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The top reason why businesses look to deploy desktop as a service in 2021
Remote working looks set to continue well into 2021, and who knows for many businesses it may become a permanent thing. Businesses looking to make remote working as easy and productive as office working are realising the benefits of Desktop as a Service (DaaS); and...
Is Microsoft Access going away, dying, or going end of life, and is it still relevant in the world of remote working and cloud computing?
There is a whole rumour mill about the demise of Microsoft Access, and to be honest there has been for the last 20 years. Dig a little deeper and it becomes fairly obvious that the rumours are put out there by the companies trying to sell alternatives to Microsoft...
Addressing the 5 Key Security Concerns of Cloud Computing
You will always hear news reports about high profile data breaches of cloud based systems. But, do cloud environments have more security issues, or is it that we only hear about these attacks because they involve big household names? In this article I will address...
How to Become a Successful Cloud Computing Reseller
Cloud computing has become one of the most significant market disruptors of our time. For independent IT consultants and Managed Service Providers Cloud Computing extends new business models and offers a wealth of opportunities to not only increase profit margins but...
Remote Working: The common challenges and how to overcome them
The covid-19 pandemic of 2020 and subsequent lock down suddenly found many more people working from home. There was no planning, or preparation, everyone was simply told “work from home if you can”. If there can be any silver lining to the cloud of a global pandemic...
Home working – Costs and Risks to your IT systems – and how to avoid them
During the current coronavirus crisis countless businesses are asking people to work from home, but in the mad dash to enable remote working the usual due diligence processes may go out the window so here are a few things to consider and some mitigation measures to...
How to enable home working for your office staff
We’ve just had our first call from a business conducting contingency planning in case of a severe UK outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19). The customer wanted advice on whether and how we could help his team run their business applications from home if they had to...
Hosting Visual Basic (VB) applications in the cloud
Hosting legacy Visual Basic (VB) applications in the cloud with no re-writing or changes to the code. Businesses are getting so used to the amazing flexibility that cloud computing can offer that there can be some frustration when it comes to legacy VB applications...
How do I move my server to the cloud?
Aimed mainly at small businesses, this article explains some of the options available to organisations who want to move away from the traditional “small business server” sat in the corner of the office and take advantage of the cost, security, and flexibility benefits...
Access Developers Move Application to the Cloud
An “Evolutionary” journey to hosted remote desktops for Access developers Dunia Moja Network The recent move to a Your Office Anywhere’s hosted remote desktop platform is the latest transformation for the “Cargo” application developed by Kenyan developer Twahir...
