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Should your business use an AI voice assistant?
How much of your team’s day disappears into answering the same phone questions time and again?
There’s a new wave of technology starting to change that.
Some businesses are saving serious time with it already…
Presenting risk to non-technical executives
There’s a certain point in a board meeting where you feel people either following you or losing the thread completely.
You’re trying to explain exposure, risk, and business impact accurately without disappearing into technical detail.
And that takes more preparation than anyone in the room realizes…
AI Readiness Check: Is Your Business Ready for Microsoft Copilot and AI?
AI tools like Microsoft Copilot are getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. They can help draft documents, summarize meetings, analyze information, create reports, and reduce repetitive administrative work. But there’s an important detail that often gets...
There’s only one thing you can rely on cybercriminals for
It might sound like good news when cybercriminals turn on each other.
But it doesn’t make things safer.
Some are offering to “help” victims caught in the middle, which sounds tempting until you think about it properly…
Technical debt builds faster than you think
There are always a few parts of the environment you’d handle differently if you were starting again.
They made sense at the time, and they still work, so they stay as they are.
But they have a way of making everything around them that bit harder than it needs to be…
What to Do in Case of a Cyberattack (Step by Step)
Article Summary: If your business is hit by a cyberattack, the first hour matters. Disconnect the affected devices from the network instead of powering them off, call your IT provider by phone, and leave the evidence in place. If money was wired to a scammer, call...
What Are Passkeys, and Should Your Business Use Them?
Article Summary: A passkey lets you sign in to an app or website using the same fingerprint, face, or PIN you use to unlock your phone or laptop, with no password to type. It's built on a security standard called FIDO that can't be phished, because the passkey only...
Scaling the help desk without disruption
You can usually feel a shift in the help desk before anything breaks.
The queue builds a little faster, interruptions pick up, and it takes more effort to keep things moving at the same pace.
And once that starts happening, it has a habit of shaping your whole day…
Here’s what’s new in Copilot Wave 3
Copilot Wave 3 has landed and it’s a step up from what we’ve seen before.
There’s something new happening in how AI fits into your day-to-day work.
It’s useful.
But it also changes how things get done behind the scenes…
Still on Windows 10? Here’s Why You’re Putting Your Business at Risk
Article Summary: Windows 10 reached the end of Microsoft support on October 14, 2025, which means it no longer gets security updates. The computers still work, but any new flaw found in Windows 10 will never be fixed, which makes them easier to attack and can cause...
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