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The global business forecast is gloomy, to say the least – UK inflation has risen at its fastest rate in almost 40 years*. Prices in August 2022 were than they were just 12 months ago. As soaring energy costs, war and the ripple effect from the global pandemic hugely...

Back in 2018, UK businesses rushed to meet the urgent deadline of 25th May; the date the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR came into force. The EU’s revised all-encompassing data privacy legislation is considered one of the strictest in the world, giving far...

Rather than money, it seems that it is in fact, data that makes the world go round. A key resource, personal data provides the cornerstone of our digital businesses; and we know that we must protect it to remain compliant with data privacy laws. EU and UK GDPR leads...

We were aware that our climate was changing in the 1970s; it isn’t a new phenomenon. As representatives from 196 United Nations meet in Egypt at the 27th Conference for the Parties (COP27), the world’s attention turns to global climate change policy, once more. The...

We know we must protect company data and our customer’s PII; making sure that we have met the EU and UK GDPR data destruction requirements at all costs. When it comes to the secure disposal of our assets following redundant IT equipment upgrades, the data governance...

A critical pillar of your data protection strategy, an IT chain of custody ensures that you meet two of the biggest data governance challenges that your organisation faces… to protect company data at all costs and to remain compliant with the General Data Protection...

When sustainable IT is discussed, our data centres are often cited as the main culprit for our technology’s emissions. Whilst it is certainly true that every minute spent online generates data and this contributes to our corporate digital carbon footprint; our...

Whereas previously, the concept of working from home was considered a privilege, often for those in more senior roles, necessity meant that it became the norm, literally overnight. The hybrid working benefits quickly became clear, as employees proved the conventional...

We create an account for almost anything we do online, and we’ve become very accustomed to entering our personal details, seemingly with less consideration than before. But with so many accounts all requesting increasingly complex passwords, it can be difficult to not...

Globally, we produced and consumed an almost inconceivable 94 zettabytes of data in 2022 * – one zettabyte is equal to one billion terabytes. ^ An estimated 70 million servers house all of that data. + Whether an organisation has its own internal servers, rents server...