Finding the Right IT Provider: Avoid These 8 Mistakes

Finding the Right IT Provider: Avoid These 8 Mistakes Your business can benefit a lot from working with an IT provider. However, you need to avoid several key mistakes when choosing your team. Time spent on trying to figure out the technology you use in your business can be costly. While doing that, you can’t […]

Enhance Your Server Management With These 8 Tips

Enhance Your Server Management With These 8 Tips You may have state-of-the-art servers, but their efficiency can diminish over time. Managing them is key to optimizing your business operations. Numerous organizations rely on servers for various IT functions, such as applications, emails, hosting websites, and data storage.  Although many companies have turned to cloud-based services […]

Would your Business survive a Cyber-Attack?

Cyber-Attack Many small or medium sized firms don’t consider themselves a likely target for a cyber-attack.  Due to the increase of business done online and sensitive information being stored electronically these businesses are an attractive target! Cyber-Security Policy (CSP) Cyber security breaches affect all businesses.  Recent research showing that 52% of breaches were indeed caused […]

Compliance is all about people

In our article ‘Navigating a steep learning curve’ we explored tools and processes to ensure your employees remained compliant.  Compliance is all about people. However, you can go a long way towards avoiding accidental data breaches by training up your employees.  Employees need to understand the requirements to remain compliant and therefore, avoiding simple mistakes.  […]

What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation

What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation Regardless of the effects of Brexit, UK SMEs and large organisations alike that process data regarding EU individuals will be subject to the General Data Protection (GDPR) ‘Processing’ of data refers to obtaining, disclosing, recording, holding, using, deleting or destroying personal information. A wider reach than […]

What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation

What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation Regardless of the effects of Brexit, UK SMEs and large organisations alike that process data regarding EU individuals will be subject to the General Data Protection (GDPR) ‘Processing’ of data refers to obtaining, disclosing, recording, holding, using, deleting or destroying personal information. A wider reach than […]

How to make big data work for you

How to make big data work for you Often, the image surrounding Big Data focuses on how giant corporations can hoover up an extraordinary amount of information.  Feeding it into powerful computers creating a stream of crucial analysis and insights, thus saving itself billions.  Certainly a cliché, there are big companies harvesting incredibly large amounts […]

Creating a Data Analytics Hub

Creating a Data Analytics Hub on a budget Data analysis can answer complex questions and give you a new perspective on a business function or procedure.  The reality is, your competitors may well already be using data analytics to gain a competitive advantage.  The collection and analysis of large amounts of data can open doors […]

Big 2016 Virtual Workforce Trends

Virtual Workforce Trends

Virtual Workforce The virtual workforce has become an increasingly common practice in businesses of all sizes.  Virtual working is hardly new.  Increasingly commonplace over the last couple of years and expected to become more widespread. At Amshire we are excited about the possibilities that virtual working opens up for our Customers and the positive impact […]

Is your data protected when an employee leaves?

Is your data protected

Is your data protected when an employee leaves?   Times gone by How many of us remember the days when important information was kept in paper files? Of course we all know that those days are long gone and most of today’s new information is stored electronically. However, this could mean trouble for your Company when […]