Greendata VIRTUAL CIO & CLOUD Technology Consultants

Gold Coast, Virtual CIO and Cloud Consultants

Do you need to train your staff about IT security?

Do you need to train your staff about IT security?

A common question we get asked is, do you think we need to train our staff about IT security?

And our reply, definitely yes.

Data breaches and hacks are becoming commonplace these days.

From small business right through to large multi-national corporations, no one is safe from cyber attacks.

There’s a wide range of information security protection available for a business, but the truth is most of the targeting is aimed at you and your employees.

So, it is crucial that everyone in your business understand the role they have to play in protecting your sensitive information and the data of your customers or clients.

Managed IT Services can provide a certain level of security for a business to protect digital assets and the data of their customers too.

But this doesn’t protect a business from someone clicking on a dodgy link in an email or creating an easy to hack password.

This has to come from constant security education and training programs and keeping up with the latest security trends.

And this is where Greendata can help your with your business IT security and cyber threats holistically.

Here’s some of the areas we can work on with you and your staff to help improve your data security.

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Top 5 technology problems for small business

Information technology (IT) for a business has the ability to help drive growth.

Especially if you’re looking to expand and develop.

It also has the power to stabilise your current business by helping to streamline processes, increasing productivity and improving communication flow (just to name a few for you).

IT has the power to give and also take away if not managed properly (this is where Greendata steps in for you).

Greendata has been taking care of the IT support for small businesses on the Gold Coast, Brisbane and throughout Australia for over 10 years now.

And the same problems for our new clients keep on popping up.

So, here is our list of the Top 5 technology problems facing a small business today.

And if some of these are the problems you’re facing, we’re only a phone call away!

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How to add a Shared Calendar in the Outlook App for iPhone

How to add a Shared Calendar in your Outlook App

If you have an Office 365 account with your email setup and have the Outlook App loaded onto your iPhone, you can access other people’s calendars.

Why share a calendar with others in your business?

Sharing your calendar improves business communication and efficiency by giving you the ability to easily plan for your meetings and book appointments with other team members in the time slots when they’re free.

Also, it’s handy for checking when they’re free for coffee and if you’re a CEO, making sure the team are out and about!

Below we’ll run through the steps on how to add a shared calendar in the Outlook App on your iPhone, and also how to delete people from your calendar when you don’t need the information anymore.

So, here you go.

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How you can save money by hosting on Microsoft Azure

How you can save money by hosting on Microsoft Azure on the Gold Coast

So many businesses on the Gold Coast and around Australia choose to move to Azure to help them lower costs.

So how can you save money hosting on Microsoft Azure?

It’s not too hard to find savings in a solution that’s got so many features and benefits.

The cost usually, like anything, can sometimes come with the initial setup and then over time is where you start to notice the benefits (and the cost savings).

Once you start your move to the cloud the work doesn’t just stop there though.

There is still plenty to do to ensure you’re maximising the performance while keeping an eye on your monthly spend too

I’m sure we know a Local IT Business that can help you out with that!

But in the end, once set up and running efficiently, you will reap what you sow in regards to money saved.

So below we will quickly run through some of the potential ways (depending on your business), you can save money while hosting on Azure.

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