Watching their IT team slowly drown under a weight of tasks and an ad hoc system that’s stretched and inefficient leaves many organisations wondering: Do I need a Managed Service Provider? Even if you have an in-house IT team, using a Managed Service Provider might be a more cost-effective way to get the expertise you …
Commercial companies are responsible for a whopping 20% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. This makes it vital to figure out how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint. At least, that is, if we don’t want to live in a world where the current extreme weather events and the like are more and more common. But …
On the surface, these increasingly common terms sound interchangeable. They’re not though. So, what’s the difference between CSR and ESG? Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social, and Governance certainly do have some overlap. They both relate to environmental and sustainability practices. The use of both terms is certainly on the rise as consumer purchase decisions …
Microsoft is jumping aboard the AI train. Microsoft 365 CoPilot is a new AI tool that’s designed to boost you and your team’s productivity (as well as do some pretty nifty other things). But how exactly does it work? Why would you want it? If you do want it, how do you get it? Let’s …
By now, everyone is well aware of the climate emergency. Every person and organisation needs to take action. But where do we start? The first step is to have a strategy for sustainable business. One that shows clear progress towards change. Because huge numbers of people (read: your customers) now prioritise their spending based on …
Green IT and Green IS sound a lot alike. Information Technology? Information Systems? When it comes right down to Green IT vs Green IS, what is the difference really? Perhaps more importantly, why should business leaders care? The headline here is financial. Reducing the cost of IT is almost always a business outcome of smart …
With the current shortage of talent (over 2.7 million professionals needed worldwide), it’s no surprise businesses in every industry are considering reasons to outsource cybersecurity. Because cyber threats are constantly on the rise. The number and type of threats continue to evolve. The costs of inaction are huge. Managed Service Providers (or MSPs, as they …
Climate change is happening. Every person, nation, and business needs to start to measure its environmental impact if we’re all to put sustainability front and centre in the way we need to. But how do we get started? If we’re to make improvements, we need to know where we stand right now. This means choosing …
What do you do when disaster strikes? Your Business Continuity Strategy tells you exactly what the plan is. So how far have you gotten with yours? In a world where cyber attacks are increasingly common – and events like economy-shattering global pandemics aren’t exactly unheard-of – every organisation needs a Business Continuity Plan. If you …
If you don’t know how big your business’s carbon footprint is, you’re not alone. But an equally interesting question is, where does the idea come from? Have you had a guess? Perhaps a genius ecology professor? A group of nature activists? Sorry, you’re not even close. It was BP. British Petroleum. Yes, that’s right – …