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We’re delighted to have been selected as finalist for the Service Excellence category at this year’s FSB Surrey Business Awards. Smaller businesses have always been an integral part of local communities and crucial to the [...]
If you are reading this article then you may already have heard the news that the EU / US 'Safe Harbour' agreement has been declared invalid by the European Court of Justice. You may also [...]
Your staff no longer want a company phone - they are fed up with carrying both their company and personal phones on them and want to use one device - and one that they can [...]
At Pro Drive we do feel obliged to ensure we are 'early adopters' of the latest technology - learning it early before our customers start using it. However there is always a certain sense of [...]
Cloud IT services are now an established part of the IT picture for most UK businesses. The latest figures from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) show that 84 percent of UK businesses are using some [...]
Following the news this week leaked from China that Samsung is planning to release a foldable smartphone screen early next year, we at Pro Drive have been musing over what their impact will be. The [...]
Starting a new document by using an old one as a template You can start a new document in Office 2013 by copying one you worked on recently. Simply click on File >Open > Recent Documents [...]
When analysing the findings of our recent Pro Drive customer survey, reaching out to all technology users at our clients, a common theme emerged very quickly - the biggest frustration people had was the speed [...]
I was initially a little nervous about writing this article as it has the potential to be somewhat contentious. However it does describe a genuine issue we see again and again in many businesses across [...]
Some time ago we wrote an article on connecting your computer to a display with wireless. Whilst at Pro Drive we are normally big advocates of practicing what we preach, in this case we didn't [...]
Websites play an incredibly important role in many of our businesses and more than ever form the first point of contact with both existing and prospective customers. And whilst many of us take the lead [...]
Bitcoin has been in the news recently for a number of reasons – the first security based on Bitcoin started trading in Stockholm on the 19th May 2015 and just over a year ago one [...]
At Pro Drive we are big fans of automation - we love helping our clients become more productive by using technology to carry out mundane, low value tasks. But what about applying the same principals [...]
BT have recently announced that they intend to have all their clients moved to their IP network (the network that Internet services run over) by 2025. So what does this mean? Well the majority of us still use [...]
The last 12 months has seen an explosion of new portable computing devices most designed around Windows 8 and its touchscreen compatibility. With the amount of choice on offer it can be difficult to make [...]
Ever wish you could find out if someone has opened the email you sent them? In this month’s tip we show you how! Whether it’s the business contact who hasn’t replied to your amazing proposal [...]
What would an 'IT Blackout' cost you every hour'? How many of your business functions wouldn't work without IT? Would a disaster result in lost business? Would losing data affect your ability to trade? Would this affect your [...]
Office 365 has brought about a dramatic change with the way Microsoft manages the development of its business applications. Gone are the days of major version upgrades, where every two to three years would mark [...]
With the recent release of the Apple watch, it’s an opportunity to ponder on just why a box of electrical components named after a fruit can be so divisive. I started my career in IT working [...]
Wearable tech has come a long way since the Casio calculator watch. It is now a direct link to our phones with instant notifications of incoming calls, messages, Facebook updates and even turn by turn [...]
