Each week The Press and Journal asks small businesses key questions. This week, they spoke to our founder Neil Christie who gave some very honest insights into how he got to where he is today.
When you consider that a Gartner survey revealed that over two-thirds (74%) of companies plan to permanently shift employees to remote work after the Covid-19 crisis ends and that by 2025, an estimated 70% of the workforce will be working remotely at least five days a month., it’s clear that to sustain a successful remote working model while maintaining office level productivity, the question of acceptable home broadband quality must be addressed.
The sky really will be the limit for senior Aberdeen school pupils at a special event launched by a NASA astronaut. LIFT-OFF!, an event focused on hope, aspiration, and employment for the future, aims to change the narrative around young people’s future skills and jobs opportunities, and encourage them to aim for the stars.
“Good morning, you’re through to Converged – Stacey speaking. How can I help?”
Quite often this is met with a request to speak to one of the tech guys.
This is not meant with any malice or ill nature. The perpetuated stereotype of the service desk tech – as parodied by Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd – paints a picture of a socially awkward, funny and Dorito-fuelled man who will no doubt check that you have indeed turned your PC on and off again.
@berd33n1903. Not a bad password, don’t you think? Many years ago, this used to be one of my passwords. As an Aberdeen FC fan it was an obvious way to make a password I would remember. I also thought I was being clever by replacing the “A” with an “@” and changing the “e’s” to “3”.
By Robbie Ross, Chief Security Officer at Converged Listen to this blog Perhaps that question ought to be “why do we exercise?” We exercise to keep ourselves fit and healthy. To help keep our bodies in good condition and ready for whatever life throws at us. The thing about exercising Read more…
By Robbie Ross, chief security officer at Converged Communication Solutions Cyber security has posed a threat for a number of years, with many of us falling victim to online crime, in both a personal and professional capacity. As the UK went into a lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many organisations Read more…
Back in April 2019, the Scottish Government ran the first ever Cyber Scotland Week. It coincided with the biggest cyber security event to ever take place in Scotland, the flagship National Cyber Security Centre conference CYBERUK, which was held the same week in Glasgow. Fast forward 2 years and Cyber Read more…
So, it’s apt that tomorrow, we will be working with one of our clients to educate their new staff on staying safe online and how the simple things they do can make a huge difference to the cyber security of their company.
By Robbie Ross, CSO. It’s the time of year when many people working in cyber security give their predictions regarding what they believe the next year will hold when it comes to the cyber threat. I’ve read many of these over the years and recently watched an excellent webinar that spoke about Read more…