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31/10/2025

For years we’ve heard “cloud‑first!” shouted from every rooftop… but the conversation is shifting 🌥️➡️☁️

A new Private Cloud Outlook 2025 report shows companies everywhere are rethinking their cloud strategies.

And the balance between public and private cloud is now front and centre.

The numbers are eye‑opening:

👀 93% of businesses say they’re now deliberately balancing a mix of public and private cloud
👀 53% plan to make private cloud their top priority for new workloads in the next three years
👀 73% are actively considering moving some workloads back from public cloud to private. And a third have already done so

Why the rethink?

🔒 Security and compliance: 92% trust private cloud more.

💰 Cost visibility: 90% say private cloud gives them clearer, more predictable costs.

🤖 AI workloads: 60% prefer private cloud for training and running AI models.

But it’s not without challenges. Many businesses admit they’re struggling with siloed IT teams and skills gaps. 80% are leaning on external help to get their cloud environments right.

Things is, there’s no one platform that does it all. It’s all about putting the right workload in the right place.

Is it time you found a blended mix that fits your business, strategically, securely, and cost‑effectively?

My team and I can help with that - get in touch.

🤔 How’s your business approaching cloud right now? Are you leaning more toward public, private, or a mix of both?

29/10/2025

Microsoft is taking Copilot on Windows 11 to a whole new level ⬆️

It’s started testing a feature that lets you share your entire desktop with Copilot. Meaning the AI can see what you see, and chat with you about it in real time.

Up until now, Copilot Vision could only look at a single app or window you chose to share.

But soon, if you enable it, Copilot will be able to view everything on your desktop at once.

Before you panic 😥 this is 100% optional.

You must deliberately enter a special mode inside the Copilot app to turn it on.

Copilot isn’t peeking at your screen in the background, and it won’t start watching without your say so.

Once enabled, here’s what it can do:

👉 Talk you through tasks as you switch between apps
👉 Offer insights on the content you’re working on
👉 Guide you step by step through a process in an unfamiliar program
👉 Even coach you aloud while you’re editing a document or working on a project

It won’t click or type for you (at least not yet). But it can highlight areas on screen and say, “Click here next,” or “Try changing this”.

Think of it as having a knowledgeable colleague looking over your shoulder… without the awkwardness.

Right now, desktop sharing for Copilot Vision is still in testing across Windows Insider Preview channels (Release Preview, Beta, Dev, and Canary). And for now, it’s only available in the US. I’m sure it won’t be long till Microsoft rolls it out more widely.

Microsoft is clearly betting big on Copilot. With features like Copilot Memory and even customisable personas (yes, you might soon be able to make yours look like Clippy 👀).

💭 What do you think? Would you be happy to share your whole desktop with an AI assistant if it could help you get things done faster?

28/10/2025

Struggling to spot the emails that really matter, amongst all the junk?

Your inbox is about to get a powerful new ally.

Find out how Outlook’s latest feature could help you cut through the noise (and save time too)…

27/10/2025

How much vital info does your website give away to hackers?

CLUE: A lot more than you think.

In just minutes, a cyber criminal can gather lots of info they need to plan an attack.

This is how they do it… and the way to protect your business.

26/10/2025

I’ve got something worrying to point out: Even trusted tools can be hijacked ⚠️

Gravity Forms, a hugely popular WordPress plugin with over a million users, was briefly compromised in what’s known as a supply chain attack.

Here’s what happened:

☠️ Attackers managed to sneak malicious files into certain manual downloads of the plugin from Gravity Forms’ own website
☠️ Those files could block updates, create hidden admin accounts, and even allow remote code ex*****on (basically, full control over a site)
☠️ The affected versions were only live for a short window in early July, but anyone who grabbed those versions manually was at risk

The good news?

• Automatic updates and installations done from inside the plugin itself were never affected
• The company, RocketGenius, acted quickly, closed off the attack method, and has already released a clean version (2.9.13)
• They’ve reached out directly to anyone who might have been exposed

But this is still an important reminder:

🔒 Even legitimate, well‑known tools can be targeted
🔒 Always keep plugins updated directly through their official update mechanisms wherever possible
🔒 If you manually download any software, double‑check you’re on the official site and confirm the version number you’re installing

Stories like this highlight how important it is to stay aware of the risks. A single compromised plugin can open the door to attackers. And that can mean stolen data, downtime, or worse.

