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In an environment of increasing cyber-attacks, it is becoming more and more important for organisations to keep up to date with their operating systems security patching and software levels to increase protection. With the end of support for Windows 7 scheduled for 2020, transitioning to Windows [...]

Why Flash Alone Won’t Solve Your Storage Problems The lure of faster storage is unsurprisingly a big drawcard. It has the potential to reduce application bottlenecks, retrieve information faster, produce reports quicker. But, despite popular belief, going all-flash won’t be the magic trick that makes your [...]

Protect, restore, recover – securing your most precious asset, your data Every two years, we create more data than in all of history combined. This incredible volume of information has so much value for businesses. Understanding not only how to use this data, but also how [...]

Is There a Way to Take Guesswork out of Your Capacity Planning? From small businesses to major corporations, planning capacity is a common preoccupation for those working in IT. Predict too high a demand, and you may end up paying way more than is needed, but [...]

In recognition of mcr’s ongoing innovation across their best of breed monitoring tool, ScienceLogic has presented mcr with the innovation award for 2017. As a managed services provider, flexibility in toolsets is critical. ScienceLogic is a pivotal tool for analysis of trends and preventative maintenance recommendations. [...]

It is enough to send shockwaves rippling through businesses. There had already been a growing awareness, but 2017 is the year that terms like ransomware and cyber-crime went mainstream. Headlines about high-profile targets, such as Britain’s National Health Service and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, were hard to [...]