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Why old versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL are putting you at risk

Why old versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL are putting you at risk

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 5, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Modernise your infrastructure and future-proof your technology   Prepare for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 end of support With the end of support for Windows Server 2008 fast approaching, and SQL Server 2008 recently expired, now is the time to start...
Why you should care about BlueKeep

Why you should care about BlueKeep

by Andrew Hunt | Jul 11, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Regular readers will know that we are fanatical about updates and patches for all critical software.  The world is more connected and the cyber-crime community is more organised and determined than ever. If you think cyber-criminals are teenage kids working from home,...

9 Common Excel Mistakes

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 30, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

We were reminded of the risks of messing up spreadsheets in a recent blog post at Oracle: The scary fact they quote is that 88% of all spreadsheets are wrong! The consequences of relying on bad information as a result can be insane! That reminded me of a couple of...
Feeling less Vulnerable

Feeling less Vulnerable

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 10, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

When the Microsoft cloud had a momentary failure in early May,  most of us had an uncomfortable hour with limited access to our files and systems.  It seems that some red-faced engineer at Microsoft made a simple small mistake that impacted systems all around the...
RIP Windows 7, SQL 2008 and friends

RIP Windows 7, SQL 2008 and friends

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 5, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

It’s time to say goodbye to Windows 7 The end of the (support) road is approaching rapidly.  They are over ten years old which is ancient in IT terms. If you think about tech around your home or in your daily life, then its quite understandable that these...
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