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Are your employees up to date on their security awareness?
Cyberwarfare is a part of a new reality as evidenced by the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting the websites of the Ukrainian defence ministry, army, and two of the country’s largest banks several days before the Russian invasion. These were the most significant attacks of this kind the country has ever faced, according to government officials. The U.S.... more...
SCAM ALERT: COVID-19 Maps Used to Deploy Malware and Scrape Credentials
Scam linked to COVID-19 infographic map used to invade your computer and steal your data. Recently Cybersecurity company Reason labs released a threat analysis report, detailing a new attack that takes advantage of internet users’ increased appetite for information about the novel... more...
5 updates to Office 365 that will make you future ready
1. Booking Capability: Microsoft has launched the new booking capability solution for people to directly book time with you. This feature is currently active in the USA and Canada. It will be available in NZ later this year. 2. BitLocker Encryption: All windows devices will... more...
IMPORTANT: Microsofts Office 365 Services is making some changes
Action now or you could lose email access. On October 31, 2017, Microsoft are changing the way Office 365 works. You've received this message because you use the Office 365 Platform. Click here for further information and to take your next step more...
HP Global Recall of Power Cords
HP announced a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement program in cooperation with various government regulatory agencies for certain AC power cords used with AC adapters shipped with HP and Compaq notebook and mini notebook computers, as well as with AC adapters provided with accessories... more...
Think I.T. Extended Helpdesk Hours
We’ve listened to your feedback and are pleased to announce starting Monday 29th July our new helpdesk hours will be 7.30am-8.00pm Monday-Friday. Our helpdesk is available for support issues and remote assistance, so our extended hours will give you more flexibility to call us... more...
Think I.T. acquires IT Force
On April 2nd 2013, Think I.T. acquired the Highland Park and Devonport branches of IT Force. Michael Inglis (Highland Park Owner) and Ryan Thatcher (Devonport Owner) have been jointly working on a new Primary Health software program called ‘ConnectMed’. “The time has come... more...
Think I.T. launches Think Insight
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Business Analytics and Business Intelligence division, Think Insight. All businesses have lots of data, and in some cases truly vast amounts of data, gathered from usual business operations. Think Insight provides a range of services centred... more...
Yep – LinkedIn hacked
Further to my last post, LinkedIn confirmed that “some” passwords have been obtained and LinkedIn will email compromised members. We have also seen some industry pundits pointing to a website to check if your password is one that has been hacked and decrypted. Both of these ideas... more...
LinkedIn hacked?
Do you use LinkedIn? If so a group has claimed to have obtained around 6 million passwords and is trying to break the encryption on them for nefarious purposes. There has been no confirmation that a security breach has actually occurred but if you use a Cloud service it is prudent to... more...
Faster Faster Faster said the little steam engine: 12Gbps Solid State Drives
Seagate and Western Digital are both planning the release of 12Gbps Solid State Drives for Enterprise which will double the current 6Gbps throughput over the SAS interface. The drives will have 2... more...
Windows 8 to be released later this year
Both the desktop and Server operating systems will be released some time this year. It has been confirmed the Server Operating System is to be called “Windows Server 2012” and we... more...
Think I.T. becomes an Orcon Wholesale business partner, saves $10k
Think I.T. has signed a reseller agreement with Orcon Wholesale, enabling us to sell the full range of Internet access, Wide Area Network and Telephony solutions from Orcon. By implementing a... more...
Remembering 22 February 2011
Today is a year on from the earthquake that took so many lives in Canterbury. We remember the 185 people who lost their lives on the 22nd, and many hundreds more who have been left with deep... more...
Megaupload data safe for another two weeks
It appears that the threatened February 2nd deletion of all Megaupload's users' data has been postponed for at least two weeks. In this Computerworld report the two hosting providers used by... more...
First seminars for 2012 announced
The first seminar topics for the 2012 Seminar Series have been announced. How to get more from Excel- First Steps, Intermediate and Advanced will run in afternoon and evening sessions from 16... more...
Beware of remote control scammers
Many of our customers have received phone calls purporting to be from Microsoft or having been referred to the customer by Microsoft. The caller will usually claim that they or Microsoft have... more...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome back from holidays (unless of course, you are still on holiday you lucky thing) and I trust you have had a refreshing break. 2012 is shaping up to be an... more...
Hard disk drive price increase hits larger vendors
Drive pricing hits larger vendors – expect more large vendors to be impacted On Friday EMC released a statement about how the “tragic, persistent flooding in Thailand has impacted... more...
Think I.T. offers fixed fee Medtech upgrade management
We now offer a fixed fee Medtech upgrade management service. In addition to installation of all Medtech upgrades as required, we perform regular Interbase backup-and-restores outside of normal... more...