by Equity Networks | Jan 19, 2016 | IT support
Getting to grips with Office 365 Which level of Microsoft Office 365 is right for my business? Can I merge Office 365 with my existing network? How do I transition from my existing email services? Can I move all my data to Microsoft Office 365? What happens to our...
by Equity Networks | Oct 8, 2015 | IT support
Look at just about any IT magazine or IT provider’s website these days and you will find a reference to cloud computing. In fact, given the prevalence of smartphones, tablets, and ever-smaller laptops allowing people to share files and work from home, cafes, trains,...
by Equity Networks | Oct 8, 2015 | IT support
Cloud computing has been a hot topic in IT circles for some years now; but, despite the hype, there is still a lot of confusion about what it is, how it works, and what the benefits are. Even people who think they understand about cloud computing have often found...
by Equity Networks | Jun 15, 2015 | Email, IT support
We all know that strong passwords are key to maintaining your IT security. One of the reasons that hackers were able to break into the Sony Pictures system so easily was that vast numbers of employees used easily guessable passwords such as “password” and “s0ny123”....
by Equity Networks | Dec 11, 2014 | IT support
Some of the first people whose calls to Firstline IT were answered by a female voice were so startled they assumed that they had got the wrong number. Little did they know that IT Services Administrator Rachael Farnsworth is not only a woman, but a Theology graduate...
by Equity Networks | Nov 27, 2014 | IT support
There’s a whole lotta learning going on in East Oxford this month as Firstline IT plays host to a group of interns from Switzerland, who are studying at the College of International Education in Oxford. “We are all doing apprenticeships in Switzerland, studying one or...
by Equity Networks | Jul 25, 2014 | Client stories, IT support
Firstline IT opens its datacentre to support IT systems and disaster-recovery plans for local clients From 1 August 2014, small businesses in Oxford will have an affordable solution to the problem of running their IT servers securely offsite. As local IT support...
by Equity Networks | Jul 21, 2014 | IT support
If you’ve ever watched Chloe O’Brian hacking easily into the White House, global terrorist networks, or London’s CCTV, you might just wonder how your own IT systems might fare in a similar situation. True, unless you have recently tried to take control of half a dozen...
