Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. After first being announced earlier this year, Microsoft’s latest operating system (OS) Windows 11 was finally made available to a select number of users earlier this month.
Windows 11: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question
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Work smarter, not harder. 3 typical use cases for IoT.
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. You might already be familiar with the term Internet of Things (IoT), but what you might not realise is just how much real-world value this technology is providing for businesses just like yours today.
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Your biggest cybersecurity threat in 2024? Human error.
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield.
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Important security update for customers: Log4J vulnerability
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Some customers may already be aware of a major security vulnerability that has been identified within popular open-source platform Log4J. We are aware of this vulnerability and will be contacting customers directly to discuss in more detail. In the meantime we wanted to share some...
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Business continuity planning in a cloud-first world
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. As enterprises rapidly migrate business systems and data to multi-cloud environments, continuity planning must keep pace. Traditional strategies to minimise disruption – both due to expanded attack surfaces and operational dependencies introduced through distributed systems and data –...
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The importance of data management and security when leveraging AI tools
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. As artificial intelligence continues rapid mainstream adoption, proper data governance becomes pivotal – both to train high-quality AI models and to safeguard sensitive data AI tools may ingest or generate. Take Microsoft’s innovative AI companion, Copilot. Having previously only been...
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Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. With data volumes growing exponentially, organisations are struggling to manage ‘dark data’ – data assets that are unknown, untapped, and underutilised. Dark data is generated by users’ daily interactions with devices and systems. Previously, businesses considered this data either too...
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Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Following a 2021 Forrester report which referred to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as “the zero-trust edge (ZTE) model for security and network services”, many in the industry incorrectly began conflating ZTE with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). SASE and ZTNA are two emerging...
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Back to school: Shaping young minds with Sheffield College
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Social responsibility has always been a cornerstone of our business, and we’re big believers in ‘giving back’ – especially when it means supporting our local community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Last year, we were approached by Sheffield College to join 20+ local businesses...
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Is SASE still the future of modern digital security and connectivity?
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Businesses today face greater security threats than ever before as operations are increasingly digital and cloud-based – not to mention the accelerated adoption of remote and hybrid working strategies. It’s no secret that every solution comes with its own set of challenges and, in...
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