Technical Support, Your Way

Technical Support Your Way

At alphatech, we believe that your IT support should be delivered in a way that works for you. This week, we want to talk about our commitment to providing the very best for our clients, and explain how we strive to support your business in an approachable and effective manner. Accessibility The first thing that […]

What’s in a Password?

Password security

We talk about passwords a lot here at alphatech— a strong one can be the difference between a disaster and protecting your data. As phishing scams become more sophisticated, and businesses increasingly move their work online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to get to grips with password security. […]

Be Cyber Smart

cyber smart

Are you cyber smart? October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021, as declared by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Each week of this month follows a different theme— the first is ‘Be Cyber Smart’. At alphatech, we want to invite you to take this as an opportunity to review […]

How to use Facebook to get the worst business birthday present ever…

social engineering

“Social engineering” refers to the manipulative tactics used by scammers to retrieve sensitive data from (or prompt security mistakes by) their victims. While it is particularly common on social media sites, especially Facebook, it can also occur through workplace usage of devices, potentially causing devastating damage to your business. At alphatech, we have put together […]

Windows Server 2008 End of Life

On 14th January 2020 just like Windows 7 we also say a fond farewell to support for Windows 2008/2008 R2. After this date there will be no more security updates which is a risk to your business, data, applications and infrastructure this makes now the a perfect time to re-evaluate your infrastructure needs. What does […]

The Clock is Ticking – Windows 7 End of Life

Prepare Your Business for the End of Windows 7 Support With the announcement that Microsoft’s Windows 7 support will be ending on 14th January 2020, now is the best time for businesses to upgrade their Windows operating systems to avoid risking security, system failure and cost-related issues. Don’t let your business be at risk, contact […]