Cloud cloud cloud, our customers must get sick of hearing us bang on about it! But we keep talking about it because the cloud gives fantastic options to most businesses to do more than ever, for less cost. But, not all clouds are the same. Regular readers will...
Kinetics News
Not as exciting as last month, but still pretty cool! Translate and Activity.
Last month we highlighted the new 'dictation' feature in Office - Outlook and Word, and it seems heaps of our readers and clients have embraced it! This month, we've looked through all that's new with Office 365 and we're going to highlight some useful features -...
We’re going to be hearing about data privacy for a lot longer yet!
I don't know about you, but every day I open emails and articles about data security and our obligations in business. It's feeling a little overwhelming, but on closer inspection, most of the conversation is pretty sensible. The headlines have been the data breach...
Overloading in Outlook? Focussed Inbox is the answer!
Is your inbox overflowing? Once things move down the page, do they disappear, accompanied by the nagging guilt that you should have done something? You need a focussed inbox. For many people, their inbox becomes part of their filing cabinet, and that's obviously not...
Letter from Microsoft Inspire – Vegas 2018
It wasn’t just the weather that was hot. Microsoft is hot right now, and given how much we all rely on them for the tools to run our businesses, that's an exciting prospect. While there weren't specific announcements, what I found encouraging was the consistent...
The best new thing in Office that no one knows about (Shush – don’t tell)
Spoiler alert- you have to read the full article - and good news alert – the article is really short! Office 365 keeps changing. Updates and upgrades happen when you aren’t looking. While many of them are pretty trivial and only impact a few people, some updates are...
When does Windows 10 become Windows 11?
When Microsoft released Windows 10, they said it would be the last version – but that hasn’t stopped them enhancing it. The updates available in the April 2018 (Version “1803”) release continue to refine it in small but useful ways that add up to a significant...
What’s in an Antivirus? ( or, when is ‘free’ the most expensive option?)
It is not uncommon for us to be asked why a business needs to purchase antivirus when Windows 10 already includes antivirus. It's true - Windows comes with a 'free' antivirus - Windows Defender is free with Windows and has been for some time. [header2 text="It...
Sneaky devils – how insecure email led to a $150K loss
Recently I was lucky enough to spend some time with a group of my Ozzie peers. One of the things we did was share problems and solutions. During those discussions, I heard of the following hack. [header2 text="This is not a made-up story. It is true and I know of...
Keeping up with One Note
I reckon that OneNote's being used by about a third of the people I see in meetings. And that means that about two-thirds of people are missing out! I've been a big OneNote fan for ages because OneNote conquered my personal chaos of unstructured notes and paper...









