Recent reports about the way schools procure IT and hardware will undoubtedly bring the concept of IT leasing into question once again. As highlighted by this BBC story (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19681437) many schools are being signed into contracts which result in them spending up to 10 times the market value on IT solutions, simply for choosing to [...]
Bring your own device (BYOD) is a relatively new concept for businesses, but in some respects it has also been around for years. The general idea is that when employing new staff, instead of purchasing new devices or computers for them, you deliver your services in a secure manner that means they can use their [...]
Recent investigations by the Information Commissioners Office (BBC News 25.04.12) have revealed huge amounts of undeleted data left on hard drives which have been removed from PC’s and servers and not been properly destroyed. Of the sample investigated, some hard drives still held enough information on them to enable identity theft of the original owner. [...]
