A recent Spiceworks survey of IT professionals showed 76% of them had concerns over AV Storms, the simultaneous scanning or updating of Anti-Virus software causing negative effects to over-all system performance. Among the top concerns were degradation of system performance,…
Black Spot DiseaseOn my travels, both with and without ISO14001 clients, I have noticed something in the trees and plants that I don’t remember seeing recently: black, deadly looking spots in the middle of leaves. Growing up with a green…
Winter has finally arrived in the UK and as we’ve seen it’s already been causing havoc around the globe. New York suffered a monumental snow fall (it’s estimated that up to 7 feet of snow fell in 3 days), leaving…
Unless you have been living in a cave the last few days, you’ll probably already have had enough of Black Friday; an American event that has somehow made its way into British Culture. Designed to kick start the Christmas period,…
From 1st October 2014 the UK government has required all suppliers bidding for certain sensitive and personal information handling contracts to be certified against the Cyber Essentials scheme. The Scheme provides a basic set of technical controls that organisations can…
In a few short years the tech landscape has changed dramatically, powered by the giant Silicon Valley firms and innovated by small tech start-ups from London and other scenes around the world. Storage and processing of data is moving away…
Now, let me begin by stating I’m terrified of spiders to the point of hysteria. It is a regular occurrence for me to leap out of bed in the middle of the night because the dog’s tail brushed my foot…
All large UK companies will be affected by ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme). It may sound like an opportunity you could pass on if you wanted, but is in fact legislation. At least once every four years large companies will…
The human race has been living beyond its means in more ways than we realise, a report revealed today. Today, August 19th 2014, is the day that we have used up all our natural resources for the year and have…
