Author Archives: Ken Seymour

Do you ever TEST your backup?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Ken Seymour

One of our clients recently had a computer failure and lost a lot of information. However, there was no panic because they regularly backed up their records and so thought it was all going to be alright. To their horror, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Backup and Archiving information | Tagged ask ken, backup review, backup tests, business continuity, client database, complimentary, computer failure, data loss, disaster recovery, disk failure, error message, hard drive error, maintenance programme, Microsoft Outlook, regular backup | Leave a comment

Are you being careless with your customer’s data?

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Ken Seymour

You could lose £500,000 if you are careless with your customers data. The government has lost a LOT of personal data, we have all heard about the CD’s that went missing with 1000’s of records on them, but what about your … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged Act!, damage or distress, data breach, data protection act, data safe, encrypted, firewall, flash drives, government, illegal content, illegal file sharing, Information Commissioner, internet security, lost data, malware, malware protection, million pounds, missing cds, personal devices, Sage, ScanSafe, spam lists | Leave a comment

How secure is your internet connection?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Ken Seymour

Is your internet connection secure? Are you worried about people logging on to the internet using your connection? Is your internet connection secure? Approximately 80% of businesses that lose data through fire or other disasters go out of business within … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged data stolen, google, google street view, hacked, internet banking hacked, internet security, ISPreview, lose data, Mark Jackson, secure internet, security feature, spammers, street view, vital information, wireless network, wireless points | Leave a comment

What’s the point of spam?

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Ken Seymour

What do you do with spam emails? I’m often asked ‘”what’s the point of spam emails? Spammers don’t just want to annoy you or disable your computer. What they really want is to get their nasty little viruses and malware … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged anti-malware, auto preview, AVG, Bank Holiday, delete it, DON'T click, IT secret, KTS Crowd, malware, Norton, partying, security software, social engineering, Sophos, spam, spammers, suspicious, Twitter, viruses | Leave a comment

The language of impact

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Ken Seymour

Today we attended a seminar by Joel Roberts. Joel helped us to precisely articulate the purpose of our business. Joel invited some delegates on stage, including a lady who had us in stitches. By the end of 5 minutes we had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged abstract, articulate, ecstatic dancer, elevator pitch, Joel Roberts, Language of impact, Looking for examples, nail on the head, phrased, purpose, run riot, seminar, tenterhooks, Twitter | Leave a comment

How much time do you spend on marketing?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Ken Seymour

I’ve just taken part in a presentation by Alex Mandossian, who earns more money an hour than most of us do a year! Two of the phrases he used that stuck in my mind are: Rich business owners focus on business … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged admin, admin costs, Alex Mandossian, business activities, end game, focus on business, income, Marketing, Operations, opinion, play to win, poor business owners, Production, Rich business owners, scattered | Leave a comment

Wood Green Business Fair – Ask Ken

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Ken Seymour

We had a great time at the Wood Green Business Fair and a few people were asking our team for help with their system. One interesting query was from Barry Hyam of Etchells Electrical who commented his Microsoft Outlook was locking up and system … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged Barry Hyam, Business Fair, common causes, computers, Etchells Electrical, exhibition, here to help, Housecall, IT questions, locking up, malicious software, malware, Microsoft Outlook, Norton, online scanner, page file, RAM, security check, slow system, spyware, Symantec, TrendMicro, trojan, virus, Windows XP, Wood Green, worms | 3 Comments

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Do you ever TEST your backup?

How secure is your internet connection?

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