There are so many different scams, hackers, viruses and hoaxes out there on the internet now that you could be risking the security of your business every time you go online. Fortunately for every different threat there seems to be a different solution, offering you almost endless options of programs to protect your network [...]

What is the Cloud? Cloud computing is being heralded as the next big thing for IT, especially in business. Everyone seems to be saying it’s the way to go but what is cloud computing and why should you follow the IT crowd? The cloud simply means the internet, and cloud computing refers to the process [...]

The final post in this online backup series reviews Soonr, an online backup program which we use at Flint IT, and which we support and manage for many of our customers. If after reading this series of posts you are unsure of why you should invest in online backup, or want help choosing a solution [...]

The penultimate review in our online backup series summarises the features of Windows’ answer to online backup. If you are someone who has used and trusted Windows for many years, and who prefers to stick with big name brands, then this backup program is a good one. It is free, works across a variety of [...]

MOZY: http://mozy.co.uk/ offers two separate packages; Mozy home support and Mozy Pro for businesses. I will summarise each of these separately because they are such different packages. Mozy is one of the online backup solutions we use at Flint IT. MOZY HOME: http://mozy.co.uk/home/ PRICE: With Mozy home support you can have 50GB for £4.99/month or [...]

If you have been reading through  our online backup series and wondering why all the programs are American, this one could be for you! Carbonite offers you prices in Great British Pounds, so you can breath a sigh of relief and put away your fancy currency-converting calculator. Once you have read our review, why not [...]

The third backup solution in our series is Box.net which offers simple and secure data storage and information sharing. If this review convinces you that Box.net might be the kind of backup program you are looking for, then we would recommend visiting the Box.net website which has a demo video to show you exactly how [...]

As promised, today we continue with our series about online backup. Here at Flint IT we believe that having effective backup and a disaster recovery plan are two of the most crucial things for your company to invest in. All it takes is one server crash for a company with inadequate backup to lose everything. [...]

Public wireless hot spots are great. They make it possible for you to work, surf or interact wherever you are but are they safe? Public hot spots are open computer networks and do not encrypt data which could mean your emails and passwords could be visible to hackers. This sounds scary but in reality public [...]

Microsoft Office 365 is a suite of products that are cloud versions of the same Microsoft applications that you are familiar with using everyday.  The difference is that you pay for them on subscription basis, you always get the latest version and you don’t need to own any expensive server hardware to use them  They [...]