-
-
Troubleshoot Common Business Network Issues
-
Donna Aplin
A business network is the lifeblood of operations. It’s the digital artery that pumps data through your organisation. It enables everything from email to critical applications and cloud services.
When problems sever that lifeline, the consequences can be catastrophic. Communication is cut off and productivity grinds to a halt. Additionally, it can leave your customers hanging and dry up revenue streams. This is the stark reality of network downtime.
-
-
-
-
Unmasking the True Price of IT Downtime
-
Donna Aplin
Imagine this: you walk into your office on a busy Monday morning, ready to tackle the week. But something’s wrong. Computers are unresponsive. Phones are silent. The internet is a ghost town. Your business has come to a grinding halt – victim of an IT outage.
It’s a scenario every business owner fears. But beyond the initial frustration are expenses you may not immediately see. IT downtime carries hidden costs that can significantly impact your bottom line. Let’s peel back the layers and expose the true price of IT outages.
-
-
-
-
The CrowdStrike Incident: A Global IT Outage Explained
-
Donna Aplin
Was the CrowdStrike Incident the largest ever Global IT Outage?
The scale of effects of the disruption caused make this event, which began on 18 July (according to Microsoft) or 19 July (according to CrowdStrike), makes it the worst cyber event in history, beating the WannaCry cyber-attack in 2017 where 300,000 computers in 150 countries were affected. The CrowdStrike issue apparently affected 8.5 million global computers – totally dwarfing WannaCry, presuming that the numbers being quoted by the relevant bodies are accurate.
-
-
-
-
Setting Up AI Rules for Your Staff
-
Donna Aplin
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool. It can enhance the productivity, efficiency, and creativity of your staff. But AI also comes with some challenges and risks. Businesses need to address and manage these to use AI effectively.
Establishing clear and ethical guidelines, or “AI rules,” for staff interaction is essential. Otherwise, you may not know when AI is being used for business data. Employees may also be scared to use AI without direction. This can leave them missing out on incredible time savings.
-
-
-
-
Backup and Disaster Recovery – Future Proofing your Business.
-
ESP Projects
In today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of businesses. From customer information to financial records, companies rely heavily on their data to operate efficiently and make informed decisions. However, data is vulnerable to a myriad of threats, including hardware failures, cyberattacks, natural disasters, and human error. To safeguard your valuable data and ensure business continuity, a robust backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy is essential. In this Blog ESP Projects explore Backup and Disaster Recovery and look at ways of future proofing your business.
-
-
-
-
Safeguarding your business with Patch Management.
-
Donna Aplin
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses heavily rely on technology for their day-to-day operations. However, with the increased reliance on software and applications, there comes an ever-growing threat of cyberattacks.
-
-
-
-
10 Tips to Help Small Businesses Get Ready for the Unexpected
-
Donna Aplin
What would you do if your business suffered a ransomware attack tomorrow? Do you have a contingency plan in case of a tornado, hurricane, or earthquake? The unexpected can happen anytime, and small businesses can get hit particularly hard.
Small businesses are the backbone of many economies. They are critical for job creation, innovation, and community development. But running a small business comes with significant risks. This includes financial uncertainty, market volatility, and natural disasters.
-
-
-
-
What is Antivirus?
-
Donna Aplin
Antivirus is a piece of software that needs installing on every PC, Laptop, Tablet & Server in your organization. There is also an argument to install it onto mobile phones. It is designed to detect and remove viruses and other kinds of malicious software from the devices that it is installed on. It is also used to remove computer viruses where machines have already been infected.
-
-
-
-
4 Interesting Cloud Storage Trends to Watch for in 2022
-
Donna Aplin
One area of cloud computing that is used widely, but often isn’t as flashy as the software side is cloud storage. Storing files in the cloud to make them easily accessible and shareable from anywhere was one of the very first uses of the cloud that was adopted widely by many users.
As advances like automation and AI come to other types of cloud services, like team communications and business apps, cloud storage is not being left behind. The industry also continues to evolve to make storing data in the cloudless complex, more reliable, and better secured.
-
-
-
-
The Critical Importance of Virtualized Infrastructure Security (And 4 Ways to Enhance It)
-
Donna Aplin
A torn-down virtual infrastructure creates risks for any business. And it can have a significant impact on how quickly you can retrieve your data and resume operations following an attack.
These days, many businesses use virtualized infrastructure for more straightforward data storage. It’s because this approach is superior to physical solutions due to enhanced flexibility, straightforward provisioning, and affordable pricing.
-
-
-
-
Why Having a Continuity Plan Is a Sign of Great Leadership (And How to Create a Foolproof Plan)
-
Donna Aplin
Your business faces all sorts of threats that can disrupt your operations. A comprehensive continuity plan can help address them.
Carrying on with business as usual is easy when nothing out of the ordinary is happening. But the fact is, crises can strike anytime. And when it happens, you need to be ready to pivot your operations quickly, safely, and efficiently.
-
-
-
The 8 Key Mistakes That Can Cripple Your Business Continuity Plan
-
Donna Aplin
The only way to continue your operations in case of setbacks is to enforce a well-thought-out business continuity plan. However, you’ll need to avoid several mistakes when developing your strategy.
Your operations may seem efficient and failproof, but the reality is that obstacles can happen at any time. Whether you’ve lost a major client or can’t achieve good team dynamics, it’s essential to keep going.
-
-
-
-
Creating an IT Compliance Policy – The 7 Things You Need to Consider
-
Donna Aplin
Conducting business operations in the digital world is prone to security risks. Mitigating them would be impossible if you don’t have an IT compliance policy.
Setting up a robust IT compliance policy in your business is more important now than ever. And it’s because most organizations now depend on digitized services.
Online companies rely on e-commerce websites to do business by taking orders and receiving payments. Even brick-and-mortar organizations utilize software to perform various activities, such as order management and back-office accounting.
-
