One of our clients recently found themselves dealing with one of the most brazen hack attempts I've heard to date. They'd heard from one of their customers that they (the customer) had taken a phone call purporting to be from our client, to say they'd changed...
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Three every day timesaving tips
Here's three quick time-saving tips - how many did you already know? [wow_colorme]1. Reading (or writing) long - how much time do you spend scrolling up and down long emails or documents as you make sure the content fits together?[/wow_colorme] Introducing...
What’s with Windows updates now?
Is MY Windows 10 still the latest and most stable question? It's not a question we can easily answer. Windows 10 has two different update cycles - security/reliability updates (aka patches) and feature updates. Security updates are incredibly important. They are the...
Is it ok for the (Australian) government to read your data?
Late last year, the Australian Government introduced the Assistance and Access Act. This new legislation makes it mandatory for any organisation whose website or data is hosted in Australia to give Australian authorities access to their IT system if requested....
Don’t be fooled! FAKE problems.
Wow, some of the phishing hacks are getting smart! While we haven't seen this particular one ourselves yet, it's certainly good enough to fool most people! (so beware!) The clue is that it's emailed to you - a message like this wouldn't come as an email, and...
3 tips to get 15 more minutes in your day
There is NEVER enough time in the day. Deadlines loom, interruptions are constant and your to-do list seems to grow, not shrink. Such are the joys of most workplaces in 2018/2019. So here are three simple (free) things you can do to win back 15 minutes each day. ...
3 things to look forward to when you go back to work in 2019!
[header2 text="Does anyone really know what 2019 has in store?" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] I've got as much (or as little) idea about 2019 as most readers. Inevitably there will be wins and losses, hits and misses, opportunities as well as headaches....
Why me?
[header2 text="It’s been a busy month for cyber criminals" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] In November alone we’ve seen :- A small manufacturing business in Onehunga was infected by ransomware (unfortunately just as we were moving them onto our KARE system...
Cake Group Case Study – making paperless real
"Everyone talks about going paperless. But really achieving that has enabled us real-time feedback on health and safety on-site, our quality compliance has increased massively and our clients now have live access to work we are carrying out for them" - Dean Wall,...
When words fail you
If you are like me, sometimes you don't know the right words to type into the "help" search. Lucky for us, Office is keen to help. [wow_colorme]Have you ever noticed the 'Tell me what you want to do' item on the menu bar?[/wow_colorme] [wow_spacing size="20px"] It's...