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Shadow IT might be telling you something

(Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) Shadow IT has a way of creeping into environments. A team signs up for a tool to move faster. Someone connects an integration to save time. A department starts using an AI service because it makes their workflow easier. None of it is usually announced, and […]

Is this the top productivity app in Windows 11?

[preloadyoutube ytid=zeLPf34Z0Y0] (Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) If you use Windows every day, what’s the one app you couldn’t work without? Microsoft’s latest marketing says the answer should be Microsoft Copilot. They recently described it as the number one productivity app in Windows 11, ahead of familiar tools like File Explorer, […]

Why security keeps landing on the IT director’s desk

[preloadyoutube ytid=MQMNTxurH‑A] (Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) Security used to feel more contained. There were tools to configure, patches to apply, alerts to review. It was technical, structured, and largely operational. But that’s changed. These days, security rarely stays in the technical lane. It tends to surface in strategy meetings, budget […]

Don’t trust AI with this security essential

[preloadyoutube ytid=XvyTe7QpqOA] (Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) If you needed a strong password, would you ask AI to generate one for you? It sounds reasonable enough. Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can write reports, draft emails and even create bits of code. Asking them for a 16-character password packed with symbols and […]

Relying on Windows 10 extended support? Time to upgrade

[preloadyoutube ytid=RgAcNUexZa4] (Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) Are you still running Windows 10 because “it’s fine for now”? We hear that a lot. To be fair, if you signed up for Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme, Windows 10 probably does still feel fine. It turns on. It works. It gets security updates. No drama. […]

The real reason projects stall

Your projects rarely stop because they’re wrong or unimportant.

They stall because day-to-day IT work eats every gap in the calendar. Tickets, escalations, supplier noise… all perfectly reasonable, all perfectly distracting.

When focus disappears, momentum follows.

There’s a way to protect project time without taking ownership away from your team…

How to stop AI projects stalling

Have you noticed how many AI projects start with excitement… and then quietly go nowhere? [preloadyoutube ytid=O0-qXNEwb4U] (Watch the video summary or read the full article below.) We’re seeing it a lot. A demo here, a pilot there, plenty of internal chatter, but very little that makes it into day-to-day use. It’s not because AI doesn’t work […]

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