Category Archives for "Corporate"

Byte Me Article 169 – Bug threatens your online safety

Bug Threatens Your Online Safety Right now cyclone Ita is the hot topic of conversation if you are talking about the weather.  Just the same can be said of the Heartbleed bug in the IT arena!  The IT world is buzzing with warnings, theories, fixes and other propaganda surrounding this topic – what is it […]

Byte Me Article 167 – Many choices when upgrading

Many Choices When Upgrading If you have been reading these articles lately then I am sure you are well aware of the so called ‘end of life’ of Microsoft Windows XP.  I was going to make last weeks’ article the final one on the topic however I am simply amazed at the magnitude of the […]

Byte Me Article 162 – Keep your head out of the clouds

Keep your Head Out of the Clouds Businesses should be going to cloud computing – what a load of glossy advertising!  Businesses need to be well aware of the costs and limitations of cloud computing before jumping on this band wagon!  Just because we have been logging into our Internet Banking sites (a cloud site) […]

Byte Me Article 163 – Keep pace with smart phones

Keeping Pace with Smartphones The information technology world never stands still (never sleeps often too) and things change at a rapid rate.  No one can ignore the speedy evolution of mobile devices that can make phone calls, browse the Internet, send/receive emails as well as take reasonable photos – smart phones as they are now […]

Byte Me Article 155 – Crystal ball on computing in 2014

Crystal Ball on Computing in 2014 This being the last Byte Me Article for 2013 has me reflecting on the current direction of computing & where I think we will see it heading during the next 12 months.  One of the big things that I see emerging is a greater gap between PC’s for business […]

Byte Me Article 149 – Clouds not as clever as they look

Clouds Not as Clever as they Look Over the last few weeks we talked about the now MORE real possibility of losing all of your important data due to recently emerging Internet threats.  During these discussions we were always talking about the traditional IT model of storing your own data on your own PC or […]

Byte Me Article 148 – Invest in backup and protect your key files

Invest in Backup and Protect Your Key Files At the risk of sounding boring – this is the third article in a row which has been written with the latest Internet threat – Cryptolocker – as the principle topic.  I also have to state again that the appearance of this threat, or Ransomware as it […]

Byte Me Article 147 – Back up to avoid lethal blackmail

Backup to Avoid Lethal Blackmail Two weeks in the IT world can be a very long time and in this case the whole ball game has changed in the last fortnight as far as I am concerned.  Last week we had several customers falling victim to an Internet threat that previously had little impact.  This […]

Byte Me Article 146 – Hackers get upper hand

Hackers Get the Upper Hand It has finally happened!  We have one of our customers that has fallen victim to Ransomware software that can’t be bypassed – this is a first in 16 years and I hope it is not a sign of more to come.  What is this all about?  Ransomware is software that […]

Byte Me Article 145 – What downloads do you need?

What Downloads Do You Need? Last week we wrote about the now happening NBN debacle and looked at exactly how inferior and redundant it is to be considering fibre to the node as opposed to the original NBN idea of fibre to the very doorstep of Australian premises.  This week we expand on the subject […]