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Backup power options Eskom has made no secret of the fact that is struggling to meet the country’s power demands. Over-loading and maintenance requirements have resulted in power failures becoming more frequent and longer lasting. As an electricity user in SA today, you should not be asking yourself if you will experience a power failure but rather how often and...

With the rapid evolution of data privacy legislation over the past few years, it’s becoming increasingly important for businesses to understand the security and data privacy implications of their operations. In 2023, data-centric security and privacy will become even more imperative to build brand and customer trust. In this blog, we’ll discuss some of the top trends in security and...

We often get asked the question how much should a company for IT today.  The obvious answer is it depends on your business requirements.  Which although correct is not helpful for the average SMB business looking for guidance.  For this reason we decided to build a simple IT budget calculator with what we recommend for all SMB’s. The calculator will...

Since TLS 1.3 is disabled by default, it needs to be manually enabledfor each browser. Currently, Internet Explorer 11 and Edge do notsupport TLS 1.3 but will be supported in the next updates to come,according to sources from Microsoft Insider Program.If you wish to enable the experimental version, follow the steps belowto enable it on Microsoft Edge as well as...

If you’re using the web version of Outlook, you can set up out of office replies by going to Settings > View all Outlook settings > Mail > Automatic replies. Then turn on automatic replies, write your message, and click Save. Go to your Outlook page. You can get there quickly by clicking this link, or going to any web browser and typing outlook.live.com into...

Impossible results are possible for your business with @Microsoft cloud solutions. See how @Kennamental embraces cloud strategy in this video!...

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The cloud offers advanced security Application and infrastructure security is extremely important to get right. There are many aspects to security, including closing and opening the right data ports and protecting data and accounts. Other aspects of security are probably more difficult to implement and use. These are the detection and handling of security incidents and threats. Azure Sentinel (opens new...

As Microsoft Teams has become the core communications client for Office 365, we are announcing that Skype for Business Online will retire on 31 July 2021. After that time, the Skype for Business Online service will no longer be accessible or supported. For additional details and resources for planning your upgrade to Teams, read our blog post.    ...

Software ownership died, Spaceflight lived and well, net neutrality lived AND died… Wow what a decade! We began 2010 with a massive wave of optimism and of course, connection [FACEBOOK], but all was timeously wiped out by tribalism [FACEBOOK]. There were trolls of every kind, weeping over net neutrality victims and an unblinking eye of digital surveillance. These are undoubtedly...

Any loopholes in managing company data can have serious consequences. Take, for example, Morgan Stanley which had to pay up financier Ronald Perelman a whopping $1.45 billion, in part because the global giant could not produce all the critical email communication during the trial’s disclosure phase. Whether yours is a small, medium-sized, or large business, you must put the necessary...

As IT consultants we are often asked to assist our clients with Acceptable use Policies.  IT is very unlikely that any two usage policies will be identical, as companies have different requirements, however it helps to have a sample policy to start as a base and then adapt as required.  I have provided very simple yet effective Internet and Email...