Technology Today: January Edition

Welcome to our first newsletter of the year!

Here you will find:

• Too Many Tools Slowing You Down? Streamline your tech for 2025
• Tech Facts: did you know?
• Q & A: what everyone’s asking
• Quiz Time: test your team!

Enjoy the read, and remember to give us a call if you have any IT concerns – we’re here to help!

Too Many Tools Slowing You Down? Streamline Your Tech for 2025

In the rush to stay competitive, businesses have been trying out new tech tools left, right, and centre. It’s great to embrace change. But here’s the thing: Having too many tools – or the wrong kind – can create more headaches than solutions.

That means lots of businesses are now stuck with a jumble of software that doesn’t play nicely together, making work slower and more frustrating than it should be. Over the past few years, companies have thrown tools at every problem:

• HR needed a way to track time off requests… there’s software for that
• Finance needed help with tax compliance… another tool added to the mix
• Add in the scramble to adapt to remote work and fast growth, and suddenly, every department has its own tool

The result? A patchwork quilt of systems that just don’t connect. As we move into 2025, the focus is shifting to working smarter, not harder, and those cracks in your tool stack are showing. Instead of helping your team, too many disconnected tools are slowing them down. Data gets stuck in silos, workflows feel clunky, and employees are juggling software. To make matters worse, you’re likely paying for tools no one’s even using.

So, what can you do?
Look at the bigger picture. Think about consolidating your tool stack. Cut out the extras and focus on systems that work together smoothly. When your tools are aligned, your data flows properly and your team can do what they do best.

It’s not just about saving money (though you’ll probably do that too). It’s about making work easier and more efficient. Automation can also help you spot inefficiencies and connect the dots between systems, so everything runs more smoothly.

This is your opportunity to hit reset and optimise your tech for 2025. 

We can help you create a tool stack that helps, not hinders your workflow. Get in touch.

Did you know?

Tech Facts:

1. GPS is free… for some. Even though it is free to use GPS globally, it costs $2 million (around £1.58 million) to operate EVERY DAY. This money comes from American tax revenue.
2. Remember MySpace? The original social media platform lost all its content before 2016 due to a faulty server migration. Every photo, song, and video that was uploaded to this once-popular social network was accidentally deleted. That accounts for 50 million songs from 14 million artists like Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys. Those that didn’t have backups are now lost forever. 
3. The first photo ever uploaded to the internet was of a four-piece all-female comedy band called “Les Horribles Cernettes”. They were colleagues with Tim BernersLee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. He asked them for some scanned photos of their band so he could publish them online. And history was made!

Q & A

Q: Should everyone in my business use the same browser?

A: While it’s not vital, it does make room for better consistency, support, and security. Whatever people use, make sure to check the security and privacy settings.

Q: My team don’t have time to sit down for cyber security training together. Is it necessary?  

A: Yes, training is critical for everyone. But it doesn’t have to be classroom style. You can use interactive or online training that people can do when it suits them best.

Q: What’s the best way to back up my data? And what should I backup?     

A: The answer to this depends on your individual business needs. We can assess them for you and make recommendations – get in touch.

Quiz answers:
1. A light year. 2. Archie. 3. 1970s. 4. 1889 (yes, really!)
5. 25,000! (a standard post is 280 characters)

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