NCSC Partners with Microsoft to Support Cyber Accelerator Program

NCSC Partners with Microsoft to Support Cyber Accelerator Program The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is partnering with Microsoft to support its Cyber Accelerator program. The accelerator supports the growth of startup cyber-companies who aim to bring new better, faster and cheaper security products to market, and find and develop startups that can make the UK…
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Transform your legacy applications for modern work – Turn your legacy applications into powerful web-based apps

Transform your legacy applications for modern work – Turn your legacy applications into powerful web-based apps As explored previously, legacy applications are essential to the day-to-day running of many businesses, but many businesses are living in the past and unknowingly make work harder for themselves. Legacy apps have paved the way for modern apps and…
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Transform your legacy applications for modern work – Make your legacy databases accessible on the cloud

Transform your legacy applications for modern work – Make your legacy databases accessible on the cloud As referenced in the introductory blog, legacy applications are considered critical to some businesses, what these businesses don’t realise is that they are inherently reliant on applications that overtime will either get superseded or will simply never get updated…
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Why your legacy applications are holding back your digital transformation

Why your legacy applications are holding back your digital transformation What are legacy applications? The term ‘legacy’ in computing is commonly used to refer to old technology, an old computer system, application, or an old method that is still in use and serves a purpose. For example, Windows 3.1 applications were legacy apps when Windows…
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Employee Awareness Recognised as Biggest Lockdown Security Failing

Employee Awareness Recognised as Biggest Lockdown Security Failing Employee awareness is seen as the biggest area of weakness for firms’ cybersecurity strategies over the past few months of mass remote working during COVID-19, according to a new study. Secure storage firm Apricorn received over 23,500 responses from a poll of its Twitter followers in October exploring business…
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Microsoft Teams chats will soon house up to 1,000 participants

Microsoft Teams chats will soon house up to 1,000 participants Microsoft Teams calls are about to get a whole lot bigger after the company confirmed that chats will soon accommodate up to 1,000 participants. With coronavirus restrictions being re-imposed in many countries, the ability to collaborate in larger groups could prove hugely useful to businesses.…
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UK-focussed cybersecurity fund eyes £192m final close

UK-focussed cybersecurity fund eyes £192m final close The Evolution Technology Fund II from New York-based cybersecurity investors Evolution Equity Partners is expected to achieve a targeted £192m ($250m) final close in the coming months and is already investing in UK cybersecurity and enterprise software companies. British Patient Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Business Bank,…
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Technology and fresh thinking will help us reinvent teamwork

Technology and fresh thinking will help us reinvent teamwork As the coronavirus pandemic shows no sign of abating, can teams remain productive? The last few months have been challenging for all businesses. As governments across the world took the step of enforcing lockdowns to confront the Covid-19 pandemic, most organisations went from gathering every morning…
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