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The Crucial Role of Software Updates in Cybersecurity

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As cyber threats like malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks become increasingly sophisticated, maintaining robust cybersecurity is paramount.

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Double down on Security: The case for Multi-Factor Authentication

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For Cybersecurity Awareness Month we’re shining a spotlight on multi-factor authentication and how this offers a versatile second layer of security.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating Strong Passwords

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In today's digital era, cybersecurity is essential for maintaining integrity and resilience against threats including ransomware.

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Don’t take the bait: Recognise and Report Phishing

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During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Wanstor are working with the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency to raise awareness about cybersecurity practices.

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Last Line of Defence: Response in the Age of Ransomware

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In today's digital era, cybersecurity is essential for maintaining integrity and resilience against threats including ransomware.

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Microsoft Viva Goals: A Game-Changer for Our IT Architecture Team

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Our recent work with Viva Goals highlighted its potential in revolutionising our approach to goal management.

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Turning Costs into Gains: Recovering Your Microsoft Copilot AI Investment

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Many organisations are assessing Microsoft 365 Copilot to understand its potential benefits for their operations.

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The Advancement of Infrastructure Management: From Manual Builds to Azure Bicep

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Microsoft’s Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool is set to transform how we approach cloud resources.

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Empowering Your Business with Serverless: How Wanstor Can Transform Your Cloud Strategy

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In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying competitive means embracing cutting-edge technologies.

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How Azure SQL Services Are Transforming Modern Business

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From startups to the FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, organisations across every industry are grappling with a common nemesis: the data deluge.

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The Future of Digital Security: Embracing Passkeys in a Password-Weary World

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We live in a time where protecting our online data is crucial, but find ourselves now at a crossroads.

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Securing Business Integrity: Cybersecurity and Compliance

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With a rise in data breaches and tightening of regulations, the protection of sensitive data and compliance with legal obligations have become of utmost importance.

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Azure’s Role in Shaping the Future of Not-for-profits

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Azure’s cloud platform allows nonprofit organisations to scale operations seamlessly, meeting the ever-changing demands of their work.

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Extended Security Updates for SQL Server 2014

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Microsoft have announced the launch of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for SQL Server 2014, available from June 1, 2024, in the CSP catalog.

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A Roadmap for successful cloud migration

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Cloud migration stands as a pivotal transition for businesses seeking agility and cost-efficiency.

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Empowering Non-Profit Organisations with Microsoft Azure

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In the digital age, non-profit organisations are increasingly turning to technology to enhance their work, reach, and impact.

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Cyber Security in the Modern Age: Understanding and Preventing Online threats

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Organisations need to be on top of their security posture and provide budget to ensure threat actors are thwarted.

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How to conduct IT audits, and why they are important

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Technology audits like IT security audits or audit software packages are important for your organisation to run efficiently.

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A Day in the Life of a Fundraiser: How Microsoft Copilot Transforms Nonprofit Challenges

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Nonprofit organisations rely on fundraising to survive, but it is not an easy task.

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How the Not-For-profit Sector is Bringing Technology Providers Onboard to Win Donors and Support Beneficiaries

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Outsourcing to a team of specialists need not be more expensive than nurturing an inhouse team.

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How the Hospitality Sector is Building Customer Loyalty with the Help of Dedicated Technology Experts

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Having the best hospitality tech companies as your provider makes this easy, efficient, affordable and foolproof.

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Why you need Managed IT Services and the role they can play in your business

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Here are some of the key ways that Managed IT Services can help take the weight off your shoulders.

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Five Great Reasons to partner with an MSP

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From security threats to scalability demands, managing technology today can be overwhelming.

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Key Considerations When Choosing a Private Cloud Provider

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With so many private cloud providers to choose from, how do you know which one is the right fit for your business?

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B2B IT services for hospitality sector growth

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In today’s fast-paced hospitality industry, technology plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless operations, exceptional customer experiences, staff retention and a competitive offering.

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Why Vulnerability Management is So Crucial?

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It is a crucial step in protecting your business from threats and involves proactively monitoring for weaknesses where potential attacks and malicious agents could infiltrate your business’ IT estate.

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Optimising Business with Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Whilst there is a lot of talk about the pros and cons of AI, leveraging Microsoft 365 Copilot efficiently in your business’ day-to-day activities will support a wealth of functions and tasks.

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The Right Cloud Solutions for your Business in 2024

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A well-oiled migration to the cloud can revolutionise your business’ operations, efficiency, revenue streams and even culture.

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A New Breed of Cyber Security Awareness Solutions

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What role can cyber security play in helping people in your organisation reduce cyber security risks?

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The IT Expert’s Dos and Don'ts of Hospitality New Site Openings

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Restaurant site openings are the perfect opportunity to incorporate technology into your hospitality operations.

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10 best Cyber Security practices that you should implement across your environment

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Wanstor's senior security architect brings you 10 quick wins to implement for a more secure workplace.

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Windows 11 updated (version 22H2) with Copilot

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Today’s launch of the new Windows 11 update brings with it a Copilot preview.

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Attention All Windows Server 2012 Users

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Microsoft will no longer release security updates for Windows Server 2012 from October this year.

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Your Business on Big Data

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Find out how efficient use of big data can help to enable your business.

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MFA Fatigue and Number Matching

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A recent Microsoft blog shared data indicating that around 1% of users will accept a simple MFA approval request on the first try.

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Designing the digital restaurant of the future

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Check out how we’ve seen data and technology can enhance the hospitality experience and create a digital restaurant of the future.

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Your complete, high-level guide to migration in 2023

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A simple guide to what should be considered before, during and after a migration to Microsoft 365, along with high-level milestones to consider for each part of the plan.

