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How Unified Communications keep teams connected
Working from home or in the office, unified communications collaboration platforms help teams synchronise VoIP, chat, file sharing and video conferencing.
DDoS attacks NZ: What are they and should you be concerned?
As you may be aware, the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) experienced multiple “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks last week, resulting in extended periods of business disruption. In this article, we explain what a DDoS attack is and whether it’s something you should be concerned about. We’ll also outline what measures can help protect your business against cyberattacks like this one.
IT - Industry Specialisation
Each industry has different challenges, goals and processes. Industry specalisation takes these challenges and goals into account and delivers the most optimal, fit-for-purpose solution.
COVID-19: The cybersecurity risks of remote working (and how to mitigate them)
The shift towards remote and BYOD work practices puts many companies at risk of a significant data breach. Here’s what you need to do to protect your business.
7 Things About VoIP Your Boss Wants To Know
We’re VoIP specialists, and we often get questions from decision makers wanting to know more about the potential benefits VoIP can offer their business. We’re here to alleviate your concerns and answer your common questions.
Battle of the Telecommunications! Hosted or On-Premise?
Typically, a business with over 8 phones, will seldom need to have all lines used at a time, this means you can start to save versus the cloud PABX option by having an on-premise PABX unit. This is because the phone IP PABX unit connects whatever number of lines you pay for and then shares those lines amongst all of the handsets.
How Your Printer Can Leave Your Business At Risk
There are hundreds of millions of business printers in the world. Less than 2% of them are properly secured leaving them at risk. Printers and multi-functions make up an essential part of your network.
How to set up your business for remote working
In the wake of COVID-19, in this article we explain how you can set up a secure remote work environment for your employees. We can help you to overcome this immediate challenge to enable your team to work remotely, and create a plan to adapt your business systems for any long-term disruption.
Is your data being sold on the Dark Web?
Did you know the internet is made up of three different layers?
Think Concepts monitors the dark web and provides a peace of mind solution which alerts us to any transactions or leaks relating to your organisation. This includes when a third party website that has your information is breached.
How a BYOD risk assessment could save your business
Many businesses benefit from a workforce that is increasingly mobile and available through the use of BYOD devices such as user-owned smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Using their BYOD device, employees can check in and complete tasks while away from the office.
It’s a win … until it’s a loss.
IT Solutions To Grow Your Business
Many people will know software tools exist to help improve business efficiency but lack the time to investigate how it might work for their business. This is a helpful overview of some options that might help you.
Heard about Microsoft 365 but not sure how it can work with your business?
You’re probably familiar with Office 365; the leading cloud subscription for email, word processing, spreadsheet and presentations. Office 365 allows you to access world-class email as well as the Microsoft Office suite for just a small monthly fee. So how does Microsoft 365 differ from this?
Protecting Your Company From Cyber-Attacks
As any company knows, a robust cyber security protocol is imperative in order to safeguard your network from the big bad wolves of the internet. Attackers are one of the greatest dangers to your company’s most sensitive data, particularly your financial information. Once an external attack has access to this information, the consequences can be extremely costly – and may even destroy a business.
Are managed services worth it?
And how to get on board if it is
You'll likely have heard of IT managed services, and will probably appreciate that it sounds pretty good – but do the costs really stack up? Under a true managed services offering, you pay a fixed price per user every month. This is only one half of the IT...
Seamless growth with a proactive approach to IT
A proactive approach to all aspects of your IT environment, no matter the size
A managed services agreement puts the risk of handling your business-critical IT infrastructure in the hands of professionals, who proactively manage all aspects (or as many as you would like) of your IT environment.
Workplace Flexibility
Workplaces are embracing the flexibility of modern day working environments more so than ever before. Improvements in internet availability and hosted cloud solutions have enabled businesses to operate in ways that were almost unheard of ten years ago. As flexible working environments become...
We recently completed the successful site move of one of our large accounting firm customers from the Auckland city centre to their new home in Newmarket.
The relocation project presented an exciting opportunity to introduce a few technology enhancements to their environment. Find out how they enhanced their IT and communications in the move.