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Microsoft

  Microsoft’s recently revealed that more than 35.7 billion malicious emails were sent to its customers last year. Fortunately for us, the tech giant blocked 1,000 of these malicious emails every second of 2021. That’s about 31.5 million seconds. Many of these attempted attacks came in the form of phishing

February’s Technology Insider

Feb Tech Insider

Help your team get more done: Turn work into a game Hello and welcome to the February 2022 edition of our Technology Insider newsletter. No matter how fun your workplace, I bet there are dull jobs that have to be done. People can quickly get bored of these jobs and

Tech Update 11th Feb 2022

Tech Update

Microsoft has revealed a shocking piece of information which goes a long way to explaining why so many of your Windows devices don’t update properly. The Good news – It is a very simple fix to help tackle it. Find out the full story in our latest tech update video.

Johns 'other' laptop

How to keep your business’s data ultra-safe during the Work From Home revolution Working From Home and hybrid working are here to stay. And that means as businesses, we need to get a grip on security in our staff’s homes as much as we do in the office. We’ve written

Windows Updates Failing

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Your business’s Windows updates might be failing because of this one simple thing… If you’re the kind of person who installs security updates on all of your devices as soon as they become available, don’t start polishing your halo just yet. Because Microsoft’s just released a piece of information which

Mondays Moment 7th Feb 22

Mondays Moment, Thoughts, IT Support

Windows 11 is getting faster. Is it time for your business to embrace it? How to save a ton of time with keyboard shortcuts Microsoft price increases for 365 and what we know, contact us here

Tech Update 4th Feb 2022

Tech Update 4th Feb

You won’t believe what percentage of employees would happily take a reduction in salary, so they could work from home permanently.  And you certainly won’t believe how much income some are willing to sacrifice. We’re looking at the shocking results of a new remote working report in this week’s video.

Single Sign On FT

As we have already discussed, the duties of your IT team have gradually been becoming more complex alongside the advancements, coupled with our increased reliance and familiarity with IT, resulting in our IT teams being under increased pressure. We explored SSO and its ability to alleviate the stress that passwords

Single Sign On FT

We live in an age of digital evolution which changes at a rate we could never have anticipated – this has created an influx of IT teams across the globe, and along with it are great pressures to deliver a complete service. Stress is present in every business around the

Swimming for Children

Uptech is extremely proud to be supporting The Rotary Swimarathon this year. Supporting young people is extremely close to Jason Carlton, MD and leader, so this was a no brainer. We have sponsored a board on the learner pool, as well has putting a banner there on the day. But

Working From Home Can Stay

WFH

Some of your staff REALLY want to work from home permanently. Here’s how you can make it happen Remote working has really come of age in the last two years. Many people have loved it, while others realised they preferred an office environment. But would you hazard a guess at

Mondays Moment 31st Jan 2022

Mondays Moment, Thoughts, IT Support

We need Your Help!! Microsoft is renewing Task Manager, have you seen it?? Did you buy a £19 Polishing Cloth from Apple? Can you help us find funding for Charitable organisations IT Support? IT support is seen as a Core Cost and this not covered by the grants that Charities