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Cloud 101: Going Serverless March 28, 2024 – Posted in: Cloud Computing, IT Support

For some businesses cloud solutions mean you don’t need an on-premises server at all – you could go completely serverless. This can provide a significant saving on hardware, software and maintenance, as well as making working from outside the office easier. Cloud-based Solutions Are: Less costly up-front. Easy to access. Manage and use from anywhere you’ve set permissions to access from. Flexible. If you get a sudden increase or decrease you can just pick up…

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Cloud 101: Using Apps in the Cloud March 22, 2024 – Posted in: Cloud Computing, IT Support

Software is increasingly being made to be accessed via the cloud rather than downloaded locally. This allows the app provider to build an environment specifically designed to run their solution. That way they don’t have to try to account for the myriad of ways people set up their personal devices or business servers when developing software. They can also avoid having to support issues that may be caused by the user’s environment. For you this…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of March 2024’s Patch Tuesday March 13, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 60 vulnerabilities – 18 remote code execution flaws and 2 critical vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities…

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Cloud 101: What is a Cloud Solution? March 1, 2024 – Posted in: Cloud Computing, IT Support

A cloud solution is simply a solution kept on someone else’s servers and accessed via the internet. To provide an analogy: employing a cleaner directly makes you responsible for hiring, training, equipping, managing a whole person. You may only need a third of a day’s work most of the time with occasional requirements for two people for a day for an end-of-year deep clean. For many businesses it makes more sense to outsource their cleaning…

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