa. Hutchison Whampoa owns the UK operator Three and have already merged with O2 in Ireland and Austria and with the exclusive talks being announced it [...]
Yes it is true – it is now possible to buy a tablet PC running a full version of Windows 8.1 for less than £100! So how is this possible? They run a version of Windows called “Windows 8.1 with Bing”. The ‘Bing’ part is important – by bundling Microsoft Bing as the default search [...]
Microsoft has announced the official date for end-of-life support for Windows Server 2003 is July 14, 2015. Many businesses are still reliant on this software which was released 10 years ago and if you are not already planning your upgrade, now is the time to start. End of support means that Microsoft will no longer [...]
Many people mistakenly assume that files sent as attachments by email are secure. This is actually not at all the case – email is usually unencrypted and its content could easily be intercepted and viewed by individuals with the right skills. Consider for a minute some of the information you currently send by email. Does [...]
Moonpig may have leaked data on millions of customers A security flaw first reported to Moonpig by a security expert in 2013 was exposed this morning after a fix had not been made, in order to 'force the company to protect users' Credit card details, full names and postal addresses of Moonpig’s 3.6m customers may [...]
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