Know Your Needs…
Before you start your journey to choosing your perfect IT support provider, it’s important to know exactly what service levels are important to your business. For example: Will you require 24/7 support? May you need someone on-site on a regular basis? Or are you happy to have a purely remote monitoring service? It is always […]
Useful Excel Nuggets…
Now Excel has never been my strong point, when it comes to creating a spreadsheet I usually try to avoid it for as long as possible… Microsoft Excel can seem like a complicated program until you’ve got used to all the menus and functions involved in its use. If you have to create spreadsheets often, […]
4 Things That Kill Your Website…
We know that your website is your shop front, your brand on display and an essential sales and marketing tool. You spent a lot of money building it and attracting visitors. It is business critical: it would be a disaster if that shop front were smashed, your reputation was tarnished and visitors stopped coming. This […]
The Power To Destroy….
Last year saw a huge increase on data breaches, even the big corporate companies suffered. There was the Apple Cloud hack, then Google even Domino’s was under attack. With the New Year upon us it’s time for a fresh start, that’s why its vital that you have a clear view of how secure your data […]
Unclogging Your Inbox In 3 Simple Steps…
A cluttered email inbox can be difficult to navigate – not to mention you might miss an important email! Keeping your inbox clean will give you peace of mind and help you keep all your email correspondence organised. If you suffer with inbox insanity, try these handy techniques on how to keep your Outlook email […]
Moving on…
This weekend I thought it would be a good idea to help my brother move into his new house..boy was I wrong! It was the most stressful day I’ve had in years. There was stuff everywhere. He thought it would be a good idea to leave all the packing until the night before the actual […]
Mail Merge in 6 Simple Steps
Happy New Year! Hope you have had a great start to the New Year already. There is lots going on at Barton HQ this year and I’m always looking for ways to get more done! I have been tasked with sending out a lot of mail this year, which includes many letters & documents but […]
What The Hack…
Did you see in the news last week about Sony Pictures being hacked? Apparently the security breach took down all computers studio-wide. The hackers posted a message into their network, which stated, “We already warned you, and this is just a beginning. We continue till our request be met. We’ve obtained all of your internal […]
Save Time With This Wheelie Good Trick….
I was happily typing away in the office one day when I heard Andrei on the phone to a customer saying ‘you need to use the wheelie’…I wasn’t quite sure what was going on. I thought Andrei was telling the customer how to do some wheelie tricks on a bike or something… Turns out Andrei […]
The Big Battle…
Have you always been a PC user or do you prefer a Mac? Recently I have switched to using a Mac, I must admit it’s a change from using a PC, but personally I do prefer using a Mac now. Have you ever thought about switching to a Mac? They do say once you go […]