Nov 24, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Cautious users put a piece of tape over their webcam. Truly paranoid ones worry about their devices’ microphones — some even crack open their computers and phones to disable or remove those audio components so they can’t be hijacked by hackers. Now one group of...
Nov 18, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
One of Britain’s biggest mobile phone companies has admitted to a major cyber-security breach which could put the personal data of millions of customers at risk. Three Mobile admitted that hackers have successfully accessed its customer upgrade database after...
Nov 18, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Dropbox Business has announced several updates for administrators as part of the firm’s AdminX initiative to make it easier for IT staff to manage how the service is used. The AdminX programme was announced in July and has now been given its second update. The...
Nov 17, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
WhatsApp has started rolling out video calling to Android, iOS and Windows Phone users, finally bringing a much requested feature to the platform. WhatsApp announced the move just a week after launching GIF support for iPhone users, saying that it’s finally...
Nov 15, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft is rolling out a new tool for business owners using Office 365 and Outlook called Outlook Customer Manager, a lightweight Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) tool for companies that need to track their customer interactions and history, but aren’t yet ready...
Nov 11, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face serious threats from ransomware after the number of attacks rose by a factor of eight in the past year. The Kaspersky Security Network division revealed that it detected and blocked 27,471 attempts by hackers to infect and...
Nov 8, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
BT has announced plans to launch a 1Gbps fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband product through its Openreach division, a notable increase from the current high of 330Mbps. BT said that Openreach will offer wholesale customers, such as Sky, TalkTalk and BT Retail, the...
Nov 7, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft have announced that it is bringing Access to Office 365 Business and Business Premium plans. The database management software is already included in the ProPlus, E3, and E5 subscriptions, as well as consumer plans such as Personal and Home. There will also...
Nov 4, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Dropbox has announced that it has secured the custom of the IESE Business School to enable better file and information sharing between staff and students across the organisation’s global network of campuses. The IESE, which has sites in Barcelona, Madrid,...
Nov 4, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
UK inventor Sir James Dyson has announced the creation of a new technology institute in an effort to provide the nation with enough skilled technology and engineering graduates for the future. The Dyson Institute of Technology will be based in Malmesbury, Wiltshire,...
Nov 3, 2016 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft has unveiled a new service called Teams that offers a real-time communications chat service as a clear rival to Slack. The new software is an extension of Office 365 Groups, and integrates with Microsoft services including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and...
