Your company is running along just fine, everything is working and you want it to stay that way. However life has a say in how you run your business and computers will fail, humans will drop things and the weather occasionally conspires to raze a building. It is easy to replace these physical objects, data […]
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Over the past few years we have spent a lot of time helping clients “work from anywhere”. Octagon first learnt how to work from anywhere because we had given up our office and had to develop policies and procedures to support this new remote working. In 2007 the tools were not as good as they
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Here at Octagon Technology we have been helping businesses to be able to work remotely and access their office data even when their staff operate from home. Many of our clients have opted for Microsoft 365 and its tools which allow them to access their email, calendars, contacts and other important business documents anywhere and
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Recently we were tasked with recovering a server from a malicious attack of malware. After the initial investigation we found that we could not just recover the files as it had got in too deep. So, we had to roll the server back to a previous image using one of our bespoke backup systems for
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Covid-19 has not only changed the way we work but also has created many opportunities for cyber-attacks. Every day we hear that there are hacking groups targeting employees who are working from home or scammers who interrupt our daily activities, causing distress or even harm. Regardless of whether you are working from home, office or
Over 40% of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Don’t worry you don’t have to be an expert in this area, but you need to keep up to date with the cyber risks and vulnerabilities of your business so that you can take action and protect your business. Here are some actions you should implement when aiming
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First let’s start with an apology – due to circumstances I forgot to write our Geeky Mother’s Day Present Blog – sorry. But I will be making up for it in the next few weeks, because Diana and Kamila have told me to… So here is my round up of presents for Father’s Day that
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WordPress websites are great, looking fantastic and relatively easy to manage but because it is a platform and you store important information there a WordPress website can be hacked! Also, there are other things that can go wrong with your “all-singing and dancing site.” What would you do if you lost your content through lack
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We all know how President Trump (and other politicians) use Twitter and other social media platforms to get their messages to us without conventional media journalists filtering that message. Over the last week you can hardly have missed that President Trump is upset with Twitter (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52821304) for; 1) adding a “fact checking” link to one
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