One of the most popular server operating systems in the world, Windows Server, has emerged from testing to become available to the general public in the last month as the 2016 version of the software has been rolled out around the globe with new features, better integration with other Microsoft products and, unfortunately, newer targets […]

The end of the Barack Obama era in the White House is upon us, as in less than a week there will be a new president elected in the United States. The race to become the 45th president of America has come down to a fight between Donald Trump and former first lady Hillary Clinton, […]

Of course there is no decision to be made about whether or not to backup your data (the answer is yes you should, in case you had any doubts!) but for many small businesses there is a big decision to be made on how to secure their vital information. Two of the most popular options […]

An FTP backup is a form of transferring and securing your data using the File Transfer Protocol (or FTP for short) from your device or devices to a dedicated FTP server. FTP backups generally are conducted remotely with the FTP server located in a centralised data centre away from the user and their device(s), although […]

With the rising trends in cybercrime as well as the ever-present issues with human error and hardware failure, 2016 is not the year for people to decide whether they should be creating a backup of their data but, if they have not already settled on an option, it is the year that users make a […]

Hyper-V is the Microsoft’s hardware virtualization system, the most direct and important competitor of VMware ESXi. Born as a successor to Virtual PC, Hyper-V has become over the years a very complete and efficient virtualization system and, also thanks to its adoption in Microsoft’s Azure platform, one of the essential components for a complete cloud […]

Due to the threat of data corruption or loss through human error or malicious means, as well as hardware failure or even natural disasters such as fire or weather related situations, it is imperative that I.T. professionals ensure the safety of their data by saving and backing up their vital information in multiple locations using […]

A recent article from the BBC noted that a survey conducted by a famous name in the Anti-Virus business has shown that 2015 was a bad year for the security of personal and business data. The reason for last year being such a good year for scammers was that more than 500 million digital identities […]

Just like the battle between companies and fraudsters, the clash of honest computer users and those looking to take advantage of these users by holding their data to ransom, corrupting their data or stealing their information for their own nefarious gains is a fight that will likely go on forever. Both sides have plenty of […]

Ever since the invention of the personal computer the human race has moved further and further away from storing data in physical form and towards having everything available at the touch of a button via these computing devices, such as laptops and, more recently, mobile devices. This move towards online storage of information has both […]