At Octagon we have evolved as the years have gone by, we started repairing PC’s. We moved on to supporting servers and then on to networks and so forth as our small business clients wanted the latest affordable technology. Every company has different requirements, from just an email address to an all singing and dancing […]
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Although we all have time off over Christmas and the New Year – the nature of the work we carry out for clients means that we never really stop. Computers and IT infrastructure can have issues any time of the night or day and cyber security incidents are unpredictable. I used to go out and
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It’s a Sunday morning. I wake up and there is an email on my phone. It is from our Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) system. One of the servers we look after hasn’t communicated with the system for over 15 minutes. I get up, have a cup of tea then see if I can connect
With the addition of recent team members who are now fully trained in our ways and ready to take on more responsibilities, we can open the doors to more clients who want to experience our brand of Technology without Tears. The kind of clients we are looking for will range from microbusinesses upwards, but they
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We got a call earlier this week from the printer supplier of one of our clients, who needed us to go to site and sort out their printer, which had stopped emailing scans and PDFs. Of course they thought it was our fault because we manage the email and must have changed something! It was
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Ever wondered how you can control which websites your staff visit in office hours. I have recently installed this Watchguard device. It can control web site access and protect your systems from threats on unauthorised web pages. The device can also be configured to connect seamlessly to a satellite office, run a fall over dual
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Yet another virus threat: BBC News – Shellshock: ‘Deadly serious’ new vulnerability found. If you do not have a good back up and anti-virus software, or you have any doubts about the solution you are using then give Martin a call on 01522 797 520 and see what we can do to help you.
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With Apple launching their new mobile operating system this week – iOS 8 – for iPhones and iPads, I have already had a number of calls from people who have had problems carrying out the update. Two big issues have come up: It is slow to download – the answer to that is that millions
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I have had a couple of jobs this week, which I blogged about at www.clivecatton.co.uk, which I want to mention again here. Someone opened a zip file in an unsolicited email! At this moment I am sitting in front of a client’s computer, working on it because they accidentally opened a .zip file attached to
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