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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...
How to enable home working for your office staff
When this article was first written back in 2020 we'd 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...
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...
Why does Your Office Anywhere offer better pricing for Hosted Sage than its competitors?
We had an enquiry from a customer recently who was interested in moving his Sage hosting from another provider as they had just put their prices up. He asked how much it would cost to host Sage 50 Accounts for 3 people. We quoted ...
What’s new in Microsoft Access 2019
What’s new in Microsoft Access 2019? As a leading provider of Access database hosting in the UK, we have been waiting keenly to see what the changes would be in Access 2019. Now it has been released we can provide some detail around what’s new in Access 2019 Released...