When you are trying to keep your business safe from hackers and other cyber-attacks it’s important to cover all your bases, particularly with the new rules and regulations around GDPR coming in May 2018 next year. Here are some of the ways you can keep your business safe: SSH Keys These are cryptographic keys
Mashukul Hoque, founder of Datacentreplus answers: Why Manchester? Building a data centre is a complex endeavour and there are strong barriers to entry for new players (not least the considerable up-front capital investment) which means it is significant when a new entrant comes along. So, why is Manchester such a good location? While there
The answer is yes. It will always be yes. We will probably be hearing phrases like ‘backup your data regularly to make sure important files don’t get lost’ for quite some time into the future - in many different contexts also, whether its your mobile phone, personal computer or data on your server. There’s a
You’ve probably heard about firewalls before. But do you actually know what it does and why you need one? Sites are under constant bombardment from different types of attack and leaving a server connected online without even a basic firewall is incredibly risky. You wouldn’t leave your front door open whilst you sleep at night would
First released in 1985 as part of the Windows operating system, Paint has now reached the end of its lifespan 32 years later. It has been added to the list of “features that are removed or deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update”, so now it’s only a matter of time before the easy-to-use graphics
The GDPR will affect any organisation that collects and processes the data of any citizen within the EU… so that basically means that almost all businesses will need to comply with it in some way. But what does it actually mean for you as a digital agency? The marketing industry will be affected in
Carpe Diem - whilst the sun is out, why not have a bbq? Datacentreplus is proud to be sponsors of the annual Manchester Digital BBQ which will be held at the Black Dog Ballroom this year. The event brings together the digital minds and businesses in and around Manchester. An expected turnout of 200 people
One month on from the ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attacks that affected over 230,000 computers worldwide, which grounded the likes of the National Health Service in Britain, we face the next major global cyber attack: ‘Petya’. Considering that the global cyber security market has grown by more than 30 times in the last decade to £94 billion,
Summer seems to have really arrived in the UK with some seriously warm weather in the last couple of weeks. With the nation taking up the opportunity to soak up the sun, what’s more fitting than a Digital Garden Party? We’re pleased to announce that we are sponsoring the Digital Garden Party in Chester organised
If you’re in business you are probably aware of something called the Data Protection Act 1998 - but how aware are you of the General Data Protection Regulation? The GDPR is similar to the DPR we have in the UK, but there are some significant changes and requirements that could directly impact your organisation in
When the WannaCry Ransomware virus surfaced, it did so at a global scale. The attack crippled more than 200,000 organisations in 150 countries worldwide and the rate of infection was staggering. In the UK, The National Health Service (NHS) did not fare well at all. Around 47 regions were unable to proceed with appointments
As travellers were getting ready to make use of the Bank Holiday weekend, British Airways’ IT system decided to take a break too. Around 75,000 passengers were stranded at airports worldwide as British Airways experienced a global systems outage on Saturday Morning which caused the airline to cancel all flights. In a statement over the
The Salford Business Awards is fast approaching. We are delighted to be shortlisted as one of the finalists for the Rising Star Award - an award recognising the exceptional growth of new businesses in the region. We have come a long way since we started back in 2015 and since our launch, we
Last Friday we saw what seemed an attack on the NHS. However, as events unfolded, this was far from being a targeted effort on NHS. The attack was at a global scale, but with no particular target in mind. It infected individual users with a particular ransomware dubbed The WannaCry virus. What it did was
We are proud to announce that we are a finalist in the Rising Stars category of the Salford Business Awards 2017. The Salford Business Awards, which is now in its tenth year, looks to recognise and celebrates the success of businesses operating in Salford, UK. It is one of the region’s best-known awards and
Stephen Hobson is the newest addition to Datacentreplus as part of the expansion plans in 2017. Datacentreplus is strategically based in the vicinity of Media City in Manchester and provides hosting services such as Colocation, Dedicated Servers, cloud hosting and backup for growing and established businesses. Joining the company as a key figure in Business
So the popular messaging service, Whatsapp had a worldwide outage last night and reports are coming in that the service is still not completely in full health. Naturally, everyone under the sun went into an immediate panic mode and took to online social media to voice their concerns for what many (jokingly) referred to
With the introduction of our PCI compliant servers we thought it was only fitting we should discuss the essentials of running an eCommerce site. Pay attention to your UX or your sales will suffer The main goal of eCommerce site is to make sales and turn a profit. User experience (UX) plays a big
Remember Google Earth? Well, it's back and it's prettier than ever. In all fairness it never really left, but today Google has launched a revamped, browser friendly version of Google Earth that aims to help people 'gain a new perspective' of our world in all it's HD glory. Naturally, there is also a mobile counterpart
Not that it had much love in the first place, nor that you’ll find many people still using Windows Vista, but as Microsoft released the Windows 10 creators update on Tuesday, they have also officially ended support for Windows Vista. The operating system was first released back in 2007. And for the past 10 years,
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