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The Advancement of Infrastructure Management: From Manual Builds to Azure Bicep
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Microsoft’s Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool is set to transform how we approach cloud resources.
Find out moreEmpowering Your Business with Serverless: How Wanstor Can Transform Your Cloud Strategy
Luke Southgate,In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying competitive means embracing cutting-edge technologies.
Find out moreHow Azure SQL Services Are Transforming Modern Business
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,From startups to the FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, organisations across every industry are grappling with a common nemesis: the data deluge.
Find out moreThe Future of Digital Security: Embracing Passkeys in a Password-Weary World
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,We live in a time where protecting our online data is crucial, but find ourselves now at a crossroads.
Find out moreSecuring Business Integrity: Cybersecurity and Compliance
Vennela Boppa,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.
Find out moreAzure’s Role in Shaping the Future of Not-for-profits
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Azure’s cloud platform allows nonprofit organisations to scale operations seamlessly, meeting the ever-changing demands of their work.
Find out moreExtended Security Updates for SQL Server 2014
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Microsoft have announced the launch of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for SQL Server 2014, available from June 1, 2024, in the CSP catalog.
Find out moreA Roadmap for successful cloud migration
Vennela Boppa,Cloud migration stands as a pivotal transition for businesses seeking agility and cost-efficiency.
Find out moreEmpowering Non-Profit Organisations with Microsoft Azure
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,In the digital age, non-profit organisations are increasingly turning to technology to enhance their work, reach, and impact.
Find out moreCyber Security in the Modern Age: Understanding and Preventing Online threats
Vlad Birgauanu,Organisations need to be on top of their security posture and provide budget to ensure threat actors are thwarted.
Find out moreHow to conduct IT audits, and why they are important
Nicola Moss,Technology audits like IT security audits or audit software packages are important for your organisation to run efficiently.
Find out moreA Day in the Life of a Fundraiser: How Microsoft Copilot Transforms Nonprofit Challenges
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Nonprofit organisations rely on fundraising to survive, but it is not an easy task.
Find out moreHow the Not-For-profit Sector is Bringing Technology Providers Onboard to Win Donors and Support Beneficiaries
Vennela Boppa,Outsourcing to a team of specialists need not be more expensive than nurturing an inhouse team.
Find out moreHow the Hospitality Sector is Building Customer Loyalty with the Help of Dedicated Technology Experts
Vennela Boppa,Having the best hospitality tech companies as your provider makes this easy, efficient, affordable and foolproof.
Find out moreWhy you need Managed IT Services and the role they can play in your business
Nicola Moss,Here are some of the key ways that Managed IT Services can help take the weight off your shoulders.
Find out moreFive Great Reasons to partner with an MSP
Vennela Boppa,From security threats to scalability demands, managing technology today can be overwhelming.
Find out moreKey Considerations When Choosing a Private Cloud Provider
Vennela Boppa,With so many private cloud providers to choose from, how do you know which one is the right fit for your business?
Find out moreB2B IT services for hospitality sector growth
Vennela Boppa,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.
Find out moreWhy Vulnerability Management is So Crucial?
Vennela Boppa,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.
Find out moreOptimising Business with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Swati Deshpande,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.
Find out moreThe Right Cloud Solutions for your Business in 2024
Swati Deshpande,A well-oiled migration to the cloud can revolutionise your business’ operations, efficiency, revenue streams and even culture.
Find out moreA New Breed of Cyber Security Awareness Solutions
Swati Deshpande,What role can cyber security play in helping people in your organisation reduce cyber security risks?
Find out moreThe IT Expert’s Dos and Don'ts of Hospitality New Site Openings
Swati Deshpande,Restaurant site openings are the perfect opportunity to incorporate technology into your hospitality operations.
Find out more10 best Cyber Security practices that you should implement across your environment
Vlad Birgauanu,Wanstor's senior security architect brings you 10 quick wins to implement for a more secure workplace.
Find out moreWindows 11 updated (version 22H2) with Copilot
Sam Linley,Today’s launch of the new Windows 11 update brings with it a Copilot preview.
Find out moreAttention All Windows Server 2012 Users
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Microsoft will no longer release security updates for Windows Server 2012 from October this year.
Find out moreYour Business on Big Data
Swati Deshpande,Find out how efficient use of big data can help to enable your business.
Find out moreMFA Fatigue and Number Matching
Sam Linley,A recent Microsoft blog shared data indicating that around 1% of users will accept a simple MFA approval request on the first try.
