Ever wished you could slightly format your notes in Notepad, with bold text or a heading? Well, you’re in luck. Microsoft is giving Notepad a little upgrade. This could make quite a difference for those of us who still use it to jot down notes, meeting minutes, or quick checklists.

Imagine trying to follow a movie where the villain goes by four different names. It would be a bit confusing to say the least. That’s what it’s like in the cyber security world right now. A hacking group could be referred to by completely different names, by those who report and write about them.

PowerPoint presentations are still a key part of business meetings. But they can be time consuming, and a real pain to create. How often do you find yourself staring at a blank PowerPoint slide? Trying to figure out how to turn your notes into something presentable.

Most of us are pretty trusting of emails from Microsoft and often open them without thinking twice. Putting our confidence in the fact that they’re one of the biggest tech companies in the world. But what if that email isn’t really from Microsoft? Cyber criminals often exploit trust like this to trick people.

These days there’s no shortage of cyber threats keeping businesses on their toes. And ranking up the top, would have to be ransomware. How would you deal with all your files being locked up, encrypted and held for ransom by cyber criminals? With no guarantee that you’ll recover your files, even if you give in […]

Just when you think you’ve got all bases covered with you cyber security, along comes a new threat that makes you rethink things. Well, this is one of those moments. Microsoft has warned that there is a new scam targeting businesses.

Windows doesn’t always make things easy when searching for files. Unless you know the exact name of a file, it often returns vague web results. This tends to make searches slow and frustrating. Fortunately, Microsoft is fixing that, with simpler search…for some users.

In the context of business, a disaster is an unforeseen event that has a negative impact on your business and forces you to shut down operations partially or completely. These could be natural events like a flood or fire, or they can be human-made, such as a malware attack or intentional sabotage.

At first glance, it may seem strange to think of the components of your IT infrastructure as drivers of business growth. After all, servers, networks, cloud tools, and other backend technologies don’t generate revenue on their own. However, your operations drive your revenue, and as a modern business, your IT drives your operations.

Your business’s IT strategy consists of the technologies you currently utilise, the specific aspects of your operations they support, and perhaps most importantly, the IT investments you make to ensure future success. Business technology continues to evolve rapidly, so if you don’t plan your IT development efforts, you could fall behind competitors, experience costly downtime, […]