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The benefits of using Office 365 / Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365) is the collective name for the suite of workplace productivity tools from Microsoft. Find out why it's our platform of choice for all things productivity...

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Ed Hardie 21st September 2021
Introducing Adam Willford

We're pleased to welcome the latest member to the Impelling team - Adam Willford. Adam comes to us recommended by our peers in the industry, and we're delighted to have such a knowledgable and skilled individual working with us to help further improve the IT service we deliver to our customers.

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Chris Foulstone 12th August 2021
Are you protected against the PrintNightmare exploit? (or CVE-2021-1675 to use its formal name)

CVE-2021-1675 - it just rolls off the tongue doesn't it. The CVE part stands for "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures" and all it means is someone has found a potential way to break into your IT systems, and it's been recorded in a central database to let others know to watch out for it.

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Ed Hardie 1st July 2021
Why storing files in the cloud could be putting your company data at risk

It's hard to ignore the benefit of the cloud, and in 2021 storage services like Microsoft's One Drive for Business, Google Drive, and Dropbox are more feature packed and convenient to use than ever before....

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Ed Hardie 2nd March 2021
It's Time To Outsource Your IT

Businesses this year have had to face challenges unforeseen by most, and with the infamous virus lingering around like a divorced uncle at Christmas, seamless IT solutions are an absolute must for flexible working. There...

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Joel Russel-Winter 15th February 2021
How Screen Time Affects Your Day, & How to Reduce Your Blue Light Exposure

Nearly every business has had to rapidly adapt to accommodate working from home, and it has its benefits; the commute is certainly shorter for one. But the very nature of working from home means the...

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Joel Russel-Winter 26th November 2020
HAL 9000 & The Rise of Irresponsible Artificial Intelligence

“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”. This is the infamous line that makes Dr Dave Bowman realise his artificial intelligence (AI) companion ‘HAL’ has gone rogue. Sort of. Actually HAL is simply...

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Joel Russel-Winter 6th October 2020
Helping Your Workforce Work From Home: 6 Top-Tips

Offices lay baron. Cleaners are being made redundant. Zoom shares are a better investment than gold. It's now been 5, 6, 7 months – who knows any more? - since the UK was put into lockdown. Businesses have had to massively adapt to the change in working rhythm, with many of them investing huge swathes of their capital into home working solutions.

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Joel Russel-Winter 3rd September 2020
How to do a hard reload

What is caching? When we visit a website, our browser downloads files that make a website look and function like it should. Browsers save these files to their memory cache, this is known as caching....

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Neil Carpenter 6th August 2020
COVID-19's Impact on Impelling Services

As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, we are encountering new challenges and situations the likes of which we've never seen before. Our plan is to remain operational, supporting our clients however we can, whilst still adhering...

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Ed Hardie 22nd March 2020