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These Mac tips will boost your productivity

Macs are full of great tools and shortcuts to help drive productivity and increase the speed at which you work. And if you know about the built-in tricks available to make your life easier, computers can help in speeding you along and allow you to achieve your goals more quickly. A new year presents a… Continue reading These Mac tips will boost your productivity

Move at light speed with these Mac tips

Despite Macs being full of shortcuts and tricks and tools to speed up your work processes, we all know how easy it is to fall out of the habit of using them and instead to go back to our old habits. Yet with the New Year comes the perfect opportunity to get back on top… Continue reading Move at light speed with these Mac tips

Gmail hacks to boost productivity in 2015

Does your approach to email need a thorough detox? If email feels like a black hole into which too much of your time disappears, it could be time to re-think your approach. With these productivity hacks for Gmail, you can turn things around and put email to work for you again – freeing up valuable… Continue reading Gmail hacks to boost productivity in 2015

Five Gmail productivity hacks for 2015

Time is at a premium for every small business owner and, for all its benefits in modern communication, email is one of the major drains on your schedule. If you’re feeling choked by the amount of time you spend dealing with email on a day-to-day basis, try some of these Gmail productivity hacks to give… Continue reading Five Gmail productivity hacks for 2015

Give productivity a new year boost with Gmail

For all its benefits in modern communication, we all know how easy it can be to give too much time over to email – and for a small business owner, that is time that could be better spent increasing sales and improving your bottom line. If you feel like a slave to email, 2015 might… Continue reading Give productivity a new year boost with Gmail

What to learn from Sony’s security breach

The scale of the recent security breaches at Sony, which led to the cancellation of The Interview’s theatrical release, can make the company’s problems seem beyond the realm of the average small business. But the security mishaps that created the circumstances for the hack are as applicable to modest local and regional companies as they… Continue reading What to learn from Sony’s security breach

3 IT security take-aways from the Sony hack

Any business can become the victim of security breaches on a mass scale, as shown by the debacle which recently eclipsed Sony and forced it to temporarily cancel the release of blockbuster movie The Interview. Beneath the dramatic headlines are lessons for small business owners everywhere in how simple errors in IT security management can… Continue reading 3 IT security take-aways from the Sony hack

What do Sony’s troubles say about security?

Sony has learned the hard way what havoc can be wreaked when a lapse of basic security principles is allowed to go unchecked. On the receiving end of the recent hack which saw the company lose its vital email communication systems for days – reverting to pen, paper and fax machines – and with the… Continue reading What do Sony’s troubles say about security?

Collaborate but control your data

Microsoft is set to roll out security even further for Office 365 users to reflect the growing use of data collaborative business apps. This extended reach will provide tools to protect crucial data shared using SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Windows File Share and Office apps. The security plans promise more control of data in… Continue reading Collaborate but control your data

Data loss prevention expands

Data loss prevention is being expanded to encompass the growing use of collaborative tools with Office 365 users. Important and often sensitive data is shared via SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, Windows File Share and Office apps and this information needs a strong layer of security protection. Plans are ready to roll out to improve control… Continue reading Data loss prevention expands