In New Zealand, the National Cyber Security Centre (NZ Govt - https://www.ncsc.govt.nz/ reports they reduced harm in NZ by $27.7 million in 2018/19. We know that’s just the tip of the iceberg – most cyber crime still goes unreported and certainly doesn’t get stopped...
Aligning with NIST.....? Is your Cybersecurity protection matching best practice? Clearly the cybersecurity stakes are higher. The security precautions that used to be reasonable are no longer enough. Stakeholders expect businesses to do more – whether it’s your...
There’s a debate raging in our office as to whether the new decade begins this year, 2020, or next, 2021. Regardless, we can all agree on the vast change in everyday technology since 2010. It’s a great time to reflect on what we might see in the next ten years, using...
Bluetooth has become ubiquitous. We use it to connect our phones, laptops, keyboards, mice, headphones, speakers, cars – more and more each day. Even watches now! It seems to have got easier, maybe because we’re so practised with it. Bluetooth is everywhere. ...
Who still uses Microsoft Edge? It’s a point of pride among many users to immediately swap out their default web browser on Windows from Edge to something else. To be fair, that’s because Microsoft’s past browsers have fallen behind the marketplace – other browsers...
TAKING YOUR BUSINESS TO MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD – AND BEYOND We’ve all heard the benefits of moving to cloud. There’s the ability to scale resources up and down, a reduction in infrastructure and maintenance costs, easy accessibility, and improved security, compliance...
When premier New Zealand law firm Mayne Wetherell’s on-premise servers hit end of life, they had two options: Invest in new servers or find a new way of running their IT. A Kinetics FlightPlan best practice IT review shone a light on the company’s stakeholder...
For some, Christmas is the season for relaxing and enjoying. For others it is work, work work! So our Christmas hours are.... 24/7 ! While a number of our clients take a well-earned break at this time of year, it's the busy season for others. We have...
Overview Every year, premier Kiwi law firm Mayne Wetherell takes on up to 8 graduates and summer clerks as part of its popular recruitment programme. But on-premise hardware and perpetually licensed software are not by their nature made for rapidly scaling services...
Have you noticed the ‘IDEAS’ icon in Excel? (It used to be called ‘Insights’ ). It’s Excel’s attempt to make you look smarter and more thoughtful. Simply start with a table (not a pivot table) of data, and hit the idea’s button and see what comes. Based on my...