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Oct 14

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Windows 10 Support Ends: What SMEs and IT Teams Need to Do Now

Today is the day! Tuesday 14th October 2025 sees Microsoft officially end free support for Windows 10, marking the close of a long-running operating system that powered millions of business PCs. After today, no further free security patches, feature updates, or bug fixes will be released. For small and medium-sized... read more →

14 October 2025
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Oct 09

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10 Years of Acceleration: 10 Years of Tech Transformation

The imminent end of life of Windows 10 - originally released on 29 July 2015 - has got us thinking about just how much the tech landscape has evolved in the intervening period. The last ten years have been truly pivotal, reshaping the way businesses operate, secure, and manage technology... read more →

9 October 2025
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Oct 01

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SIM Farms: The Hidden Threat in Data Centres

At the end of September 2025, the U.S. Secret Service dismantled a SIM farm comprising a cluster of nearly 300 servers and and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites. Investigators concluded that, if activated, the system could have crippled New York City’s cellular network. The devices obtained had already been... read more →

1 October 2025
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Sep 23

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The Rising Tide of DDoS Attacks: Trends, Risks and Defences

Earlier this month, a European DDoS mitigation service provider became the target of one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded. At its peak, the assault pushed traffic levels to an astonishing 1.5 billion packets per second. Thanks to rapid intervention the attack was detected, analysed and neutralised... read more →

23 September 2025
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Sep 16

When Internet Connectivity Wobbles: Time to Test Your Connections

We take the internet for granted—until it stops working. Earlier this month, reports emerged that a Red Sea Cable had been damaged, causing connectivity disruptions in several regions. With Microsoft reporting at the time that the incident had affected its Azure customers in the region. An Azure status update warned... read more →

16 September 2025
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Sep 10

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Going for Gold: How Google Cloud and Oracle are turning AI into Profits

Following our recent look at Alibaba’s bold AI cloud ambitions, attention has now shifted to the West. In just the past week, Google Cloud and Oracle have unveiled eye-catching forecasts and results that highlight how AI infrastructure is transforming from a technical necessity into a financial juggernaut. Together, these developments... read more →

10 September 2025
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