❓Do you (or your team) ever manually install plugins? Or do you rely on automatic updates?

25/10/2025

AI isn’t some far‑off future tech anymore. It’s already reshaping how we work every day.

But new research shows that getting on board with it is proving harder than many people expected 🤖

The study paints an interesting picture:

🟪 28% of small and medium sized businesses say rising costs from not automating are already hurting them
🟪 Nearly half (47%) admit they don’t yet have the infrastructure to properly scale AI tools
🟪 And a massive 95% say they still need more training to feel confident using it

Here’s the really telling part:

👾 77% of leaders wouldn’t bet a week’s salary on their organisation’s ability to handle AI risks like data misuse…
👾 …but 72% describe themselves as AI experts.

There’s clearly enthusiasm. But also, a gap between knowing AI exists and knowing how to make it work day‑to‑day.

Right now, two‑thirds of small and medium sized businesses only use AI in very controlled environments.

Three‑quarters are still nervous about how data is managed. And many say the biggest blocker isn’t the technology at all. It’s the training.

But on the other hand, most aren’t standing still.

Three in four plan to ramp up AI investments in the next year, with huge expectations for productivity and performance boosts.

Getting on board with AI isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about:

✨ Building up skills and confidence step by step
✨ Figuring out where AI can actually make your life easier
✨ And making sure the basics (like data security) are solid before scaling up

Are you excited by AI? Or still figuring out where it fits into your work?

24/10/2025

Scams on the internet aren’t new. But the tactics criminals use keep evolving.

And they’re catching out people and businesses every single day.

Want to hear the harsh truth? The difference between someone who falls for a scam and someone who doesn’t is often just a split second of trust in the wrong place.

Here are some of the most common scams doing the rounds right now, and what to watch for…

🎣 Phishing emails and texts:These are messages pretending to be from a bank, a supplier, or even someone you know. They’ll ask you to click a link or log in. Once you do, they steal your details.

💡 Advice: Never click links in unexpected messages. Go directly to the official website instead.

💻 Tech support cons:A caller says they’re from Microsoft or your internet provider and that your computer is infected. They ask for remote access or payment to “fix” it.

💡 Advice: Legitimate companies don’t cold call like this. Hang up and contact them directly through official numbers.

💸 “Easy money” scams:Think fake lotteries, bogus investments, or those infamous foreign prince emails. They promise big rewards if you pay a “small fee” first.

💡 Advice: If you didn’t enter a competition, you didn’t win. And anyone asking for upfront payment should set off alarm bells.

🛒 Online shopping and auction scams:Fraudsters hijack accounts with good reputations, sell fake goods, or convince you to use insecure payment methods like wire transfers.

💡 Advice: Always use trusted payment systems (like PayPal) and never ship goods before money is safely in your account.

🎭 Social media tricks:A message from a friend saying “Is this you?” or “I’m stuck abroad, please send money.” Or apps that look fun but hide malware.

💡 Advice: Verify through another channel (call or text) before acting, and research any new app before installing it.

Scammers prey on trust, urgency, and emotion. They don’t care who you are, they just want your money, your data, or access to your accounts.

🛡 The best defence? Slow down. Question everything. Educate your team. And make sure you’ve got strong security tools in place.

What’s the worst scam you’ve seen lately? Have you or your team ever had a close call?

22/10/2025

You know that Wi-Fi camera you just installed to see who’s at your business’s front door… is it possible it could present a risk to your data?

You’d be surprised. Here are the main security risks for all types of devices.

21/10/2025

Here’s a clever (and slightly scary) new twist on phishing attacks you might not have heard about yet… and it involves Google Gemini 🤖✉️

Gemini is Google’s AI assistant built into Gmail and other Workspace apps.

One of its neat features is that it can summarise incoming emails in a little pane on the right-hand side.

Sounds useful, right?

But we’re being warned that criminals can hijack Gemini’s summaries using a technique called prompt injection.

How does that work?:

😈 A scammer sends you an email that looks totally normal
😈 Hidden inside the email is extra text (using HTML and CSS to make it invisible, with white text, tiny font)
😈 You can’t see it… but Gemini can
😈 When you open Gemini’s summary pane, it obediently follows the hidden instructions and might show you a fake warning, like: “Your account is compromised. Call Google support immediately on this number”

Because that message is coming from your trusted Gemini assistant inside Gmail, you’re far more likely to believe it.

