March is an exciting month for MTG – with two new staff members joining our company. The new recruits will be working in our field services and development teams. Read more
MTG now a Fujitsu Partner
Manx Technology Group (MTG) is now a Fujitsu partner, able to supply and support a full range of IT solutions to our SMB and Enterprise customers.
Harnessing technology to improve mental health in the workplace
It’s without a doubt that mental health is becoming acknowledged as one of the greatest challenges to face modern businesses. A report released by the Centre for Mental Health highlights that mental health problems in the UK workforce cost employers almost £35 billion in 2016. Read more
Isle of Man data tangled up in the Dark Web
The Dark Web is a hidden universe contained with the ‘Deep Web’ which is the portion of the internet that is hidden from conventional search engines, Government surveillance and regulatory oversight. The ‘Deep Web’ is estimated to be at least 550 times larger than the traditional internet, and it is growing every day. Read more
Increasingly sophisticated CEO Fraud attacks put companies at risk
CEO Fraud has proved a successful strategy for hackers, especially through the use of spoofed emails, or phishing. The hacker impersonates a senior member of internal staff in order to coerce the email victims into making a financial transaction, disclosing login credentials or visiting a malware-laden website.
MTG become a Duo MSP partner
MTG is pleased to announce that they are now a Duo MSP Partner. Duo provides a 2FA Trusted Access solution that confirms the identity your users and the health of their devices before allowing them to connect to your network, applications or computer systems.
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How much does a slow PC cost your business?
When it comes to IT, many staff members have become accustomed to statements such as “it is running slow today” or “oh, it always does that”. These statements are typically in reaction to switching their PC on in the morning, applications loading or opening large spreadsheets. To be clear, there can be many reasons for this slow down; a lack of pro-active Windows maintenance, no systems optimisation, internet bottlenecks, server issues or as we find more often than not – outdated computer systems. Read more
Office 365 Compliance : Resources
Many of our customers, particularly those in regulated sectors such as financial services and insurance, will often ask about the security and regulatory implications of utilising cloud services such as Office 365, Azure and AWS. As you would expect, Microsoft has a wealth of information outling their approach to compliance, trust and security. The UK FCA has also discussed the use of cloud extensively – which is also referenced in a paper by Microsoft. Read more
A Successful Career in Technology and Island Life are not Mutually Exclusive
Technology plays a crucial role in continued innovation across all aspects of life driven by an insatiable demand from businesses and society. It’s an exciting and dynamic area to work in and as a technology company Manx Technology Group play their part in the constant cycle of innovation and consumption which has allowed the technology sector to grow at an amazing rate over recently years. Read more
Hybrid Cloud in the Enterprise
A Hybrid Cloud Solution is where you IT infrastructure spans both your on-premise and cloud environments. That is, your business may have servers and productivity apps located in the office, but may leverage other apps or infrastructure components that are hosted in a cloud environment. In this post, we outline some of the drivers behind hybrid cloud adoption, discuss what it could look like and walk through the findings of the Microsoft ‘State of the Hybrid Cloud’ report. Read more
