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Upgrade inertia is an old story when it comes to computers. Not just individuals, but organisations too are resistant to change. “Will this new system work with my existing business process?” “Why do we have to change anyway?” “Testing this will cost money and time!” “It ain’t broke – don’t fix it!” But with technology, as with everything, […]
The latest ransomware exploit to create havoc on computers around the world shows the importance of businesses and home users keeping their computers updated with the latest security updates. (more…)
I’ve always been a firm believer in “eating our own dog food”, so shortly after we launched Office 365 I switched one of my personal domain’s email over to it. While Microsoft traditionally was focussed on Windows software only, in recent years their support for Mac users has improved dramatically and the Outlook app on […]
Last Thursday we held a live webinar in association with Microsoft Ireland, titled: ‘Office 365 & Security in The Cloud’. If you missed it, it’s now available here as a recorded video. The webinar includes a practical demonstration by Microsoft’s Jonathan Eustace of the Office 365 product suite, including key features of Outlook email with integrated […]
On Thursday next, 8 December, Blacknight and Microsoft Ireland will co-host a free webinar titled ‘Office 365 and Security in the Cloud’. I’ll be co-presenting it, together with Jonathan Eustace, SMB Cloud Lead with Microsoft Ireland, and this morning we recorded a podcast together in preparation for the event. Click below to play the podcast, or download it here: […]
You hear a lot about “the move to the cloud”, and we all know how productive it can be to access documents on the move and collaborate with others, no matter where they are. As the working world changes, it’s no longer merely ‘nice-to-have’ the flexibility of mobile: it’s imperative to be able to adapt […]
It’s the end of the year. While we’re all focussing on the Christmas holiday break and making plans for next year – 2016 – it’s a good time to step back for a moment and do a quick roundup of the year that’s gone by. 2015 has been a very busy year for us… We’ve […]
Today we’re making another product / service launch announcement. We’re delighted to be able to offer our clients Office 365 services directly. So you’ll now be able to go “a la carte” and mix Office 365 (and other Microsoft cloud services) with our domains and hosting. You can read the full press release here. The […]
Last week the 9th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) took place in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first IGF meeting for me, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. As regulars of this blog probably know, I tend to spend quite a bit of my time embroiled in internet governance and policy related matters. […]
We are hiring again. (I love being able to say that!) This time round we’re looking for a Senior Systems Engineer with experience and knowledge of both Windows and Linux. What kind of things would you be doing? As part of our engineering team you’d be working on both maintaining thousands of servers (both virtual […]
We know how important mobile is these days. It’s impossible to ignore. Checking the stats on the last email newsletter we sent out it’s clear that a lot of you use your mobile phones for email! (Ok, we do too, so it didn’t surprise us, honest!) If you want to all sorts of cool features […]
“Nothing from Microsoft, and I mean literally nothing, has ever been this ambitious” —Jason Perlow, ZDNet Windows Server 2012 is “Generally Available” to the Public tomorrow but we at Blacknight have been working hard to ensure we can provide Windows Server 2012 to our customers on release day – or indeed a day early! The […]