Does Business Networking Help Your Business

If you’re in business – especially when everyone is talking about economic triple dip recessions – you need to be proactive about keeping your business on track for growth.  It’s not impossible; when things are tight the businesses that invest...

Networking isn’t just for computers!

You would think that as an IT geek when I say ‘networking’ I’m talking about connecting computers up.  However, I’m not that much of a geek and I speak proper business language so ‘networking’ means a method of helping my business to grow. For decades people have...

Could your business make more money?

Most business owners have a wealth of knowledge and often find themselves repeating the same message again and again to different clients.  Time costs money, but if you are always selling your time, you’ll never get rich! If you could deliver your expertise to a much...

Internet connection speeds explained

When the techies start talking about broadband speed, it’s a bit like alphabet soup and, even if you recognise the acronyms, what does that mean to you? The most common types of broadband are ADSL, FTTC, FTTP and EFM – but what are they? ADSL – Asymmetric Digital...

Are you cut off when you can’t get into the office?

If you find yourself unexpectedly working from home, do you suffer from frustration because you can’t get at the information and systems you need? If you’re struck down by a cold or flu and have an urgent contract to complete, you don’t want to struggle into the...

Email magic

Communication has moved on in leaps and bounds.  Just a few years ago BlackBerry launched the option to look at email on a phone and now everyone takes it for granted. These days we’re often asked to help our clients to get their email sync’d with new mobile...

How expensive will your office move be – really?

It doesn’t matter whether you have a big company or a small one, moving offices has costs – as we know having undergone an office move earlier this year. Most people think about the obvious costs like removal services, downtime as the business is ‘in transit’ and the...

Windows 8 needs a clean

Despite the fanfare and razzamatazz as Windows8 gears up for launch our first impressions are not great. Microsoft has leapt on the mobile and tablet wagon and created an operating system geared to social media and mobile devices, leaving day-to-day business users...

Dusting out the cobwebs in your computer

Most people download programs from time to time and, although a few of them are used regularly, it’s likely your programs folder has several old applications that you haven’t used for a long time. Even with today’s comparatively huge memory, if you fill it up with...

Keeping your computer organised

Where are all your documents?  Are they scattered across the desktop, all in My Documents or in folders with appropriate names on?  What happens when you need to find a document that you created some time ago, when looking in Recent Documents isn’t useful – how long...