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Staff Profile – Steve

Debbie Cunliffe
posted on 16 September, 2019

Name of Staff Member: Steve Lockett Role: Technical Support Engineer Tell us about you: I have worked in various industries over the years, mainly in IT but also dabbled with various other roles. I’ve always had an affinity for problem …

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Staff Profile – Jason

Debbie Cunliffe
posted on 31 July, 2019

Name of Staff Member: Jason Dumenil Role: Technical Support Engineer Tell us about you: I have worked in the IT industry since finishing college when I was 18. In that time I have been able to gain experience in many …

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Staff Profile – Dan

Debbie Cunliffe
posted on 11 June, 2019

Name of staff member: Daniel Smith Role: Migrations Manager / 3rd Line support Tell us about you: Originally I trained to be a Chef in Buckinghamshire and after many years I decided it was time to make a career change …

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Email security – keeping yourself safe from modern attacks

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 22 November, 2016

Email is an old, simple, yet highly used functional tool of everyday working unfortunately, due to its dated technology (SMTP), email is easily misused and is the primary method for distributing malware, viruses, and phishing attacks. This makes email just …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cyber Security, Email, Malware, Viruses |

Email Spoofing – What is it and how does it affect you?

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 19 April, 2016

Spoofing, in IT terms, is a fraudulent or malicious practice in which communication is sent from an unknown source, disguised as a source known to the receiver. Spoofing is most prevalent in communication mechanisms that lack a high level of …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cloud Security, hosted desktop uk, hosted exchange |

Operating in the Cloud offers huge benefits when disaster strikes

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 12 January, 2016

Once again we have seen disastrous floods bringing misery to hundreds, if not thousands of businesses and householders in Britain, largely in the north of England and Scotland. Despite millions of pounds being spent on new flood defence schemes insufficient …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged cloud, HDUK, Remote working, SME's |

European Court ruling invalidates Safe Harbour agreement

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 21 October, 2015

The personal data of Europeans held in America by online tech corporations is not safe from US government snooping, the European court of justice has recently ruled. The Luxembourg-based court declared the EU-US “safe harbour” rules regulating firms’ retention of …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cloud Security, HDUK |

New £5000 Government grant for small businesses to boost cyber security

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 13 August, 2015

A new scheme to protect small businesses from cyber attacks was announced by Government on the 16th July 2015. Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey outlined how a new voucher scheme designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) would be …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, SME's |

How well is your business protected against cybercrime?

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 23 June, 2015

Many small business owners pay little attention to their IT security, thinking breaches are unlikely to happen to them, but the threat from cybercrime is growing and it is small businesses that are being targeted. Two-thirds of SME’s do not …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cloud Security, HDUK, SME's |

End of Support for Windows Server 2003

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 1 June, 2015

Microsoft Corporation have announced the ending of support for Windows Server 2003 with effect from Tuesday July 14th 2015. After this date Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for any version of Server 2003, if you are still running …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cloud Computing, HDUK, Hosted Desktop, Remote working |

Behind the scenes – replication the key to data security

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 15 April, 2015

Storage Area Networks (SANs) provide block level data storage and are primarily used to enhance storage devices, such as disk arrays, and make them accessible to servers so that the devices appear like locally attached devices to the operating system. …

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HDUK ‘Stars’ Customer Service Rating – what’s the point?

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 12 March, 2015

It is now some 18 months since HDUK launched its innovative online platform ‘Stars’ which allows people to see how we are performing in customer service in real time. We thought it might be a good time to remind everyone …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Business Awards, customer service, HDUK, hosted desktop uk |

The Importance of Domain Names

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 14 January, 2015

What is a domain name? Your domain name is your address or location on the internet, it is also your name and identity. Domain names are like fingerprints, no two are the same so there’s no one out there that …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged cloud, Online Identity |

Does U.S. court ruling threaten the privacy of your data?

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 23 December, 2014

Software giant Microsoft have been backed by Apple and a host of other major IT companies in their attempt to overturn a ruling in the U.S. Federal court, according to court filings Microsoft was issued a search warrant relating to …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Cloud Security, Data privacy, Hosted Services |

The fastest, safest, and best supported Hosted Desktop in the world? Probably

Louisa Chetnik
posted on 26 November, 2014

Fastest Thanks to a rapidly growing partnership with Nimble Storage Hosted Desktop UK have developed what they believe to be one of the fastest hosted desktop services in the world by using their storage arrays. Nimble’s patented Cache Accelerated Sequential …

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Posted in HDUK Blog | Tagged Business Awards, Cloud Security, Hosted Desktop |

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