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Technology is evolving by the minute. This is allowing businesses to grow and expand their product/service offerings much faster than before. It is also giving consumers more buying choices in where/who to buy from. However, the flipside to technological innovation is software and operating systems obsolescence. A prime example is the Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 reached its end … Read More
Does your business keep sufficient backups?
Does your business keep sufficient backups? With the ever-increasing risk of cybercrime across the world, and the global pandemic forcing people to work remotely, more and more businesses are leaving themselves open to cyber attacks. Unfortunately, since the outset of COVID-19, LoughTec has seen an increase in the number of brute force cyber attacks on businesses. Ransomware attacks are on … Read More
Letterkenny Institute of Technology selects LoughTec to deliver remote working capability to 4500 students and staff
Increase in virtual learning requirements led the institution to provide students and faculty with simple, secure browser-based access to applications LoughTec, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading IT infrastructure specialists, was selected by Letterkenny Institute of Technology to deliver their secure remote access solution to physical computers and applications on campus. This also enabled the institution to deliver the … Read More
Understanding IT security
IT security is an umbrella term that includes network, internet, endpoint, application programming interface (API), cloud, application, container security and more. It’s about establishing a set of security strategies that work together to help protect your digital data. Not so long ago, IT security was a checkpoint at the end of a development cycle. It was slow. Businesses today are … Read More
LoughTec wins framework contract with higher education institutions in Ireland
LoughTec, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading IT infrastructure specialists, has been appointed as sole supplier on a new framework agreement with HEAnet for the next four years. HEAnet is Ireland’s national education and research network, who deliver shared IT services and high-speed internet connectivity to all levels of the Irish education sector. Under the new agreement, LoughTec, along … Read More
WFH – Working From Home
LoughTec CEO, Seán McDermott, gives us his thoughts on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected how people work, and why cybersecurity is now more important than ever. One of the things that I don’t like about my trade is the number of acronyms that are used – they are almost like a secret code used in the IT community to … Read More