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We update our blog regularly with IT industry news and all the lowdown from the world of Managed IT Services. Follow it for insights into the software we use, the industries we serve and other tech-related topics that grab our interest. Thanks for visiting, and get in touch if we can answer any of your questions!

crowdstrike outage

CrowdStrike – Your Questions Answered

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsCybersecurity
If you weren’t affected by the global IT outage experienced on Friday, you no doubt heard about it on the news. It was big – there were cancelled flights leaving airports in chaos, shopping centres full of confused customers who couldn’t buy anything because payment systems were down. So, what…
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cost benefits of managed it services

The Cost Benefits of Managed IT Services

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsMSP
When you outsource your business IT to an MSP to take care of, you’re saying goodbye to a bunch of operational stress points. Cybersecurity is taken care of, network management is sorted and, in the event of a disaster, all your client data is nicely backed up and easy to…
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What is Enterprise Architecture

What is Enterprise Architecture?

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsIT Explanations
If your organisation is proactive about adopting digital transformation and being the most profitable version of itself possible, you’ve likely come across the concept of Enterprise Architecture, or EA. EA helps organisations prioritise their IT infrastructure to efficiently support business objectives, using the correct applications to support the right goals.…
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