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Things you Need to Consider Before Sending your Employees to Work from Home
Come and join our discussion this week – Clive has thirty minutes on one of the most useful tools he uses for remote working and then time for any questions about your issues and concerns. From Clive: I was asked to write (another) blog about the issues of working from home – that is not…
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VOIP – Another Tool for Remote Working
Why VoIP? What is it anyway? VOIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. It’s a way to have telephone conversations and online meetings and so on using an IP network such as the Internet. You don’t need to remember what it stands for, all you need to know is that you can plug into it…
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Google Changes 31st March 2020 – is your Business Data Safe?
Where is your personal and business data stored? I am writing this to let you all know that if you are currently using Google e.g (G-Suite) to store your data you should really think twice about keeping it there. As of the 31st March this year all Google services in the UK are going to…
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Remote Working – Working from Home online session with Clive
In light of the current unprecedented COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation we understand that many of you are thinking about or have already switched to working from home to avoid unnecessary social contact. Our aim is to provide support and assistance in the best way possible to help you change to this new way of working. As…
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Coronavirus IT Support Announcement
We understand the current Coronavirus situation is difficult and many of you are thinking of working from home to avoid unnecessary social contacts. We aim to support you in the best way possible in the process of transformation to a new way of working. We can help you set up remote working – for you…
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The Right Tools to use for Home Working when Coronavirus Spreads across the Country
The right tools to use for home working when Coronavirus spreads across the country A collaboration blog by members of our team Fortunately, when, where and how we work is more flexible today than ever before but let’s take into considerations two factors: External factors Coronavirus – COVID-19 – I am sure you are all…
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Impact of Coronavirus on your Business
Coronavirus – COVID-19 I am sure you are all aware of the current state of affairs relating to Coronavirus. Here at Octagon we are already helping businesses to be able to work from an isolated environment. The Government states that if you think you have Coronavirus the first thing you must do is to call…
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Impact of Brexit on Google – does it remain a safe place for your business data?
Where is your personal and business data stored? I am writing this to let you all know that if you are currently using Google e.g (G-Suite) to store your data you should really think twice about keeping it there. As of the 31st March this year all Google services in the UK are going to…
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What is VoIP and Why is it the perfect solution for your growing business?
VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. Sometimes it’s referred to as Voice over Broadband (VoB), Voice over Networks or (VoN) or Internet Telephony. The solution allows you to make free, or very low cost, telephone calls over the Internet. VoIP is rapidly replacing old analog solutions so why not deliver VoIP to your business…
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Windows 7 Not Supported by Microsoft
So, hands up if you use Windows 7 on your computer, XBox or phone. Yes, thought so. Recent calculations (December 2019, ZDNet) suggest that although the number of machines with Windows installed is dropping from the 1.5 billion Microsoft used to talk about, there are still about 1.2 billion devices running the operating system. Data…
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How Good is iOS 13 for iPads?
Recently Apple has split the development of iOS 13 into iPhones and iPads (https://www.apple.com/uk/ipados/) – trying to make the iPad more like a laptop or Microsoft surface device. Most of the articles on the web focus on how the iOS works on an iPad Pro (starting price £769) this article is how one feature of…
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Two Good Reasons to Turn Off Your Phone WiFi
Let me give you two good reasons for you to turn off the Wi-Fi on your phone… There is a phrase “Big Brother is watching you”, and there is probably a generation gap that says some of us know it comes from George Orwell’s 1984 and others who think Channel Four has something to do…
