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Microsoft have recently been rolling out upgrades across their office 365 platform to bring it up to date with its latest in-house counterparts, namely Exchange 2013 and Sharepoint 2013, along with the supporting Desktop Applications. This brings with it some interesting new features including an updated version of Sharepoint Workspace, now called SkyDrive Pro, which works a bit like Dropbox.

BYOD is becoming ever more widely adopted by SMEs citing benefits such as increased productivity, employee satisfaction and, crucially, cost savings.

Blackberry recently announced that they are planning to make their Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app available cross-platform for Android and iPhone. This raised a few questions for us, which we have looked into and will try to expand on.

When it comes to hard drive security, another important consideration to make is destruction of the data.

If you, as a business or a home user, still find yourself in a position where you store a lot of your sensitive data on your local machine (directly on your PC or laptop), then there are some things you may want to consider.

If you are a small business that rents an office in a communal block or business park, you may wish to consider the following as a warning.

Volume Shadow Copies are often overlooked by small businesses.

Did you know, you can now purchase a full range of hardware and software directly from us, using our Online Shop?

Waite IT were this week accepted by VMWare as a Professional-Level Solutions Provider

Waite IT have taken up an exhibitor stand for the next North East Expo, Spring 2013, and we'd love to see you there.

NTFS file permissions can be assigned to any file or folder stored on an NTFS formatted hard drive. In essence these permissions allow you to specify which files and folders users can read from or write to.

We all know that taking backups is an important routine and can save you a lot of hassle should your business ever encounter a “disaster” situation.

A quick article that will hopefully outline some of the advantages of powering your businesses email system with Microsoft Exchange.

Choosing an Antivirus product, on a budget, and making it work for you.

As a follow up to my previous post - Is Windows 8 right for business? - this article will describe in brief some of the security enhancements that Microsoft has made to its operating system with the introduction of Windows 8.

Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system, has recently been released. You will have no doubt seen some of the marketing for it, as Microsoft makes a big push for sales. But as with all changes Microsoft make, it will probably take a little while for this version of Windows to be embraced by businesses.

It goes without saying that, as a minimum, businesses should comply with Data Protection regulations when it comes to ensuring the security of the data that they hold. Especially where that data is sensitive, and it relates to members of the public.

When you are planning your business, you need to be clear both on where you are going, and on how you mean to get there. That means making some big picture resource choices thoughtfully, and not on the hoof.

Open Source software has been steadily increasing in usage in the consumer market for some years now, but has yet to take off drastically in the business community.

Configuring Office 365 is not necessarily a difficult procedure, but if your domain is hosted by 1&1 Internet then things are made slightly more complicated.

You may have heard recently about 'World IPv6' Day. Or you may have read in the news that the world is rapidly running out of available Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, using the current scheme (IP v4).

So-called cloud computing is big business at the moment and isn’t likely to lose any momentum. We thought we would share some of the reasons why small businesses across the world are moving their IT operations to the cloud, and hopefully give you an insight into how your business may benefit.

Lately we have seen an increase in the number of scams based around Facebook and its application platform. Although Facebook has made some big improvements to its privacy policy malicious individuals will always inevitably find ways to exploit the unsuspecting Facebook user.

The Blackberry PlayBook had been hailed as a serious contender to the dominance of Apple's iPad, but the device sadly did not live up to expectations.

The necessity to work out of the office is ever-increasing in the world we live in. This is never truer than when the bad weather is upon us.

Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of computers affected by fake antivirus alerts and applications. They try to entice money from you by claiming you need to purchase a piece of software to remove.....

Microsoft have kindly organised all of their small business server migration documents and tools into one handy location.

Recently people have begun to ask how secure their phones are from those mischievous hackers, and quite rightly so, given recent events and scandal. So here at Waite IT, we decided to do a little bit of investigation into which techniques were allegedly used by the phone hackers and to see if we could conclude any preventative measures.

With all of the recent advances in tablet technology and their growing popularity, I thought I’d share my opinions of the different platforms and highlight whether (in my personal opinion) a tablet can replace a laptop.

What should be your top priority when considering an outsourced IT support service?

In the previous post we talked about some of the reasons why having a clearly defined ICT Acceptable Use policy enforced within your business should be of top priority.

Information Security is currently a hot topic amongst the business community.

Microsoft Windows SBS 2008 is a great product, providing the small business with MS Windows Server 2008 and MS Exchange 2007, as well as a few other robust features. It does, however, come with a few annoying issues.

We thought it would also be useful to give our perspective on the SBS migration process. So here it is!

Your business may be small, but your reliance on the IT network is probably much the same as a large enterprise.

As part of your disaster recovery plan, having an offsite copy of your data is a vital part of that plan. Our online backup service enables you to keep an offsite backup of your data securely.

Over time, with the many applications and services that you install on to your PC, more and more apps and services are set to start up when Windows loads.

Spyware, Adware, Malware, Worms, Trojans – the list is endless.

This topic is extremely important for the flow of data in a network, and it can be quite frustrating when people try to say that a network switch and a network hub are one and the same. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

If you’ve installed a new device driver in Windows but it doesn’t work, then here’s how to remove it.

Cloud computing is a widely-used term right now, but what is it all about?

You may be aware of our recent press release. If not you can read the full story here.

If you’re a small business, you may be considering adding a server into your network. Once your business reaches a certain size, there are many good reasons to add a server into your organisation. Below are just some of the best reasons.