Not quite the opening line of Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 1. However, in Shakespeare’s version as Bernardo looks out from the misty battlements, high up on the outer walls of Elsinore castle, he calls out to his fellow soldier, Francisco ‘Who’s there?’ Francisco replies ‘Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself’.

Wi-Fi is everywhere. Buses, trains, cafes and pubs of course. It’s at the gym, taxis, shopping centres, the list goes on. Hold on a minute, just let me check my bank statement, whilst I’m enjoying a mocha coffee. As they say, I’ll just pop in my password, which is the heart of the problem.

The news is full of it at the moment; a recession is just around the corner. ‘The recession we have been dreading is about to strike’, ‘it will be the longest and deepest recession since the 50’s’. Industry leaders will be rolling back budgets in anticipation, as revenues decrease. Costs must come down!

Did you know that elephants are one of the most protective animals on the planet towards their young? They only have one calf at a time typically, and carry them for almost two years. When born, the mother receives help in protecting the calf, from all the mothers within the herd.

As unintended consequences go, online collaboration got a really massive boost when the COVID 19 pandemic swept around the world as the virus looked to decimate the business landscape. Video calling that had once been the communication tool for all but a few, two video conferencing tools Zoom and Microsoft Teams saved the day and business too.

In its purest form, DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. A DDoS attack is a combined cyber attack on a specific server or network, with an overwhelming amount of information, with the intended purpose of disrupting normal service. That’s the dictionary version, but what does a DDoS attack look like in the real world?

At the heart of every business is a conversation. Between your team, between suppliers, customers, local or global. A telephone call is good, we have been making those for a long time-since March 10th, 1876, to be precise. Interestingly, the first words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell in the worlds first telephone call, were: ‘‘Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you’’.

As in the classic convention of fairy tale storytelling, it typically starts off with a hero or heroine performing a task and then being rewarded. The best of them usually has an insurmountable event and then some magical assistance thrown in for good measure!

If Benjamin Franklin had been alive today, I am sure he would be impressed with what we have done with the place and been at the forefront of IT innovation, especially in the last 50 years. Remember how we used to use typewriters to generate a letter and to make multiple copies of it. You’d use carbon paper. Remember how the carbon powder used to come off on your hands, and you could only really...

A new widescreen screen arrives on your desk, along with a brand-new computer to power it. It has all the bells and whistles on it; Windows 10, Microsoft 365, virus and ransomware protection, all connected to a super-fast dedicated business leased internet line.