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 […]
In just under 3 months, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force, and companies will face potentially huge new fines if they are found not to be compliant. Microsoft has responded to the challenge of GDPR compliance, with GDPR solutions delivered for Microsoft Office 365 through the Compliance Manager. Microsoft Office 365 can […]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was passed by the European Union on 14th April 2016, and replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, with organisations having been given a two-year lead in period to become compliant. Enforcement begins on the 25th May 2018, and any organization that does business with EU citizens must comply with […]
One of the most important reasons for moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10 was the security benefits that it brought, and this has been further enhanced by Windows Information Protection (WIP) which began shipping with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in 2016. WIP is a data loss prevention system integrated into Windows, and unlike […]
Despite Microsoft having launched Microsoft Office 365 back in June 2011, there still remain some users and indeed smaller organisations still not entirely familiar with Microsoft Office 365, and indeed the benefits it has over the up-front purchase of the Microsoft Office suite for individual PCs (Office Professional 2016 retailing in July 2017 at £389.99 […]
Until the attacks last month, most people would have imagined NHS IT infrastructure as impregnable, that untold budgets and resources would be thrown at security due to the sensitive nature of the data contained on it. Indeed, it wouldn’t for a moment have imagined by most that it was possible that significant parts of the […]
In the strict sense of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software, Microsoft’s latest addition to the Office 365 suite; Outlook Customer Manager isn’t quite there, but it’s certainly takes small businesses along the CRM path. It’s designed to part way there, and with growth the business can then move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 to take advantage […]
Microsoft have already kicked-off 2017 by further expanding the features incorporated in Microsoft Office 365, with the introduction of StaffHub. A new application dedicated to people working within a shift based environment, it’s designed to move many current offline processes online, and is aimed at people who don’t work from a set desktop PC, and/or […]
Today it is still true to say that when it comes to online security, most SME’s are still very much focussed on protecting their PC infrastructure, a concept which is daily being exposed as thoroughly inadequate as the internet itself evolves from mainly PC driven traffic, to becoming the IOT (the internet of things) – […]
For most business owners or managers, the prospect of a cyber-attack targeting their organisation is something of a background concern as they get on with the day-to-day running of their company, perceived as unlikely to happen to them. Last week however, came another stark reminder of how even seemingly well protected large organisations can still be […]
