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Summer's here (almost!): How to prevent data loss from higher temperatures
I'm not sure if you can remember that far back but 3-4 weeks ago we had sizzling temperatures and with August now upon us, there's hopefully more to come! That's great for holiday makers but less good news for businesses with computers and servers....

Planned route for BITS East to West sponsored ride
This image shows a rough overview of the route we are planning to take for our east to west sponsored motorcyle ride on the August bank holiday weekend. If you haven't read about it we are doing a sponsored ride to raise money for the neo natal...

Cloud Computing: How safe is your data?
We covered the topic of cloud computing earlier this year explaining what it entails. In simple terms it's accessing software over the internet using a browser. One of the disadvantages we highlighted was lack of control over your date and we e...

Microsoft to launch anti virus product
Blogs and IT news websites have been buzzing recently with the news that Microsoft is beta testing a free product called Security Essentials. The security software, which is currently only available in the United States, China, Brazil and Israe...

Another Edge on the Way
BITS are delighted to announce that Technical Director Lee Edge and his wife Jackie are expecting another baby, due on December 7th. The couple already have three boys – Liam (aged 4), Dylan (aged 2) and James (aged 1). While we can’t be su...

Tip of the Month: Setting calendar appointments between time zones
If you make phone calls and attend meetings with people who are not in your time zone, whether they be across the country or across the world, you know how tedious it can be to calculate what time it is in Sydney when it is 3pm in London, for examp...

Windows 7 coming soon
This month sees the new Windows operating system – Windows 7 – move into production. With a planned release date of October, Windows 7 is designed to be a more polished and user-friendly update to the Windows Operating System, as opposed to the...

BITS delivers improved efficiencies for manufacturing company
June has been another busy month for the BITS team. We’ve been working hard as usual with our support customers, and have been busy with various installations for businesses covering a wide area. One such example would be the installation of a ...