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Thought About Cyber Insurance?
Here we take a look at cyber security, why you may decide you need it, how much it costs, and where to get it. What Is Cyber Insurance? Cyber insurance is a type of insurance policy designed to protect businesses and individuals from internet-based risks, and more generally from risks relating to IT infrastructure and…
Read MoreEx-Employees : Offboarding Checklist
Here we look at why organisations need to have an effective employee offboarding procedure in place and suggest a checklist for you that could form the basis of this procedure. Why? Members of organisations inevitably change over time for various reasons, perhaps to relocate to another job and move away, or they may be asked…
Read MoreiPhone Bluetooth Stalking Warning
Apple says it has worked with Google to create an industry specification that can alert users across both iOS and Android if a Bluetooth tracking device is being used to track them (also known as Bluetooth Stalking). The new capability, which is being implemented in Apple’s new iOS 17.5 (and on Android 6.0+ devices) will…
Read MoreRampant Referrals For MSPs – Part 6
Recap As a quick recap from last time, you’ll remember that the subject was all about motivation and how motivation (both internally for staff and externally for clients and suppliers) can be likened to a force to make things happen. I used the analogy of Newton’s 3 laws of motion to outline how people (instead…
Read MoreRampant Referrals For MSPs – Part 5
Motivation-Sabotage If you’ll recall, last time we finished looking at some reasons why some MSPs limit their referral flow in terms of sabotaging their service. To recap, we looked at : – Overconfidence in Unique Selling Propositions (USPs)– Overvaluing Product Over Service– Assuming One-Size-Fits-All– Believing Low Price Equals High Value– Overreliance on Technology– Misjudging the…
Read More‘AI Washing’ – Crackdown
The US investment regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has dished out penalties totalling $400,000 to two investment companies who made misleading claims about how they used AI, a practice dubbed ‘AI Washing’. What Is AI Washing? The term ‘AI washing’ (as used by the investment regulator in this case) refers to the practice of…
Read MoreApple Pays Norfolk Council £385 Million
Following a class action lawsuit led by Norfolk County Council over the effect of an alleged cover-up by Apple’s boss about iPhone demand in China, Apple has agreed to pay £385m to settle the lawsuit. The lawsuit related to comments by Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, to investors back in 2018 where he told them there was…
Read MoreRampant Referrals for MSPs – Part 2
Okay, so as a quick recap from last time, we looked at some statistics which showed why getting new business from referrals rather than other forms or marketing is so important for B2B owners and especially MSP owners. We briefly looked at how coincidences are not really coincidences at all and how the vast majority…
Read MoreExploring E-Signatures
In this tech-insight, we look at what e-signatures are, their benefits plus some of the main e-signature providers, as well as what to consider when choosing an e-signature service. Popularity of E-signatures The initial growth of e-signatures happened in the early 2000s, due to the passage of laws such as the US Electronic Signatures in…
Read MoreApple Launches $3,500 Pro Vision VR Headset
Apple has launched its $3,500 (starting price) Pro Vision Virtual Reality (VR) headset in the US with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, appearing at its Fifth Avenue New York store to mark the significance of the occasion. The Pro Vision VR Headset allows users to blend digital content with their physical space and users can navigate…
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