✨ And just like that, you’ve been phished ✨

Researchers demonstrated exactly this. And while there’s no evidence of real‑world attacks yet, Google has confirmed it’s a priority issue and is rolling out mitigations.

In the meantime, you can reduce the risk by making sure your email clients filter out hidden content. Or by scanning for suspicious urgency cues like phone numbers or “account locked” messages.

Most importantly, remind your team: AI summaries are helpful, but they’re not security alerts. Always double‑check before acting on anything unusual.

AI tools are amazing, right? But they can also introduce new risks we’re only just starting to understand.

🔎 Do you think your team would spot something like this? Or would a message from Gemini catch them off guard?

20/10/2025

Do you know who in your business can access your critical data right now?

It might surprise you. And the risks that come along with that can be bigger than you think.

Our latest tech update explains why this matters and what smart businesses are doing about it…

19/10/2025

Remember the chaos last year when a faulty update left millions of Windows PCs stuck on a boot screen?

Finance systems went down, airport check‑ins froze, even gaming servers were hit 🫨

Microsoft clearly remembers too.

It’s just announced a new Windows 11 feature designed to stop that kind of disaster from happening again.

It’s called Quick Machine Recovery (QMR). And here’s why it’s a big deal:

If your PC can’t start up properly, QMR will automatically launch the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). From there, it can connect to the internet, grab a fix directly from Microsoft, and apply it. All without you having to do a thing.

No more one‑by‑one manual repairs.

No more finding a USB stick, downloading a patch, and hoping it works.

QMR is built to revive your device remotely and autonomously, even if it refuses to boot normally 🥳

Right now, QMR is in early testing with Windows Insiders (Canary channel first, then Dev, Beta, and Release Preview). A wider rollout will hopefully follow, and it’ll be switched on by default for Windows 11 Home devices. Pro and Enterprise users will have extra control over how it works.

Given what we saw during that 2024 outage, this feels like Microsoft learning some hard lessons and trying to make sure we’re all better prepared next time.

If it works as promised, it could save businesses a lot of time, money, and stress.

🤔 What do you think? Would automatic recovery give you peace of mind? Or do you prefer to handle fixes manually?

18/10/2025

Have you noticed that Windows 11 has been quietly getting better and better this year?

If you’ve not kept an eye on the updates, you might have missed some very cool changes 🚀💻

Here are a few highlights that caught my attention:

✨ A brand‑new Start menu: Finally. A single scrollable view, the option to turn off that “Recommended” section, and bigger layouts. If you live in your Start menu, this feels like a breath of fresh air.

🔋 Adaptive Power Saver: Your PC will soon be smart enough to save power based on what you’re doing, not just your battery level. And no, it won’t dim your screen while it’s doing it. Nice.

🎛 Move those hardware indicators: Want your volume or brightness pop‑up somewhere other than the bottom corner? You’ll be able to choose where those appear.

🤖 Agentic search in Settings (Copilot+ PCs only): You’ll be able to say things like “My cursor is too small” and Windows will either fix it or guide you straight to the setting.

🕒 Notification centre clock: A bigger, clearer clock in your notification view (yes, the one you loved in Windows 10 is making a comeback).

🔒 Lock screen widgets:Pick exactly which widgets you want to see, weather, traffic, or none at all.

🛠 Quick Machine Recovery:If your PC refuses to boot after a bad update, it can now fetch fixes directly from Windows Update in recovery mode.

⚙️ Windows Advanced Settings:A tidier home for developer‑style tweaks like Virtual Workspaces and File Explorer integrations.

💀 The Black Screen of Death:Say goodbye to blue. Crashes now show a black screen with simpler info. (Sleek? Or a bit doom‑y? You tell me…)

🔑 Passkey improvements:If you use 1Password, Windows will soon work more smoothly with your saved passkeys across websites. And it will work with other password managers too.

And that’s just scratching the surface. Microsoft is clearly listening and iterating fast.

💭 Which of these features do you think your team will use? And what’s still on your Windows 11 wish list?