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Top three tech priorities for 2023

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We focus on three overarching themes for 2023 which are cost optimisation, security cultures and AI.

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Migrating Your Servers for affordable agility and storage

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As the pros outweigh the cons, more customers are migrating file servers to the cloud for enhanced flexibility, agility and, if they choose wisely, security.

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Everything you need to know for a successful Office 365 migration

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More and more businesses are now making the switch to Office 365 for its cloud-based communication, collaboration and productivity abilities

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What is digital transformation, and how can it help your IT?

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Digital transformation can be beneficial to your business as it optimises data, builds a stronger management system, and makes the company more agile.

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The benefits of an outsourced IT Department

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When your IT network is out of action, your business comes to a standstill - and sometimes, having in-house IT services doesn’t provide the expertise or availability to help keep the network running.

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How Offsite Backup Can Support Disaster Recovery

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Disasters are inevitable and come in many forms. From cyber attacks, to natural or man-made disasters, ensuring your data is safe should be your number one objective.

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How to Protect your Company from Cyber Attacks

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Protecting your business from cyber-attacks is essential in today’s modern world, where more and more is done online

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Is your telephone system ready for the big ISDN switch off?

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If you aren’t using an IP telephone system already, you should start making plans for the ISDN switch off now.

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How to do an IT Risk Assessment, and why it’s important

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Performing a comprehensive IT security assessment on a regular basis helps companies develop a solid footing in guaranteeing business security.

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Cyber Essentials Standards Update

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On January 24th, 2022, some of the biggest revisions to the Cyber Essentials scheme in recent years will be observed.

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What is a Modern Workplace?

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As the digital age transforms the way we work, the modern workplace also aligns in a transformed office work environment.

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The Wanstor Guide to using a Hybrid Cloud Strategy

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Hybrid Cloud can be valuable to any organisation that operates within the digital landscape.

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The Change In Cloud Adoption In Hybrid Workforces

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Hybrid work models are altering cloud strategies to adapt to the new working conditions that have derived from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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How Cyber Security and Network Security Are Related

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Cyber security and network security are closely related, and they will both be important for protecting your business, on or offline.

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IT Disaster Recovery versus Business Continuity

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With IT Disaster Recovery versus Business Continuity, there are some important distinctions to be made.

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What Is The Difference Between Public Cloud and Private Cloud?

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It is important to be aware that there are several fundamental differences between public and private cloud solutions that may have implications on cost and security, amongst other things.

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What is VoIP, and why is it needed before 2025?

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How does VoIP work, and can it help to improve your business operations?

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What is ISO/IEC 27001, and why is it important to the security of your business?

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Find out more about how Wanstor is helping customers achieve their ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation and protect their business.

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The Seven Steps to a Successful WiFi Site Survey

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When undertaking a WiFi survey, there are many different considerations to put into place to ensure that it is as successful as possible. But what is a wireless site survey?

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We Need to Talk About Immutable Storage

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According to a host of authorities on IT security, ransomware attacks are now universally considered one of the single most dangerous threats for any organisation.

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Welcome Back to Hospitality!

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But how much of what we’ve missed will return exactly as it was? We recently hosted a roundtable for this sector and here’s some soundbytes for how restaurants will be shaped for the future.

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Three Ways to Better Protect Your Business from Zero Day Threats

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Wanstor's Network and Security Manager Steven Austin discusses three ways to better protect your business from zero-day threats.

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Top IT tips for re-opening of the hospitality sector

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Wanstor’s POS Implementation Manager shares his experiences on what the hospitality sector must prioritise to make sure it’s firing on all cylinders when they push the ‘open’ button again.

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The Death of the Gold Image: Welcome, Zero-Touch Deployment

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The evolution of zero touch provisioning and deployment is revolutionising how businesses get new devices productivity ready and shipped to their distributed workforce.

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Cyber Security

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Working closely with businesses, we often see a set of common mistakes being made that put their operations at risk, which we have listed as The Seven Deadly Sins of Cyber Security.

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The simplest IT improvements with the biggest ROI for 2021

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If, like us, you’ve started 2021 full of optimism, you’ll want to get ready for all the opportunities and challenges it may throw your way.

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Wanstor’s Infrastructure Expert Talks Cloud Migration

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If you’re among the millions of businesses that have migrated your mission-critical data to the cloud, for efficiency and collaboration, it’s critical you understand how your data is - and isn’t - protected with Microsoft 365.

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Why Third-Party Microsoft 365 Backup is Critical

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If you’re among the millions of businesses that have migrated your mission-critical data to the cloud, for efficiency and collaboration, it’s critical you understand how your data is - and isn’t - protected with Microsoft 365.

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The real benefits of SharePoint

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As the recent pandemic has pushed organisations towards cloud-based platforms within a relatively short space of time, solutions such as SharePoint Online are fast becoming an impressive alternative to on-premise servers for managing and sharing work.

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Don’t let the hot weather cause issues for your IT

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As the heat of summer approaches, it’s important to consider the implications of high temperatures on IT equipment.

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The Evolution of Eating Out

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As lockdown starts to ease, businesses big and small will be looking at how to open in alternative ways to safely increase trade volumes to pre-lockdown levels.

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Wanstor's managing director advises businesses to be Cyber Essentials Certified

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Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help to protect your business against a whole range of the most common cyberattacks.

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Microsoft 365: It’s all in the Migration

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Microsoft Office is a powerful business tool, and requires specialist migration and management in order to reap real rewards. It really isn’t plug and play, and we advise against being swayed by providers who may say otherwise.

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