When premier New Zealand law firm Mayne Wetherell’s on-premise servers hit end of life, they had two options: Invest in new servers or find a new way of running their IT. A Kinetics FlightPlan best practice IT review shone a light on the company’s stakeholder...
For some, Christmas is the season for relaxing and enjoying. For others it is work, work work! So our Christmas hours are.... 24/7 ! While a number of our clients take a well-earned break at this time of year, it's the busy season for others. We have...
Overview Every year, premier Kiwi law firm Mayne Wetherell takes on up to 8 graduates and summer clerks as part of its popular recruitment programme. But on-premise hardware and perpetually licensed software are not by their nature made for rapidly scaling services...
Have you noticed the ‘IDEAS’ icon in Excel? (It used to be called ‘Insights’ ). It’s Excel’s attempt to make you look smarter and more thoughtful. Simply start with a table (not a pivot table) of data, and hit the idea’s button and see what comes. Based on my...
Security, Security, Security.The theme of the latest “IT Nation” Conference in Florida was firmly on security. This is an important conference for us and we now go each year to what is possibly the biggest gathering of IT firms like Kinetics, to learn the latest...
Its hard not to be impressed by this beauty of a phishing mail - but DON'T BE FOOLED! The item link goes to a genuine item on TradeMe, but when you look closely The email came from [email protected] - that's right... traderme (not trademe) If you hover the mouse...
Here at Kinetics we encourage young people that want a career in IT. And we know that getting started is always the hard part. To help, we run an intern program and encouraged senior staff in mentoring new comers to IT. Kinetics know that starting a career can...
At last – Windows 10 1909 – the long awaited second Windows 10 update for 2019. Were you waiting for it? Actually it’s unlikely! In fact the first update, from March, is only just rolling out now, so it will be some time before this version hits your PC or laptop....
A recently released report on the Botnet 'MasterMana' has highlighted a simple but effective social engineering technique. MasterMana has been spreading via emails requesting information on products or services offered by the target company. The email is...
Have you ever noticed how your laptop gets quite warm. Sometimes if you are actually using it on your lap, it can get a little uncomfortable. Or why your phone gets hot enough to toast bread? The reason might surprise you. Of course, we’re so used to the slim machines...