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Welcome to the blog section of our website. This is where we will post all kinds of industry related information. This blog will focus on our thoughts, what we think is happening in IT and the other miscellaneous stuff we think you might want to hear. Please check back and catch up with all the latest news when you can.

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Social Engineering: The Biggest IT Security Threat?

So you have everything in place when it comes to network firewalls, corporate antivirus and your building’s security. You’ve invested in the technology. But what about the staff?

Social engineers, or criminals who take advantage of human behaviour to pull off a scam, aren’t worried about your networks security. They will just walk right in and confidently ask someone to help them get inside. And that firewall? It won’t mean much if your users are tricked into clicking on a malicious link they think came from a friend on Facebook.

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How to avoid phishing scams

Phishing emails attempt to gain personal information such as bank account details or personal login information to websites such as E-Bay or your email account.They are designed to look like a genuine email sent by your provider of these services and often look very convincing, replicating the design and logo from the genuine company website.
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I keep hearing about Cloud Computing, but what is it?

If you’re not from a technical background “Cloud Computing” can sound a bit daunting. Cloud Computing is essentially services delivered securely over the internet, from servers that you don’t own.Cloud computing has been around for years and many of us are already using it without even realising. Facebook, Hotmail and You Tube are all examples of typical cloud applications you may be familiar with.Cloud computing can give your firm access to IT technologies, without the constraints of large upfront costs, space, power or extensive setup time. The responsibility of on-going management and maintenance is taken care of by the provider so this reduces your future support costs.

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Deleating Outlook Autoprompt Entries (NK2 File)

I often receive calls saying that users emails addresses are wrong, or spelt incorrectly and they keep showing up in Outlook; it usually turns out to be just the auto prompt feature of Outlook remembering an old invalid address, here is a short guide on how to delete it:-

1) start typing the first few letters of the address you think is wrong

2) use the up and down keys on the keyboard to highlight the entry you want to delete

3) press the “delete” key on your keyboard…

4) DONE: you will not see that address in the list anymore!

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Which Internet Browser to Choose?

Following the legal agreement between Microsoft and the European Competition Commission in December 2009, millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe now have the option of choosing an alternative browser. However many internet users don’t know what other browsers exist as up until now, as Microsoft have dominated the internet browser market by building Internet Explorer into Windows.Here is a list of some of the most commonly used internet browsers and the differences between them: