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The Learning Hub

Whether you want to know what to do in the event of a hacking attempt, you need information about staff using their own devices for work, or you have another burning IT question on your mind - this is the place with the answers. Delve right in to the Learning Hub.

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Cybersecurity training is your last line of defence

It’s easy to spend a lot of money on security systems, but if you think about it, they’re only as good as the people they’re meant to protect. If your team aren’t sure how something works, or a process they should be following to prevent fraud caused by phishing emails, then any security software or system is pointless.

Cyber security

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7 layers of cyber security

Here are 7 things we think you should be looking at to give you and your business the best possible chance when it comes to cyber security.

Cyber security

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Automated hackers, not just the lone criminal

As technology moves on in our normal lives, you best believe it’s moving on in the world of cybercrime too, with automated hackers looking to steal your data while the minds behind them leave them to it.

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May news: Digital transformation

Crosstek guides are free to access, so that hardworking, honest professionals can prepare their business to face challenges.

Cyber security

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Stop changing your password

For years, one of the more common pieces of password advice has been to ensure that you’re regularly changing it, but that’s no longer the case. Stop changing your password!

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How to tell if migrating to the cloud has been a success

So you’ve decided you want to utilise the cloud for your business, you’re confident it’s going to make a positive difference, and now all you need to do is implement the changes and evaluate them. How do you go about it and how can you tell if migrating to the cloud has provided you with everything you wanted from it?

IT Support

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A cloud migration strategy explained

We’ve recently written about the value cloud computing offers businesses in our post titled “Why do you need the cloud?” and we mentioned the need for having a really good strategy when first looking to move to the cloud. But what does a good cloud migration strategy look like?

IT Support

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Why do you need the Cloud?

By now, everybody has heard of “The Cloud”, but if someone were to ask you what it is, would you be able to explain it? When you understand a bit more about what the cloud is and does, it’s so much easier to see the value of utilising cloud technology for your business.

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April news: Cloud migration strategy

Crosstek guides are free to access, so that hardworking, honest professionals can prepare their business to face challenges.

IT Support

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Bad back? Shake up your desk setup!

Although we usually write about the technology you’re looking at and working with, we thought we’d take a step back and have a look at the best practices for desk setup, to help you save your back and eyes.

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How will the BT switch off affect businesses?

The BT switch off will require every single business in the UK to make changes, but you don’t need to do anything just yet. We’ve written about what we know so far.

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When to upgrade business computers to avoid staff mutiny

We’ve written this as a very tongue-in-cheek title, but honestly, isn’t it frustrating when you’re trying to get work done but your desktop or laptop regularly freezes, runs slowly, and is generally a pain in the proverbial backside?

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Why IT security is about more than just tech

Why expensive tech on its own doesn’t make for good IT security.

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March news: 7 KPIs for ROI in IT

Business management
Cyber security
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Microsoft 365

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How Microsoft 365 can help business communications – a customer case study

Here is the why, how, and end result of moving one of our clients to using Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) to get away from relying on legacy servers.

Business management
Cyber security
Infrastructure
IT Support

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What’s in our IT security package

The best way to approach IT security is like Mary Berry approaches cake – lots of layers! We’ve developed our IT security package to maintain good value while protecting the businesses we work with.

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