Find out moreDesigning the digital restaurant of the future
Swati Deshpande,Check out how we’ve seen data and technology can enhance the hospitality experience and create a digital restaurant of the future.
Find out moreYour complete, high-level guide to migration in 2023
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,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.
Find out moreTop three tech priorities for 2023
Richard Kuczma,We focus on three overarching themes for 2023 which are cost optimisation, security cultures and AI.
Find out moreMigrating Your Servers for affordable agility and storage
Sam Linley,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.
Find out moreEverything you need to know for a successful Office 365 migration
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,More and more businesses are now making the switch to Office 365 for its cloud-based communication, collaboration and productivity abilities
Find out moreWhat is digital transformation, and how can it help your IT?
Nicola Moss,Digital transformation can be beneficial to your business as it optimises data, builds a stronger management system, and makes the company more agile.
Find out moreThe benefits of an outsourced IT Department
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreHow Offsite Backup Can Support Disaster Recovery
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreHow to Protect your Company from Cyber Attacks
Nicola Moss,Protecting your business from cyber-attacks is essential in today’s modern world, where more and more is done online
Find out moreIs your telephone system ready for the big ISDN switch off?
Nicola Moss,If you aren’t using an IP telephone system already, you should start making plans for the ISDN switch off now.
Find out moreHow to do an IT Risk Assessment, and why it’s important
Nicola Moss,Performing a comprehensive IT security assessment on a regular basis helps companies develop a solid footing in guaranteeing business security.
Find out moreCyber Essentials Standards Update
Stephen Austin,On January 24th, 2022, some of the biggest revisions to the Cyber Essentials scheme in recent years will be observed.
Find out moreWhat is a Modern Workplace?
Nicola Moss,As the digital age transforms the way we work, the modern workplace also aligns in a transformed office work environment.
Find out moreThe Wanstor Guide to using a Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Dustin-Lee Duxbury,Hybrid Cloud can be valuable to any organisation that operates within the digital landscape.
Find out moreThe Change In Cloud Adoption In Hybrid Workforces
Nicola Moss,Hybrid work models are altering cloud strategies to adapt to the new working conditions that have derived from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Find out moreHow Cyber Security and Network Security Are Related
Nicola Moss,Cyber security and network security are closely related, and they will both be important for protecting your business, on or offline.
Find out moreIT Disaster Recovery versus Business Continuity
Nicola Moss,With IT Disaster Recovery versus Business Continuity, there are some important distinctions to be made.
Find out moreWhat Is The Difference Between Public Cloud and Private Cloud?
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreWhat is VoIP, and why is it needed before 2025?
Stuart Palmer,How does VoIP work, and can it help to improve your business operations?
Find out moreWhat is ISO/IEC 27001, and why is it important to the security of your business?
Heather Drummond,Find out more about how Wanstor is helping customers achieve their ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation and protect their business.
Find out moreThe Seven Steps to a Successful WiFi Site Survey
Grant Beckles,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?
Find out moreWe Need to Talk About Immutable Storage
Stu Palmer,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.
Find out moreWelcome Back to Hospitality!
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreThree Ways to Better Protect Your Business from Zero Day Threats
Stephen Austin,Wanstor's Network and Security Manager Steven Austin discusses three ways to better protect your business from zero-day threats.
Find out moreTop IT tips for re-opening of the hospitality sector
Andrew Phillips,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.
Find out moreThe Death of the Gold Image: Welcome, Zero-Touch Deployment
Nicola Moss,The evolution of zero touch provisioning and deployment is revolutionising how businesses get new devices productivity ready and shipped to their distributed workforce.
Find out moreThe Seven Deadly Sins of Cyber Security
Andrew Nwigwe,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.
Find out moreThe simplest IT improvements with the biggest ROI for 2021
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreWanstor’s Infrastructure Expert Talks Cloud Migration
Stuart Palmer,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.
Find out moreWhy Third-Party Microsoft 365 Backup is Critical
Alex Hardy-McBride,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.
Find out moreThe real benefits of SharePoint
Nicola Moss,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.
Find out moreDon’t let the hot weather cause issues for your IT
Stuart Palmer,As the heat of summer approaches, it’s important to consider the implications of high temperatures on IT equipment.
Find out moreThe Evolution of Eating Out
Manmit Rai,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.
Find out moreWanstor's managing director advises businesses to be Cyber Essentials Certified
Peter Lukes,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.
Find out moreMicrosoft 365: It’s all in the Migration
Nicola Moss,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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