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Meltdown and Spectre, everyone is vulnerable

Last week there was a lot of news coverage on two major vulnerabilities which were discovered in today’s processors by Google’s Project Zero. These have been given the names Meltdown and Spectre. The first mainly affects Intel processors, the second also affects AMD and ARM (mainly used in mobile phones, tablets and IoT devices).

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Wi-Fi technology at SMEs is often outdated

Small businesses with mobile workers often have Wi-Fi networks over eight years old. According to IDC, commissioned by network specialist Linksys, this is due to SMEs delaying their investments to wait for the latest developments. Wi-Fi technology at SMEs is often outdated due to this postponement.

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Cyber security seemingly too expensive for SMEs

Recent research by Deloitte, published in the FD (Dutch) on September 26, 2017, has shown that SMEs can not afford to mitigate the current cyber security issues in an affordable way. The market is said to be overheated, the solutions are too expensive and SMEs would only address the most urgent issues.

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1A-telephony extended: ringtones and LED indication

Telephony is very important for companies. That is why 1A-telephony already provides a very extensive feature set. Multiple lines, call groups, conference calls, opening, lunch and vacation times, and more. Nevertheless, requests for more functionality keep pouring in. The two most popular ones are for the phones: the ability to set a separate ringtone for internal calls and extended LED indication.

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Open source safe despite increased attacks

Open source continues to increase in popularity. As a result, it is targeted by cybercriminals more often. Nevertheless, open source is safe and reliable because of the multitude of auditors and the continuous flow of developments.

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Using emoticons in business communication

Everybody uses them nowadays: emoticons. But is it wise to use them in business communication as well? Scientists have discovered that you should avoid that.

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FMC – Fixed/Mobile Convergence

You may have heard of the term FMC. It is the popular term for integration of fixed and mobile telephony. Its implementation differs by telecom supplier. Then what is FMC actually?

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Using unsupported Windows versions dangerous

On Tuesday, June 13th, Microsoft released a number of security updates. These repair vulnerabilities which can be exploited by viruses. An example of this is the recent WannaCry ransomware. Even unsupported versions of Windows will receive these updates.
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Event: ICTVakdag 2017

We provide Enterprise ICT for SMEs via our partners. In order to realize better regional and industry-specific coverage, we are always looking for more 1A-partners. That’s why we were present on the 8th of May at the ICTVakdag 2017. At this edition we presented our new strategy and started our search for 1 (re)starting entrepreneur for our new apprenticeship program.
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