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what is the cloud

Let’s Clarify “The Cloud”

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsHelpful Tech
It’s an inescapable buzz term of the tech industry these days, and most businesses are using the cloud in some way. (Unless you’re still working on typewriters. Then we can’t help you.) Yet despite its omnipresence, it’s one of those arbitrary terms that’s hard to describe. We’re going to try…
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data replication and why its important

Data Replication Explained

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsData Security
Data replication is the act of keeping exact copies of your data in multiple locations, such as cloud environments, different servers or data centres. It’s a powerful way of improving your organisational resilience.  Multiple copies of the data in different locations means if one copy can’t be used, another copy…
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healthy workforce

10 Ways to Stay Healthy at a Desk Job

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsHelpful Tech
Not many people have sat at their desks and said “I’d much rather be digging a ditch.” But the truth is that sitting hunched over a desk, breathing recycled air and pumping your retinas full of artificial light can be a lot less healthy than outdoor manual labour jobs. Unfortunately,…
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Best Practice in IT

Why Best Practice Matters

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsIT Explanations
What is Best Practice? At Smile IT we know that our efficiency is the key to keeping your business running smoothly. We have a number of approaches that help streamline our operations, and one of the more effective is using ‘Best Practice’. This is a set of processes, standards and…
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women in technology

The year of the #chicksintech

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsNews from the IT World
Research shows that back in the 80’s women had little enthusiasm in computing. Computers were sold as “toys for boys” and gaming was something women didn’t show much interest in. For whatever reason that cultural stigma has stuck and there is now a need to eradicate the cultural norms. It’s…
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