Most SME businesses in the UK, unless backed by an angel investor or by rounds of venture capital funding have grown organically, and often from very humble beginnings. This fact is the primary reason some small businesses which should already have IT support on retainer do not, and this in turn leaves the business exposed […]
Across the UK, businesses large and small often rely on 3rd party organisations to provide IT support for their technology infrastructure. When choosing an IT support company, it can be a daunting task, such is the critical nature of the IT systems within most businesses. So, in this article we will look at some of […]
Many of us older parents, will have for some time been dazzled by the interactive whiteboards on which teachers conduct much of our children’s learning. Long gone are the dusty chalkboards, blotchy whiteboards and acetate sheet overhead projectors, all replaced by slick interactive systems. In conference rooms and meeting rooms a display revolution has too […]
With Windows 10 now firmly established as the current operating system within most UK organisations, it might be a surprise to some to learn that there remains a good many companies still running Windows 7 on some older PCs within their organisations. This is often because traditionally, many organisations chose to skip versions, replacing the […]
Users of Microsoft Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal benefit from the screening of attachments and links contained in the messages received in Outlook, and this is in addition to the spam and malware filtering provided for all Outlook.com users. For Office 365 Enterprise customers, this can be handled by ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) […]
In 2019, email remains a real vulnerability within IT systems, and with criminals using ever more sophisticated approaches, more than ever it’s worth highlighting that a cautious approach to its use is the best defence. Hackers often gain entry to IT systems, as a result of the actions of a user on the network. Typically, […]
VPN is the acronym for “Virtual Private Network,” the name used to describe a private digital network, within a public computer network, typically the Internet. The purpose of a Business VPN is primarily to gain secure access to your work computer systems while you are away from the office. It enables users to securely send […]
With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, there is no better time for taking a moment to consider a plan for your office and IT over the Christmas break. Whilst servers and essential IT and telecoms infrastructure equipment should probably be excluded from a power down, there are plenty of other items which are often overlooked, […]
The tech giants of the day have always worked hard to ensure their proprietary technology rises to dominance in whatever format battle is currently taking place. As with the VHS/Betamax wars of the 1980’s, and the high definition disc format wars of the late 2000’s, the current technology superpowers of Apple, Google and Amazon are […]
When RML IT Consultants was launched way back in 2004, to provide IT support to businesses in Cambridge and the wider South East, the current versions of Microsoft Windows was Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, though many customers were still using earlier versions. As RML’s owner has himself been providing IT support since the […]
