Office is dead, long live Microsoft 365
Microsoft has officially confirmed that the cloud-based Office suite will soon be no more, with all its applications soon to come under the Microsoft 365 banner.
5G goes mainstream – but concerns still remain
Smartphone users across Britain and the world are planning to upgrade to 5G (if they’ve not done so already), but both uptake and confidence in the network are somewhat lower than expected.
This is the key takeaway from a new report by Ericsson ConsumerLab – following the largest global 5G consumer study ever undertaken.
What your business should consider amid rolling blackout warning
The cost of living crisis and Russian invasion of Ukraine has put enormous stress on the UK’s energy sources. The result is a warning from the National Grid that this coming winter could see planned, temporary rolling blackouts used across the country, in order to help manage demand.
How to ensure you’re not overprovisioning your enterprise network
By M2 Computing on October 10, 2022 in Blog, Infrastructure, Telecoms and mobile data, Uncategorized
One of the biggest fears for enterprise network architects is under-provisioning – to leave an organisation with insufficient performance and capacity. However, it’s because of this that countless companies around the UK actually have much more network provisioning than they actually need, which can be a huge waste of resources – both during the development phase and in the upkeep of these networks.
Excel Tips and Tricks
The Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is a customisable toolbar containing a set of commands that are independent from the Excel tab that is currently displayed. You can customise this toolbar to display frequently used functions such as Open, Save, Sort Ascending etc. which will then be made available within a click regardless of the active tab that is displayed.
Digital up-skilling “crucial”
Businesses are being urged to help colleagues and customers boost their digital skillset, following reports that the majority feel they’re falling behind.
Uber suffers hack as employee throws open the door
Ride hailing app Uber has become the latest high-profile business to fall foul of hackers, with one of the company’s own employees thought to be the weak link.
ISPs tighten up email defences – What do you need to do?
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been developing and implementing defence tools of their very own, in a bid to keep email inboxes safe. However, these developments could cause some issues in the immediate term, as users or email providers lag behind the latest updates.
Organise your bookmarks in Chrome
Bookmarks are a fantastic tool for keeping webpages available at the touch of a button. They not only offer a way to save pages to read later, but also allow you to open web-based workstations quickly, if you have a suite of sites or programmes you use for specific jobs (such as a CMS, your website, user portals, and so on).
Big calls and controversies – The tech decisions facing new PM Liz Truss
Britain’s tech industry is waiting with bated breath to hear what’s to come from new Prime Minister Liz Truss, with some big issues sat in her inbox.
Perhaps the biggest and most pressing decision concerns what to do with DCMS (the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport). Not only is Truss the UK’s fourth PM in six years, Michelle Donelan’s recent appointment to Secretary of State for DCMS makes her the seventh person to hold the position since 2017.
