Category: Business Technology

The next feel good hit of the summer (probably won’t be written by AI)

I was playing around with an AI that writes music and asked it to “Surprise me with something cool”. Well… it did surprise me. And who am I to judge what is cool. Give it a listen and share your thoughts.

Invoice hijacking is on the rise – what is it and how to protect yourself.

It is a busy time of year and everyone is receiving more invoices and other financial communications than usual, but are you sure that every invoice is legitimate? Invoice hijacking is on the rise, and receiving a hijacked invoice is indicative of greater security vulnerabilities. Read on to find out about this threat and how…
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It’s not just where your data is stored, but how.

75% of businesses are concerned with cloud safety problems, yet most Australian businesses do not encrypt the data they store on the cloud. How is your business cloud configured?

The Y2K22 Bug

Do you ever think, “why are IT systems so damn unpredictable?” Well, here is the latest spanner in the works. And it is a doozy. We support and manage a lot of Microsoft Exchange email servers and they have all had a terrible start to the new year – none of them are able to…
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Securing your network: A System Administrators guide

Your network is constantly under attack. It doesn’t matter what you are hosting, or how objectively valuable or valueless your data may be, someone, somewhere is trying to break in to give you a bad time. Our normal approach to securing and monitoring an environment is below, an approach pulled from documented best practice and…
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Don’t eat the onion

Have you ever committed to something that turned out to be just awful, but damn it, you are going to see it through anyway? It is a common problem we see businesses face when it comes to technology. Exhibit A: I don’t know this child personally, but I sure do know the sentiment expressed in…
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Turn your legacy software into cloud apps

Every business longs to be a cloud only business, and it is easy to see why. No servers, no networks, no software dependencies and the allure of complete mobility. While there are plenty of great cloud apps, there are times when you just have to keep using legacy software. What if your businesses is in…
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