Upgrading Your IT? How to Take Care of Computer Disposal 5 Tips For Disposing of Your Old IT Equipment As one of the fastest growing streams of waste in Europe, old electrical equipment is becoming a landfill nightmare. And with the average lifespan of corporate IT equipment spanning two or three years, recycling computers and ensuring you dispose of old computers correctly is paramount to sustainability, as well as ensuring your company stays compliant with the government’s WEEE directive. So if you’re in the process of upgrading your IT systems, here are our top five tips for disposing of IT equipment efficiently and in line with current legislation. 1. Secure [...]

Tech Watch: Technology To Improve Office Efficiency As a human resource manager or business owner, you are likely to be - or have been - at some point, concerned about the productivity of your employees. Productivity within the office is one of the most important factors for an efficient business, as time is money. One of the most effective ways to increase employee productivity in a busy office is to keep up to date with IT resources. But how can technology improve productivity within the workplace? And what IT equipment should you be investing in right now? Up to date computers If you have an office full of slow, poorly [...]

Growing confidence leads to upsurge in investment UK firms are investing more in IT and technology than any other business area as they seek to drive efficiency, increase profitability, become more competitive and invest in the future. Buoyed by a growing confidence in the economy, UK firms have invested a total of £1.9bn in IT equipment in the last 12 months, a 35% increase over the previous year, according to a survey of members of the Finance and Leasing Association. IT equipment finance amounted to £162m in July alone, a 37% increase over the same month last year, as businesses generally looked to replace aging systems and plan ahead for [...]

IT security regulation compliance and costs Customer and company data is a high-value commodity for fraudsters, with some paying up to $150 for 6GB of user credentials. In today’s modern world, company and personal information is highly valuable which means it needs to be adequately protected. To ensure businesses that collect personal details do their part to protect the information, there are certain regulations by which they must comply. The regulations include the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, ISO 27001 and the Data Protection Act 1998. Regulatory compliance In order to comply with the regulations mentioned above, organisations need to ensure that the personal details they gather are stored [...]

IT security risks and the related business costs "The risk of fraud and online crime, both real and perceived, is costing each UK small business up to £4,000 per year"  UK's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Data and online security is now a major worldwide talking-point; and businesses of all sizes are frantically trying to ensure they are protected from cyber attacks, security breaches and data loss. According to the World Economic Forum, if attacker sophistication continues to outpace defender capabilities (resulting in more destructive attacks), a wave of new regulations and corporate policies could slow innovation, with an aggregate impact of approximately US$ 3 trillion by 2020. One of [...]

What to do with that ageing IT equipment? Recycling and other options   "Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is currently considered to be one of the fastest growing waste streams in the EU, growing at 3-5 % per year"– epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu   It’s no secret that IT equipment has a finite lifespan, and in the corporate world, this is illustrated by the almost constant creation of waste electrical and electronic equipment. From screens and desktops, to printers and servers; equipment is reaching the end of its life daily. To comply with the government’s scheme to reduce the amount of electronic waste, old electrical equipment must be recycled using a qualified [...]