As you may have seen in the news recently O2 has been put up for sale by current owner Telefonica who recently confirmed they are in exclusive talks with Hutchison Whampoa. Hutchison Whampoa owns the UK operator Three and have already merged with O2 in Ireland and Austria and with the exclusive talks being announced it [...]
Yes it is true – it is now possible to buy a tablet PC running a full version of Windows 8.1 for less than £100! So how is this possible? They run a version of Windows called “Windows 8.1 with Bing”. The ‘Bing’ part is important – by bundling Microsoft Bing as the default search [...]
Microsoft has announced the official date for end-of-life support for Windows Server 2003 is July 14, 2015. Many businesses are still reliant on this software which was released 10 years ago and if you are not already planning your upgrade, now is the time to start. End of support means that Microsoft will no longer [...]
Many people mistakenly assume that files sent as attachments by email are secure. This is actually not at all the case – email is usually unencrypted and its content could easily be intercepted and viewed by individuals with the right skills. Consider for a minute some of the information you currently send by email. Does [...]
Moonpig may have leaked data on millions of customers A security flaw first reported to Moonpig by a security expert in 2013 was exposed this morning after a fix had not been made, in order to 'force the company to protect users' Credit card details, full names and postal addresses of Moonpig’s 3.6m customers may [...]
If you are a CIO, or are operating your own IT department, you may be aware of the increasing prominence of the concept of ‘Bimodal IT’ which has been championed by industry analysts Gartner. For those of you who are not familiar with the term you are probably thinking it is another yet another IT [...]
Pro Drive have launched a service designed specifically with IT professionals responsible for running internal IT departments in mind. The Professional service is focused on removing annoying repetitive tasks allowing IT to focus its time on projects, initiatives and applications which add facilitate growth and add value to the business. The service is delivered through [...]
Pro Drive IT would like to wish all our wonderful customers, partners and suppliers a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Please note that our offices will be closed on the following dates: Thursday 25th December Friday 26th December Thursday 1st January We are back to normal working hours and all go for [...]
As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our customers’ experience Pro Drive is in the process of rolling out the new ProView app. We are really excited about the features the app provides which currently include: Submitting, viewing and updating service requests (such as adding and removing users) Reporting faults Accessing IT systems user [...]
If you are lucky enough to be using Office 365 for your email you will be able to benefit from a nifty new feature from Microsoft designed to improve your productivity called ‘Clutter’ that will be included in your subscription free of charge. Clutter is currently being deployed to business customers and uses artificial intelligence [...]
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