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Desktop Monster Nominated for Two Talk of Manchester Awards

Desktop Monster is nominated for two awards at the Talk of Manchester (TOMs) 2016 in the Best Newcomer and Best Technology/Technology Product categories. Desktop Monster is an innovative, cloud-hosted desktop solution that can be accessed anywhere, on any internet enabled device. With no need to … [Read more...]

Midshire up for two Talk of Manchester Awards 2016

Midshire have been nominated for two awards at the Talk of Manchester awards (TOMs) 2016. The office, IT and business solutions provider have been nominated in both the in the Best SME Support Business and Best IT Support categories. With four regional offices across the England and Wales, … [Read more...]

CDL software firm enters new partnership with Swinton Group

Stockport-based IT company CDL has secured a deal with Swinton Group, implementing its market-leading insurance software solution, Strata, to enable the Manchester-headquartered insurance broker to enhance the insurance shopping experience. Swinton's private motor and household customers are now … [Read more...]

How you can step up your cyber security

Yahoo’s cyber security breach has thrown the subject of online security into the headlines once more. It was revealed last week that the names, telephone numbers and security questions for at least 500 million Yahoo users were stolen in one of the largest online breaches ever. However, Yahoo … [Read more...]

Email scam features ‘FedEx’ – Do Not Open!

An email scam carrying a virus appears to be sent from ‘FedEx…….. and is being sent with a .zip file attachment – DO NOT OPEN THIS – as your machine will become infected. Stockport based Amshire IT Solutions are warning businesses of one of the latest email scams to be doing the rounds. An email … [Read more...]

Start the engine, switch off the mobile

Switch off the mobile when driving urges Stockport Council to residents and visitors to Stockport.  Since 2003 it's been an offence to use a "hand held" mobile phone whilst driving. From 2007, in addition to a monetary fine, a driver caught using a hand held mobile phone now risks penalty points on … [Read more...]

ParkCloud nominated for British Travel Award

Stockport based ParkCloud has been nominated in The British Travel Awards (BTAs), the largest awards programme in the UK created to reward the best companies in travel. A benchmark for excellence, the BTAs are the place to find out who’s the best of the best in the business. ParkCloud is … [Read more...]

Test the new Stockport Council website

What do you think of the new Stockport Council website? The first version has just been made public. The new version of Stockport Council's website has just been made public and they want you to test it. It’s called a ‘beta’ version because it’s still being developed and tested but they have made … [Read more...]

Facebook games – a route to scams?

Facebook users and other social media platforms are a big part of our lives, but is there a sinister side to the Facebook games interactive posts? A popular game doing the rounds currently is ‘What is your star name?’ You’ll see a picture which is being shared by friends and family, asking you … [Read more...]

Disaster Recovery – can you afford not to?

In today's transaction-intensive world, companies that can tolerate data loss between the time of their last backup and the time of a disaster are getting increasingly hard to find. System outages are both unpredictable and in many cases unavoidable, with serious consequences on the ability to do … [Read more...]

Midshire & Exponential-e to aid education sector

Office Technology sales and service provider Midshire has partnered with Exponential-e to aid the education sector. British cloud and networking provider, Exponential-e, and Midshire will work to develop joint solutions for the education sector. The partnership will equip schools, academies … [Read more...]

ParkCloud renews contract in France

Advanced parking company ParkCloud has officially renewed its contract with Beauvais Tillé Airport to the north of Paris.  Stockport based ParkCloud has been working in collaboration with Beauvais Tillé, one of France’s busiest airports, for two years.  Beauvais handles a great deal of charter and … [Read more...]