I’m sure that by now you are aware of this trendy idea called “Bring Your Own Device,” which means that people can use their own mobile phones, tablets and computers to assist in executing their particular work. Know that this can be a very good thing but also a very bad thing! Since you paid […]
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Looking back over the Octagon archives confirmed it’s been a little over a year since we covered the subject of SSL certificates and why it’s so important to have one. So here’s a short recap for any of our clients (and others) that still don’t have one. I don’t think anyone would disagree that as
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Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive or OneNote are great tools for data sharing with the people within and outside of your company. I know it well; I use it myself! However, with these tools come great data management responsibility. Do you have a data management policy in place? What is data management anyway? It is
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Congratulations to Kamila who graduated from Lincoln university with a masters degree in management. Kamila Zolotar is our General Manager who joined the company in November 2014 working part-time. In January 2015 she became assistant to the managing director working full-time. She joined the team with lots of enthusiasm and positive energy towards both the
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2nd International Conference on Blockchain, Identity and Cryptography, Edinburgh Diana and I started Octagon Technology in the summer of 1995 at the same time that Microsoft was launching Windows 95. The company we created then is very different to the one we run today – for a start the name is different! We have always
Current Knowledge is Vital Read More »
Every business, no matter its size, relies on its data. Whether it is financial data, identity data or digital data, it plays a crucial role in business well-being and its success. It’s every business’ responsibility to keep it safe and protected by implementing a data safety strategy and employing all necessary tools which will help
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Even with the best anti-virus programs, there is the possibility of getting spyware or malware. If you have an anti-virus program on your PC it can be a target for those nasty virus writers out there to infect. Nothing is 100% safe. But there are ways to avoid being infected. On some websites you may
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Amongst IT professionals it’s a recognised fact that a backup is not a backup unless it is automated. Left to human responsibility and intervention reliability becomes the issue, often because of time constraints. And WordPress websites are no different – they need backing up regularly, preferably on a daily basis, with a rolling 30 day
When is a WordPress Backup not a Backup? Read More »
Recently it seems almost every week we hear reports about cyber-attacks in mainstream news, and they’re just the big ones that are discovered or reported. Malwarebytes, the well-known cyber security experts have said, “compared to the same time last year, business detections of ransomware have risen more than 500%”. But it can be said that
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