As we progress up and down Alert Levels, businesses need to review their business continuity plans, and take a flexible mindset to operations.  

2021 feels like it has been the year of the Cyber Attack. The news has been full of stories about ransomware, phishing attacks, and other malicious attacks on critical IT (Information Technology) infrastructure.

Are you always forgetting all your passwords? Do you get frustrated trying to remember which combination of kids birthdays, pets, street names, maiden names, added 123’s and !*$%^#,  CAPTIALS or lowercase, go with what?

We have put together this checklist to help identify areas you may need to attend to.

Is your business prepared for the unthinkable?

The COVID-19 virus has caused a real threat to business operations throughout the world, showing that the need for contingency planning is essential.

Are you struggling to get your head around Microsoft Project? Working with Microsoft Project myself and training end-users, I have developed a list of things that help keep a project simple and a project plan effective.

Experts are calling the soaring advancement of technology an Industrial Revolution and understanding how your business workforce could take advantage of these new technologies is becoming critical to futureproofing your business against looming competition.

The question to ask yourself is ‘are your businesses IT systems robust enough to counter a cyber-attack’? Being proactive about your IT will help reduce worry and the potential risk of fraud, theft and loss of data to your business.

A not so unique problem with a few unique circumstances led Access Radio Taranaki to an IT solution that has allowed “a reservoir of valuable knowledge to remain available to everyone that needs or wants it” – says Anne, Operations Manager at Access Radio.

With the rise of automation, careers that we take for granted today may well become obsolete in the future. But is all the scaremongering in the media merely hype? Is it really that easy to replace the human brain?

Mobility. Collaboration. Work life balance. Just a few of the words that are often used by business owners and their staff to describe how they would like to work in the perfect office environment. All very admirable.