Accountancy and law firms have pivoted from having an office-based workforce to a significant proportion of staff being more mobile and working from home. This has had a significant impact on IT systems, with many organisations opting to switch their case and practice management to cloud or hosted provision. Whilst most firms now have [...]
The Pro Drive team recently had the pleasure of attending the annual “Past Presidents Championship Cup” karting event hosted by one of our legal sector partners, the Surrey Law Society, at the amazing outdoor Daytona racetrack at Sandown Park racecourse in Esher. 16 teams of 3 drivers took part in an endurance style event [...]
In a recent announcement, Microsoft announced the release of a new category of Windows PCs called Copilot+ PCs. The latest generation of Microsoft Surface devices will fit into this category, but Copilot+ PCs will also be produced and sold by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung. What is a Copilot+ PC? The key [...]
It’s been a month since Accountex 2024, the premier event for accountants, finance professionals, and bookkeepers, took place at the ExCeL centre in London. With over 11,000 people attending over two days, this is the biggest event for the accounting profession in the UK. Pro Drive were exhibiting for the first time and we [...]
With the rapid growth in the availability of AI you will no doubt have heard of Microsoft’s AI product, Copilot. Many people are however confused about what exactly Copilot is and whether they must pay for it. Copilot is in fact a term Microsoft used for any AI assistant and different versions of it [...]
The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed some changes to the appearance of Microsoft Teams recently. For a little while you will have had the option to switch to ‘new Teams’. Some of you may have done this or, as the cut off point for using ‘old Teams’ is approaching, have already been [...]
In a first for Woking, our Technical Director Matt has just launched Woking Workrun, part of the Workrun movement that is offering a unique approach to business networking. Here’s some words from Matt on what you can expect from Woking Workrun: I’ve never particularly enjoyed running so you might think this is a strange thing [...]
The emergence of accessible artificial intelligence and large language models has brought about the beginning of a period of significant change in the legal profession. Whilst there are understandably concerns from employees that this may place their jobs at risk, and from partners that AI backed software may erode their marketplace, there are also [...]
Pro Drive IT, a leading provider of IT support and cybersecurity services for businesses in London and the Southeast and a specialist in working with Accountancy Practices, is excited to announce their participation in the upcoming Accountex Exhibition taking place on 15th and the 16th May at ExCeL London. The Accountex Exhibition is the UK's [...]
Lots of changes have happened to the way we use IT over recent years, but one that most people will remember is the need to use multifactor authentication (or MFA as it has become known) when logging in to IT systems. It certainly made logging on to your IT when starting work more time [...]
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