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Microsoft Office competency testing

Microsoft Office competency testing

[header2 text=" How do you know your staff skill level with Microsoft Office? " align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""]   Measuring the productivity of chickens is easy … you just count the eggs. Measuring productivity of those using Microsoft Office is much...

Reduce email clutter…

Reduce email clutter…

[header2 text=" Reduce email clutter and improve communication with Microsoft Teams" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] Microsoft have introduced ‘Teams’ into Office365.  It is a new application that’s included in most commercial Office365 plans. The concept...

Six tips to stop your network being hacked

Six tips to stop your network being hacked

[header2 text="Six simple tips to prevent cryptolocker attacks" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] CryptoLocker changed the threat landscape by monetising what had essentially been an amateur pursuit.  Professionals are now making serious money by hacking into...

Password expiry SOLVED

Password expiry SOLVED

[header2 text="Ensure password expiry notifications get actioned" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] These days it seems everyone has multiple devices.  Desktops, tablet’s, smart phones, iPad and Surfaces.   With more choices of what we work on, we have more...

Kinetics are Triple Finalists in the 2017 Microsoft Partner Awards

Kinetics are Triple Finalists in the 2017 Microsoft Partner Awards

[header2 text="Punching above our weight" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] Kinetics Group is proud to be selected as a finalist in three categories for the Microsoft 2017 Partner Awards - 'Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions', 'Cloud Productivity' and...

This week’s social engineering hack

This week’s social engineering hack

The latest attempt to trick you into opening an infected document.  Includes swearing and then a new enticing warning message. Today I received this message (I have edited out the swear word.) yea , we finally did it. here is the bank confirmation:...

Office365 Updates

Office365 Updates

There's nothing like seeing the computer display hall at MOTAT to be reminded of how much things change and how quickly.  One of the sayings I heard late last year was that never in history has business has never changed faster than  now, and yet it will never change...

Cloud could be a waste of time…

Cloud could be a waste of time…

[header2 text="Unless cloud changes how you operate, you are missing the point" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] Is the Cloud helping you drive your bottom line - Are you doing the same stuff the same way or using the cloud to do new things better? The cloud...

Cryptostopper!?

Cryptostopper!?

[header2 text="CryptoStopper!?" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] That’s right, a CryptoLocker Stopper. [header2 text="Is there really such a thing?" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] It appears so, at least for some forms of the beast. This amazing...

Change is in the air!

Change is in the air!

Change is in the air. It's unmissable, it's everywhere. This year's Microsoft Conference in Toronto just served to highlight that theme more than ever. It was larger, with more attendees and more noise. But behind the numbers, there is a significant shift in the way...