Imagine, if you will, that your Internet connection is a busy motorway, with numerous other users zipping “to and fro”. At rush hour it’ll take you a lot longer to complete your journey than at quieter times. This varying service level can have significant business …

Essentially, firewalls are software or hardware components designed to protect networks from each other. They are used for controlling the traffic entering and leaving. Think of them as the security detectors in airports; anything untoward and you are turned away. Firewalls use filters to manage …

For years now, the internet has been changing our lives. The way we live, work, produce and consume has evolved extensively due to digital technologies. However, advancements have disrupted many government and business models. As we enter what has been coined as the Fourth Industrial …

Part 1 of Internet Downtime in Business explained what downtime is and how it could affect a business. This guide will continue to shine a light on the tricky and often frustrating downtime black hole by pin-pointing a variety of causes. In part 1, downtime, …

Media and entertainment companies The Internet of Things is still very much a baby in terms of development, but the media industry has already begun constructing digital building blocks to make it a reality. The giants of publishing and broadcasting have already begun transferring to …

PCs and laptops can become sluggish as hard disks are crammed with temporary and abandoned files. Not only do they run slowly, but internet history and cookies pose a risk to privacy and security. Having an optimised pc, solo or a whole network, helps liberate …

We all live in a world which is networked together, from internet banking to government infrastructure, and thus, network protection is no longer an optional extra. Cyber-attack is now an international concern, as high-profile breaches have given many concerns that hacks and other security attacks …

The past decade has witnessed an all-embracing convergence of computing, communications, information and knowledge which has shaped the way we think, work and live. The evolution of high-speed networks and the falling costs of computing power is making applications unimagined in the past, real possibilities …

A firewall is the first line of defence in a networks infrastructure. Without secure business network security, a hacker or intruder could access confidential or sensitive information. The world of cyber nasties is constantly evolving and it can be difficult to stay ahead of the …