When it comes to IT, do you find most of your time and energy is spent just keeping the lights on and fixing things when they break? If the answer is “yes”, you’re not alone. In a forever changing digital age, designing and maintaining a forward thinking and agile IT strategy can seem like…
One in every two emails is spam! Every day people receive spam emails but this doesn’t even touch the surface when it comes to the big picture of email security. Spam currently accounts for every other email sent, that’s 50% of all emails and current numbers are the lowest that they have been in a…
Charity IT Leadership Service from Smartdesc Many organisations approach us because they lack the in-house expertise or experience of an IT leader. Some have no ICT Strategy whatsoever, others may lack confidence that IT is heading in the right direction or representing value for money; most find it difficult to manage in-house IT staff who…
Part 3 of 7 Online Resources to Discover and Learn about Office 365 OneDrive for Business OneDrive for Business is an online document and file storage platform used by individuals and teams who need a central location to store, access, share and sync their work files. If you have a small business, it’s ideal…
Part 2 of 7 Online Resources to Discover and Learn about Office 365 Outlook Outlook is your Personal Information Manager, a central location for emails, calendar, contacts and tasks which can be synchronised to your mobile device(s). Outlook now connects and synchronises with Exchange, seamlessly enabling connections with a variety of mobile hardware and…
Part 1 of 7 Online Resources to Discover and Learn about Office 365 Introduction Office 365 is a toolkit of useful tools, some of them look familiar, some less so. The intention of this article is to enable you to increase your understanding of what is in Office 365, start to think about which…
GDPR How should a Not-for-Profit organisation prepare for the change? GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new EU law which will apply from the 25th May 2018 and will replace the current Data Protection Act. Many organisations have already been planning to ensure that the changes and new requirements for data protection and privacy…
About us Established in 2011, Smartdesc’s organisational structure is innovative, modern and adheres to our core values of ensuring efficiency and maximising a high quality, reliable service. Our focus is transparency and we work just as hard on building relationships as we do on providing IT solutions. Our highly experienced team of IT professionals…
