Stories from the Cyber-war The simple reality is that cyber-crime is now a mega-business. The cost and effort to combat it grows all the time. "Is it worth it?" Good question. Every organisation needs to choose a level of security and resulting cost, effort and...
Be careful with what you delete. We're proud to be one of NZ's foremost IT support businesses for law firms. That means we run across common legal software all the time, and one of the most common programs we see is InfinityLaw Recently we encountered an hidden issue...
Helping you help others Our business purpose statement is to help our community by helping the organisations within it achieve their goals. We do that with IT that is reliable and more importantly, does the job they need to make them successful. Occasionally...
It's not the same doing conferences remotely. Nevertheless, it's important to keep us current with our industry and Day Two of Microsoft Inspire was no different, We've already posted about day one. Day two highlighted the application of the latest Microsoft...
IT Management Made Easy Technology has the potential to greatly enhance not only how your staff communicate and collaborate with each other, but also enhance how they deliver services to the clients they work with. IT Management as a Service (ITMaaS) is Kinetics...
"Live from .. not Las Vegas .." Microsoft Inspire is their annual showcase business event for their IT partners like Kinetics. We’ve been attending this conference in the US for many years. Normally we’d be in the US this week to learn, share, network and grow with...
The Risk Is Real. Over the weekend, thousands of businesses were caught up in a global cyber-attack that is being blamed on a Russian hacker group called Revil. It is disappointing when geo-politics impacts everyday business, and the reports talk about President Biden...
We don't negotiate with terrorists Recently, we asked the question if organisations should pay ransomware demands. There is a balance between desperation and the uneasy knowledge that you might be funding further criminal attacks on the community. We’ve just read a...
Outlook is getting a faceliftToday’s pressures demand we jam more activity into less time. There seem to be more meetings, workshops and events than ever, even if many are virtual. Unfortunately, managing these commitments doesn’t seem to get any easier. Most of us...
This morning, we're hearing about Windows 11 coming to a PC near you within a few months (ahead of "the holiday season" in the US) So, do you care? We're a bit curious. Microsoft have had a patchy record with Windows (pun intended). Every second version seems to be a...