The need for South East companies to keep investing in new IT is underscored by the record levels of investment in UK tech companies last year.

UK businesses are being urged to act swiftly to protect against design flaws in microchip processors which could expose their IT systems to cyber-attack.

The UK government’s decision to make access to 10Mbps minimum broadband speeds a legal requirement for everyone by 2020. This bodes well for businesses struggling in remote parts of Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire.

Beware of social engineering by cyber criminals. It’s an ever-growing threat to businesses worldwide.

Equal access for everyone to the internet is under threat following a decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Now it’s common sense to consider more flexible work patterns for your employees because of the wide range of tools available that make it highly effective and secure.

The destruction by wildfires of many of Hewlett Packard’s historical documents is a painful reminder for all organisations to keep data safe and have a disaster recovery plan.

Sussex businesses that use wi-fi connections need to act now to guard against a flaw recently uncovered in commonly-used wireless application protocols.

Beware of public wi-fi hotspots where hackers may be waiting to intrude into your world.

Loss of emails can badly affect operational effectiveness and could breach data protection law if the lost correspondence contains customer records.