‘Big’ data for small business?
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Top storage challenges for Oil and Gas businesses – white paper
With the exponential increase in demand for energy comes vast growth in the size of data sets. Managing this thirst for data, and storing and structuring it so that it can be found, remains a constant challenge for Geoscientists and Oil and Gas CIOs. Read our white paper on the top 5 storage challenges for [...]
Windows 8.1 set for release
Windows 8.1, the long awaited update to Microsoft’s flagship operating system, is now available. Pro Drive clients running Windows 8 can obtain this new release which is available as a managed update from us as of today. The release was launched to address some of the standard user concerns noticed on the original version of [...]
Disposing of your old IT equipment – are you compliant?
It is great for the productivity of your business when you are able to invest in new equipment, and many organisations now appreciate that a regular upgrade programme will more than repay the investment. However have you considered what happens to your old equipment and what your responsibilities are? Do you have internal operating procedures [...]
The end is looming for Windows XP and Office 2003
Windows XP and Office 2003 have been around for a long time – over 12 years in fact. That is an immensely long life span for computer software and is a reflection on the success of the original product. However all good things must come to an end and in fact today there are many [...]
Pro Drive expands partnership with ORBiT software
Pro Drive have expanded their partnership with ORBiT Software Group to provide support services for Ultrabac disaster recovery software. The partnership agreement also provides access for ORBiT clients to Pro Drive’s range of managed and professional services around industry standard infrastructure solutions. ORBiT Software are a specialist provider of corporate data management and storage solutions [...]
Cloud file storage – are you ready?
Cloud file storage and sharing has long been popular for personal use with services such as Dropbox becoming established favourites for sharing information with friends and family and for synchronisation across devices such as PCs, phones and tablets. More recently however these services are becoming more popular amongst business users, driven by the proliferation of [...]
View Pro Drive user guides and tips on You Tube
Over the coming weeks and months Pro Drive will be providing a series of useful how to guides, tips and tricks on our new You Tube channel. Please subscribe to be notified of new content and feel free to leave feedback as to whether the videos are useful along with any topics you would be [...]
Pro Drive Social Networks
You may have seen us on LinkedIn, but did you know you can find Pro Drive on other social networks? You can find us on: Twitter Facebook Google Plus YouTube You might also want to check out the blog from our support team for some useful tips and tricks!
8 Benefits of Outsourcing IT for Your Business
So you have IT, you may even have an IT Department, so why outsource? Read on… IT when poorly maintained will cost your company time and money. Having to recruit and train IT staff, keeping the technology up-to-date and other factors are already a huge financial burden and can be a great risk for small [...]
