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We’re hiring – Focused IT We’re hiring 21 March 2022 Mark Watson Due to continued success in gaining new clients, we’re looking for more IT technicians to expand our team. What do we do? We design, sell, implement and support IT infrastructure for small to medium size businesses (SMB). What IT Infrastructure? Everything ...

Do you know who has access to your IT systems? – Focused IT Do you know who has access to your IT systems? 3 March 2022 Steve O'Connor You control access to your office. Why not your IT? The last time an employee left your business, did you revoke their access to your IT systems? Are you sure? Do you have a way to check? What kind of information could your f...

Why all passwords should be unique – Focused IT Why all passwords should be unique 28 January 2022 Steve O'Connor Are all your accounts secured with unique passwords? They should be! If you use the same password for multiple systems—online shopping, email, your company’s cloud bookkeeping solution, etc.—you’re not alone. Even Facebook fou...

1.2TB Data Breach – Why password managers are essential – Focused IT 1.2TB Data Breach – Why password managers are essential 10 June 2021 Steve O'Connor On Wednesday 9th of May a hacking group accidently revealed that a 1.2 terabyte batch of data which contained 26 Million logon passwords 1.1 million unique email addresses and over a million images were up for sale...

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We have now migrated to Microsoft 365 and Teams to better serve our customers and improve internal communications. This was done with the expert help of Mark Watson over at Focused I T who ensured a smooth transition 🖥️ 💚

It’s OK to say! – Focused IT It’s OK to say! 26 July 2019 Sean Hamon How about a fun song on workplace security to round off the week! Video created by the CPNI: https://www.cpni.gov.uk/ Share This Tweet Share Share Email

Hyper-V stuck “Connecting to Virtual Machine Management service…” – Focused IT Hyper-V stuck “Connecting to Virtual Machine Management service…” 24 July 2019 Sean Hamon We’ve recently run into an issue where, following Windows Updates and a reboot, 2016 Hyper-V servers are unable to connect to the vmms service and don’t display any VMs in the Hyper-V console. If Hype...

Wi-Fi for Archirondel Tower – Focused IT Wi-Fi for Archirondel Tower 2 July 2019 Mark Watson Well you can’t say our work is not varied….I found myself install a UniFi wi-fi and networking infrastructure in to the historic Archirondel Tower this morning. Having recently been refurbished as another wonderfully unique Jersey Heritage let,...

18,000 organisations infected with state-sponsored malware – Focused IT 18,000 organisations infected with state-sponsored malware 15 December 2020 Sean Hamon Organisations around the world have had a backdoor planted by Russian sponsored hackers Cozy Bear. Around 18,000 organisations downloaded infected builds of network management tool SolarWinds Orion between March a...

Using Microsoft Bookings to get my hair cut – Focused IT Using Microsoft Bookings to get my hair cut 11 June 2020 Mark Watson I’m sure many will agree with me when I say “I NEED a haircut now”, unfortunately a lot of the barbers aren’t geared up for the changes they’re going to have to make to implement an appointment based service. I know the b...