Most people seem to be aware that backing up your data in the cloud is a good idea… but why is it such a popular solution? Well, backing up your data effectively just means that you are providing yourself with a data safety-net should anything go wrong. If implemented well and organised thoroughly, cloud backup can be one of the most invaluable solutions in your business. What is cloud backup? Cloud backup (or online backup) Read more
Organisations have been tested globally throughout 2020 by suddenly needing to adjust to new working environments. Much like the global pandemic suddenly changing the way we work; disasters are often unexpected and relatively sudden. This doesn’t mean that it’s not worth planning for potential disasters though – in fact, it’s the key to maintaining a resilient and prosperous business long term. Having access to the right IT support in a crisis is essential, and this takes some planning. Your business relies on data, applications and documents to stay operational. Have Read more
As a company we talk to hundreds of differnt people each year about their IT systems and the services and solutions that they have in place. Over the last few years, services like Microsoft 365 and G-Suite have seen a huge uptaking from businesses of all sizes as companies continue to head to the cloud. However from these converstations, I seem to get an similar response from most people I speak to, that they’re under Read more
We are currently in unprecedented times, with the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the recommendations that the government and possibility of further measures being put in place, Britannia IT Services are taking the following measures: As of Today (Thursday 19th March 2020) we will not be attending any site visits for any of our clients, this is to protect our staff and colleagues and reduce the risk of spreading or contracting the coronavirus to and Read more
Whilst its not breaking news or publicised on the mainstream news outlets, 2020 is the year BT stops taking orders for the ISDN network. This means if you have whats considered a traditional phone system, and need to add additional lines to it, the answer in short is going to be its not possible. BT are shutting off their ISDN services in to an aim to push all of its exisiting customers on the ISDN Read more
The Britannia IT team would like to wish all of our clients a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.
This weekend saw some huge websites and online games suffer outages due to DDoS attacks to their servers, the hacking group known as UKDrillas launched a massive Distributed Denial of Service attack against the gaming service, Wikipedia and Twitch.TV. Whilst these attacks commonly are done to just show off the very fact they can, there are reasons to point towards these ones being for business or financial gain. Late into the first day of attacks, Read more
Under the General Data Protection Regulartion (GDPR), businesses must ensure an ongoing focus on employee training, and awareness to reduce the risk of a data breach. A lack of security and complaince can leave to hefty fines, damage to your reputation and huge financial loss. Ensuring you train your staff on how to securely handle data, and what to do in the event of a breach can be difficult. Here are five key tips to Read more
Being the owner of Britannia, which I consider to be a successful MSP, you would imagine I would be somewhat bias towards saying outsourcing your IT support to a service provider is the best thing for any Small to medium sized business. However personally, I am more focused on ensuring that individual businesses and organisations are making the correct decision for their business, and the right considerations are made before any decisions are made. Some Read more
Running a small to medium sized business is challenging on its own, without the added worry or stress of managing and maintaining the IT systems and services. Whilst it may have been OK when you first started out with just a laptop and a mobile, once you bring an office, with staff who all have various devices into the situation the day-to-day management and support could end up becoming a task that your precious time Read more
Co-Founding the company with Justin Sharrock back in 2015, Alex is the technical director and is responsible for all IT and Technical Services for our clients.
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