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Migrate away from ISDN

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  BT to cease ISDN network by 2025 BT have announced their plans to migrate all customers to an IP network by 2025, switching off the company’s ISDN network. As the leading business communications provider, this change will affect millions of businesses across the UK. Even though VoIP technology has been available for over 15 […]

Modus Hosted Voice

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Introducing our hosted Telephone System,  Modus Hosted Voice, designed to help you get more from your communications services. With a range of handsets and large feature set as standard Modus Hosted Voice can replace the traditional on premise PBX and offer significant savings against legacy communication links. Utilizing a suitable internet connection our Modus business […]

Ransomware

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Ransomware isn’t a new threat it has been around for a number of years but as is the case with most forms of malware it takes different forms and will have peaks of activity. Like any kind of ransomware, a ransomware virus will take something from your device and hide it or make it inaccessible […]

"Microsoft" scam calls

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Don’t fall victim of the “Microsoft” call scam Victims are cold called, usually by phone and told that there is a problem with their computer. The suspects often claim to be working with Microsoft who have identified that the computer has been infected with a virus and offer an update or fix. The victims are […]

Windows 10 is the last version of Windows

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Windows 10 has been called the last version of Windows Speaking at Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Chicago Jerry Nixon (Microsoft Developer evangelist) is quoted as stating “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10.” At first glance this seems like […]

Windows Server 2003 support ending

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After 14th July 2015 Microsoft will no longer support any version of Windows Server 2003 If you are still running Windows Server 2003 in any form including as part of Small Business Server 2003 you need to take steps now to plan and execute a migration to a modern platform. What does end of support mean for […]

Backup and Business Continuity

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Never underestimate the value of your backup system. Let’s start with the facts surrounding data loss and hardware failure                            25% of PCs will fail this year.1                            24% of companies said they experienced a full data disaster.2                            70% of small businesses to experience a major data loss go out of business within a […]

SSL Vulnerability FREAK attack

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On the 3rd March 2015 researchers announced a new SSL vulnerability named Freak attack. Microsoft issued a security warning on the 5th March about the bug that could let attackers spy on communications that are supposed to be secure. The name of the bug “Freak”. The bug affects Microsoft’s Windows Server and Desktop operating systems […]