This question, “How often should I replace my laptop?”, is very common. People seem to have different views on the answer, and often that answer is based on hearsay or something someone once told the person, and it’s stuck. The thing with laptops is that by their very nature, they are a portable device and […]
Were your IT systems ready for this lockdown? How to avoid the IT lolly scramble
By now, most company’s IT teams or IT providers should have been all set for this latest lockdown, with little or no disruption to your staff. If this didn’t happen for you, then it’s time to start asking, ‘why?’. For people who can work from home (WFH), they should have been able to grab their […]
Do I really need a server at my office?
Most small business owners that have a server (or more than one) onsite understand the costs of this, and often internally ask themselves: Do I really need a server at my office? It isn’t just the physical cost of purchasing a new server every 3-5 years, there’s the ongoing maintenance, updates and patching, potential hardware […]
Keeping IT simple
In the world of IT, complicated=money, end of story. This applies to all sorts of projects and systems, and we especially see it with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) applications, where, instead of buying something off the shelf that will meet 80% of your CRM requirements, one of the IT staff “has a go” at a […]