Kinetics News

New cool stuff in your Office 365

New cool stuff in your Office 365

[header2 text="New stuff, all the time" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] Microsoft are continually updating Office 365 with awesome new tools and more efficient ways of working.  Keeping up with these and learning how to use them is a big challenge, which is...

Macs are the latest victims of ransomware

Macs are the latest victims of ransomware

According to Veeam the number of ransomware attacks has jumped 6000% since 2015-16.  There is an interesting correlation between the increase in ransom attacks and the increase in value of bitcoins! Bitcoin value in NZ dollars.  Source Google Finance   Now we...

No excuses for ugly PowerPoint slides

Add a design eye to give some pizzazz to your PowerPoint Not everyone has an eye for design – particularly when it comes to PowerPoint. Now you can get PowerPoint to design your slides for you. 1.  Add the text and content you wish to display on your slide.  The...

Sensing your office Vibe

Sensing your office Vibe

As Kinetics had grown, our ability to understand what everyone in the team is feeling or thinking has diminished.  The distance that growth brings between staff and managers creates doubts and misunderstandings that can be hard to see.  More and more we have...

BEWARE THE FAKE LOGIN

BEWARE THE FAKE LOGIN

Most people will be familiar with the concept of linking something to your Facebook login. Many sites offer you the opportunity to login using your Facebook account. Scammers use this concept to farm credentials for other sites.   One we have started seeing more...

Microsoft 2017 Country Partner of the year!

Microsoft 2017 Country Partner of the year!

[header2 text="THE SECRET TO OUR SUCCESS... IS OUR CLIENTS" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] On top of our recent Cloud Productivity award, Microsoft have just announced Kinetics as their overall New Zealand 2017 Partner of the Year.  We love doing what we...

A simple but effective hack is back

A simple but effective hack is back

[header2 text="We've seen this several times in the last few weeks" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] A classic phishing technique has been updated and is reaping rewards for hackers. Delivery is by email or web popup.  You are asked to take a survey (often...

Security Alert – WannaCry

There is currently a worldwide security alert associated with the latest ransomware attack - 'WannaCry'. Media coverage has been heightened as the exploit itself was originally discovered by the NSA in the US. Further newsworthiness was added when the first notified...

Microsoft Cloud Productivity Winner!

Microsoft Cloud Productivity Winner!

[col size="6"] [header2 text="PRODUCTIVITY IS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] We are delighted to be recognised as Microsoft's 2017 Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year.  Winning this award is something that comes as no surprise to...

We are moving!

We are moving!

[header2 text="Over 20 years old and we are still growing" align="left" color="#336A40" margintop=""] Over Easter weekend we are moving to 1B, 3 Melrose Street, Newmarket. [col size="6"] So on 18 April we will be up and running at our new office on the first floor of...