The Benefits of Switching to Windows 10
What are the Benefits of Windows 10? It’s hard to believe that Windows 7 turns 10 years old in 2019. At the time, it was welcomed as a superior replacement to some poorly-received operating systems. Sadly, all good things must come to an end with Microsoft recently announcing the end of support for Windows 7 […]
Using Multi-Factor Authentication To Secure Your Business
What is Multi-Factor Authentication and How Will it Help Your Business? What is Multi-Factor Authentication? Multi-Factor Authentication is a second level of protection, using a password and usually a onetime code or biometrics that will authorise who you are. The idea behind this is that while someone else might have maliciously obtained your password, only […]
Data Theft and How to Prevent it
The Most Common Threat To Your Data and How to Prevent It Do you know what the most common cause of data hacking is in the modern age? Despite the stereotypical perception, it is not the young technical wizard spending days finding a network’s flaw to force an entry through the code. The most common […]
Taking Care of Business this Christmas 2018!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from the First Stop Team! Have a chuckle on us
Award Winning Managed Service Provider
First Stop named in Britain’s Top 50 Best Managed IT Companies At First Stop we believe that any business – from sole trader to enterprise – should get the best from their investment in IT. For the price of just one staff member, we offer the capability of an experienced IT department, as well as […]
How Great IT Support works on Internet and Phone line installations
Internet and Phone line installations We are currently in the process of helping a client relocate offices. We use a standard check list to guide this process. However, I am going to explain why it is so important to use engineers with wide-ranging knowledge. The key point here is dealing with third party vendors; in […]
Is using Gmail within your business breaching GDPR?
Do you use GMail at work and are you GDPR Compliant? Gmail is the world’s most popular email service with over 1.4 billion users and is an especially popular email to use professionally within businesses. However, it has recently been confirmed that emails can actually be read by third party app developers. Google lets people […]
How to stay active whilst working in an office
Keeping Active in the Office Working in an office makes it extremely difficult to stay active throughout your working day as for the majority of it, you are probably sitting down. Motivating yourself before working hours and after a long day can also be really hard, especially if you have had a mentally challenging day […]
CCTV for SME Businesses
Owning a small or medium sized business means a whole lot of responsibility on your shoulders for many reasons; you have many priorities and one of them is taking care of your property and all the equipment that is in it. Protecting your technology and equipment with anti-virus, encryption, security tags and passwords shows that […]
Businesses helping charities
If you are a business owner, have you ever wondered how much your business is giving back to a charity? It’s not a must to support charities as a business, but what a great way to give back to others and also encourage your employees to do the same. It can be as simple as […]