Author Archives: Mark Ridley

UK small businesses hit hardest by cyber-attacks

UK Cyber attacks can be detrimental for businesses, with the average cost to remedy an attack being £21,000. UK businesses have suffered an astounding number of cyber-attacks in 2018, with most of them being targeted on small businesses. … Read More

Remote laptop backup remains a challenge for many organisations

Whether its working from home, hot desking or regular out of office meetings, being mobile and having access to information has become vital in today’s fast-paced environment. Critical data is circulating on everyone’s mobile devices and laptops. However, the constant … Read MoreRead More

Responsible for your own backups

Data is becoming more imperative than ever before, with businesses relying on data to make high-level decisions and run daily operations. Losing data can have a huge negative impact on your business, not only on profit loss from downtime but … Read MoreRead More

The Beatson Institute saves time and increases productivity with Backup Systems

Patient data matters. In today’s society, the healthcare industry is under constant scrutiny from patients, regulators and insurance providers to get it right. The Beatson Institute were facing stricter guidelines on the collection, processing and storage of data under GDPR. … Read More

GDPR Compliance: The importance of a strong backup strategy

GDPR is the biggest change to data protection law since 1998. It has changed the way organisations collect, store and process data, and as a result, how they operate. You need to understand it, the implications involved and how building … Read MoreRead More

Cloud storage is not a backup solution – here’s why.

There is a growing assumption that cloud storage and cloud backup are the same things. However, cloud storage sites such as Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and One Drive, are not backup solutions – so should not be relied upon to … Read MoreRead More