12/10/2025

If you’ve used Windows for any length of time, you’ve probably had that sinking feeling when your screen suddenly turns bright blue and your computer restarts 🙄

Well… get ready, because Windows 11 is switching things up 💻

Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned Black Screen of Death (still lovingly known as a BSoD) to replace the classic blue version that’s been around for 30 years.

Here’s what’s changing:

☠️ The background is now black, in line with Windows 11’s sleeker look
☠️ The little frowny face is gone
☠️ The QR code (that never really helped anyone, let’s be honest) is gone too
☠️ What’s left is a cleaner, simpler message: "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart."

There’s still technical info at the bottom. A stop code and a note on which system file failed. But overall, it feels more minimal.

Now, is this a big deal?

For most people, probably not… a crash is still a crash. But there are a few interesting points:

👩‍💻 Some testers think the new look might be too subtle. It’s starting to look a lot like a normal Windows update screen, which could confuse people.

👩‍💻 Black feels a little more serious than blue. Some find it sleek, others say it feels more intimidating.

Personally? I won’t miss the QR code (I’ve never met anyone who managed to scan it in time). But I do think Microsoft could add something visual to make it clear an error has happened, to avoid confusion.

The new BSoD should be rolling out to everyone soon.

💭 What do you think? Does the colour or design of a crash screen even matter to you… or do you just want your PC to get back to work ASAP?

11/10/2025

When you hear “dark web,” you probably picture some mysterious corner of the internet that only hackers know about. A hidden world you’ll never come across.

But the dangers of the dark web aren’t as hidden as you might think 🫣

Imagine a marketplace where stolen passwords, customer data, or even sensitive internal documents are quietly bought and sold. That’s what’s happening right now on the dark web.

Recent breaches have shown just how real this is:

🔹 In May 2024, data from over 500 million Ticketmaster customers appeared on a dark web forum.
🔹 Just before that, 73 million AT&T customers’ details, including social security numbers and passcodes, showed up for sale.
🔹 Even LinkedIn isn’t immune. Back in 2021, data from 700 million users leaked onto dark web marketplaces.

The dark web itself is a small, hidden layer of the internet you can’t find through Google. It uses special tools like the Tor browser and .onion websites. It was originally designed for privacy, but today it’s notorious for hosting illegal activity.

And unfortunately, your company’s leaked data might already be there 😱

Here’s the part many businesses don’t realise: Even if you’ve never been “hacked” in a way you’re aware of, some of your data could still be circulating out there. Old passwords, old logins, old customer lists… once they’re leaked, they don’t disappear.

So what can you do?

🔒 Regularly scan for leaked credentials linked to your company
🔒 Keep an eye on accounts and access being sold online. Disabling them quickly can prevent major damage
🔒 Proactively monitor for any sensitive information tied to your IP addresses
🔒 Map what you find back to your wider security strategy, so you know exactly where to focus your efforts

The dark web isn’t going away. But by staying vigilant, educating your team, and baking this awareness into your security plan, you’re far better protected against whatever might be lurking there.

❓Does this surprise you? Have you ever wondered if your business data could be out there?

10/10/2025

Phishing emails are getting SMARTER. They’re when cyber criminals pretend to be someone you trust, to get you to click a suspicious link.

Think you or your team could spot one in seconds?

Sometimes the clues are obvious. If you know where to look…

08/10/2025

Tired of dealing with passwords?

We all are.

But big changes are coming to Windows 11 to make logging in safer and easier.

Which is why now’s the time to get ready for a password-free future…

07/10/2025

Still relying on just passwords to protect your business?

That’s not enough anymore.

There’s something you can add, which will stop most cyber attacks in their tracks.

Here’s what it is, and why it’s important…

06/10/2025

Did you know you can control your entire Windows 11 PC just by talking to it? 🎤💻

It’s called Voice Access. And it’s one of the most impressive (and underrated) features Microsoft has added recently.

With it switched on, you can open apps, browse the web, write emails, and move around your computer, completely hands‑free 🙌

It’s great…

• For anyone who finds using a mouse or keyboard tricky or uncomfortable
• If you want a hands‑free way to work (maybe you’re juggling tasks or your hands are otherwise busy)

Unlike older tools (you might remember Windows Speech Recognition), Voice Access uses modern AI‑powered speech recognition built right into your PC.

