IT support for small business is what I do. I work as an IT expert and consultant, providing a full range of services covering everything, from network security audits to fitting large server rooms with AC and Cat 5/6 network cabling. If I’ve learned anything during my years in the IT sector it is this: […]... Read More

As a small business owner, you have probably been approached by companies offering IT support services for small business. If so, do you fully understand what you have been offered? The world of IT can be a complicated world to business owners who don’t focus on it as a primary product or service. So trying […]... Read More

To be ready for May 25th and the need to conform to GDPR This does not include DPO, as you won’t need one. Information you hold You should document what personal data you hold, where it came from and who you share it with. You may need to organise an information audit. Communicating privacy information […]... Read More

UKBA recently held one of its bi-annual National Conferences, the chance to meet up with colleagues you don’t see between one meeting and the next, apart from exchanging emails. Really good to renew relationships, discuss common issues and concerns, and generally realise that you’re not alone out there in the big wide world. A common […]... Read More

Not more spreadsheets to analyse and chart… Always a regular cry in the office.  Reports produced on a regular basis need to be embellished, with charts that involve some fairly complicated calculations – cross-reference look-ups, previous month comparisons, and all that sort of thing. Probably, now this is done largely by hand.  The data sits […]... Read More

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you must: used fairly, lawfully and transparently used for specified, explicit purposes used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date kept for no longer than is necessary handled in a way that ensures […]... Read More

Well it finally arrived – 8 weeks after it was expected. It has now update all my machines and with usual Microsoft efficiency. It took about an hour to an hour and a half dependant on which machine it came down to. If you are running your kit as a standard machine I don’t believe […]... Read More

Now that we tend to want to use more than one device to get hold of our email it is better if we can do this by referring to only one source.  And the only place this can be is in some common area or Cloud resource. Historically, connection to and availability of, the internet […]... Read More

I really do not understand why people I have never heard of, and am never likely to want to be connected to, ask to be connected. Linkedin is supposed to be for professionals, not as an alternative to Facebook. Please, please, do not ask to connect unless there really is a connection. I have a […]... Read More

For Thunderbird, you set up Calendars as being on a network – that is they exist as .ics files (the same that Outlook uses) in a common are, in your Cloud, and each device refers to these when displaying its calendar. For Outlook go to Options and add Internet Calendars. As a suggestion I have […]... Read More