About Bruce Penson

Managing Director of Pro Drive IT

Teams and Skype become one

2023-04-19T11:25:12+01:00October 5th, 2018|Productivity, Technology News|

Microsoft introduced their Office 365 based team collaboration app, very imaginatively called Teams, about a year ago now.  Originally introduced as a competitor to Slack, and to provide a single interface for the many Office 365 applications, it has rapidly assimilated many of the messaging, videoconferencing and audio features of Skype for Business.  Perhaps [...]

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Gone Phishing? How to deal with a phishing email

2018-09-26T09:28:55+01:00September 26th, 2018|Technology News, Tips and Advice|

What is phishing? Technically speaking it is ‘the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy contact, normally in an electronic communication such as email.’ Realistically it’s every business owners nightmare. Staff clicking on a seemingly legitimate email and unlocking mountains of sensitive data, potentially causing a lot of [...]

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Road to recovery – top 5 immediate actions after a security breach

2018-09-26T09:24:00+01:00September 26th, 2018|Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

If you notice a breach in your business data, the first thing to do is identify how serious it is. Identifying whether information such as personal email addresses, dates of birth and payment accounts are taken, can have financial implications for your company, staff and customers. In the event of a breach you can take [...]

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The post GDPR landscape: Our findings

2018-09-26T09:32:37+01:00September 26th, 2018|Compliance, GDPR|

With the panic over to ‘comply’ with GDPR, it is seen as becoming more of a day to day compliance matter.  Of course, this assumes that organisations have the correct processes embedded in their day to day business and their staff are trained on and aware of the implications.  We still find there are many [...]

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What is Cyber Essentials and why does my Law firm need to have it?

2020-07-16T09:21:13+01:00July 26th, 2018|Compliance, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, GDPR, Law, Security and Threats|

If you are reading this article there is a good chance you already know what Cyber Essentials is.  For those that do not, Cyber Essentials is a UK Government backed standard for business cyber security which helps you guard against the most common Cyber Security threats. In fact experts believe that by adopting Cyber Essentials [...]

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GDPR – What’s next…?

2018-07-09T11:52:43+01:00June 12th, 2018|GDPR|

So May 25th has come and gone. After a last-minute surge, you have stopped receiving those privacy notices (mostly), your junk email may have even gone down in volume - although the spam you really are fed up with is probably still there. So GDPR was a success, right? Now it’s back to business as [...]

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Increase Your Productivity With Outsourced IT Management

2018-05-01T12:49:10+01:00April 26th, 2018|Productivity|

In recent years, the number of startups launching in the UK and around the world has hit record numbers. More people than ever are throwing off the corporate life and taking charge of their careers and earning potential. 608,000 new businesses were established in 2015, with even more - 660,000 - in 2016, according to [...]

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The Big Freeze: Keeping Your Business Running

2018-03-27T16:22:57+01:00March 1st, 2018|Productivity|

With many of us waking up to snowy scenes across the country today, it can mean a winter wonderland for some.  But the reality is frustration for others, with commuting through standing traffic a struggle, businesses frustrated trying to identify whether staff will make it in and client work backing up. So we thought it [...]

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Open Banking – Big Opportunities For Your Company

2018-03-27T16:22:57+01:00January 26th, 2018|Technology News|

13th January 2018 marked a significant development in the banking ecosystem when a new directive called Open Banking came into force. This has the potential to disrupt the UK financial services sector and transform the way we handle money. The Open Banking programme is designed to open up banking data, forcing the UK’s nine largest [...]

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Embracing The Move Towards Remote Workers

2020-05-05T22:53:18+01:00January 24th, 2018|Productivity, Remote Working, Tips and Advice|

Is your workforce in the office? More and more law firms are offering staff the opportunity to work remotely, whether from a home office or from co-working spaces and cafes between client appointments. This trend is often attributed to the Millennial generation demanding more flexible and agile working, although it’s not just junior lawyers taking [...]

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