That means:

🗣️ It doesn’t need an internet connection to work
🗣️ It’s more accurate and more responsive than older versions
🗣️ It’s private. Your voice commands aren’t sent off to the cloud

Getting started is easier than you’d think.

Press your Windows Start button, type “voice access”, and open it.

A quick setup wizard will help you get your microphone ready and download the right speech model.

Then, when you say “Voice Access wake up”, your PC starts listening for commands.

Once you’re up and running, you can say things like:

✨ “Open Outlook” to launch an app
✨ “Scroll down” to move through a document
✨ “Click 2” to choose from numbered options on screen
✨ Or just start dictating text directly into an email or document

It even works across multiple screens; has clever grid overlays for precise navigation; and lets you create your own custom voice shortcuts for repetitive tasks.

Is it perfect?

No. Not yet.

Sometimes you’ll repeat yourself or tweak how you phrase things. But for a free feature built into Windows 11, it’s remarkably good and genuinely useful.

💭 Have you (or your team) tried Voice Access yet? Can you imagine using voice commands in your day‑to‑day work?

05/10/2025

All these connectors have now been replaced by one,, does anyone know the name of the new replacement?
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05/10/2025

With all the hype around AI tools, instant messaging apps, and collaboration platforms, you’d think email would be on its way out, right?

Not even close 📧

A new State of Business Email 2025 report (based on over 4,000 IT leaders worldwide) shows that despite tools like Teams, Slack, Notion, and Asana filling our screens, email is still the backbone of business communication.

😮 Here’s why that might surprise you…

Our workplaces have never been more digitally connected. Yet they’ve also never been more fragmented.

Every department has its favourite tools 🛠️ Marketing might love Asana. Operations might live in monday .com. IT is deep in Jira. And of course, everyone’s on Teams or Zoom.

But these tools don’t always line up neatly across the whole company. Adoption varies by team size, department, or even how tech‑savvy people feel.

That’s when communication gets messy. Different channels, different rules, things falling through the cracks.

And when clarity and accountability really matter? Businesses fall back on email.

📩 It’s traceable (you can refer back to it later)
📩 It’s permanent
📩 It works across every department, every location, every device

Nearly half of all internal and external communication still happens over email. Even in IT, HR, finance, and customer success, for teams that need accuracy and records they can audit, email is still the go‑to.

Instant messaging is brilliant for quick chats and check‑ins (and 89% of IT leaders agree it’s important). But when something needs to be logged, reviewed, or crystal clear, email is winning 🏆

So… while AI and collaboration platforms are changing how we work, they haven’t replaced the one channel that ties it all together.

🧐 How does your business balance instant messaging and email? Are you still seeing email as your backbone too?

04/10/2025

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04/10/2025

I’m always telling people: “Check the web address before you trust a site”.

But now scammers have found a way around that 😳

Security researchers have spotted a new scam where fake tech support numbers are being inserted directly into genuine websites.

It goes like this:

📞 You search Google for “Apple support” or “PayPal phone number”
📞 You click what looks like a legitimate ad at the top of the results
📞 It really does take you to the official site. Apple, PayPal, Netflix, even big names like Microsoft
📞 But hidden in the background is a trick called search parameter injection.

It’s a way of adding extra instructions to the website’s URL (the bit in your browser’s address bar). Those instructions tell the website to show a fake phone number in its support section.

And because the site itself looks genuine, the logo, the layout, even the domain name (it really says apple.com or paypal .com), most people don’t think twice before dialling the number.

Once you call?

That’s when the scammers pounce.

They’ll pretend to be official tech support, pressure you to hand over personal details or payment info. Or even convince you to give them remote access to your computer.

💡 A few things to watch for:

• If the phone number is buried in a long, weird-looking URL full of symbols like “%20” or “%2B”, be suspicious.
• Be cautious if you see urgent language like “CALL NOW” or “24/7 immediate help.”
• And instead of trusting an ad, go directly to the company’s official site yourself (type it in or use a bookmark) and navigate to their support page. Big brands rarely, if ever, buy ads to sell tech support.

It’s a clever trick, but a scary one, because it sidesteps all the normal checks we’ve been taught to do.

🤔 Would you have spotted something like this? And do you think your team would?

03/10/2025

New employees are a prime target for cyber criminals.

Why? Because they don’t yet know the ropes. And the chances of them becoming a victim are high.

Here’s what smart businesses are doing about this problem…

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