Why is my broadband connection so slow?

If your internet connection seems to have slowed down to a crawl, don’t immediately blame your Internet Service Provider (ISP). There are lots of reasons for your connection slowing down and you need to explore all the possibilities before berating your ISP! The...

So What is an IT Company Doing Talking About Marketing

Every business needs to market itself. Business networking isn’t just about trying to persuade the people in the room to buy your products or services; in fact, that usually isn’t a very successful strategy. We’ve found that as people have got to know us and formed...

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...

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...

Basic DIY for poorly computers

Most people know that if their computer starts to misbehave then the first thing to do is to reboot it.  If it won’t turn off, then do a hard close, give it a few seconds and then start it up again. Three things can happen as a result: It fires up and everything is...

Creative Telecoms!

Most people are familiar with fixed line telephones and mobile phones – but as soon as it gets more complicated, the eyes glaze over and, unless you’re an avid techie, the brain tunes out! However, with today’s business environment a flexible telephone system may be...

IT Basics for the confused

It’s easy for people to get confused when IT people start throwing around terms like domain name, registrant, name servers, hosting, web development (isn’t that design?) and so on.  So here’s a quick basic explanation of the terms associated with your website: Domain...