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Cryoserver Expands Globally to Botswana
Sep 23, 2024

Cryoserver Expands Globally to Botswana

Cryoserver (UK) – Manufactures and supports “Advanced enterprise Email Archiving Software” ITWORX. - Managed Service Provider (MSP) – Botswana –“aims to brings the best possible expertise, products…

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Cryoserver Partners with DDS Informatica in Andorra
Sep 23, 2024

Cryoserver Partners with DDS Informatica in Andorra

Cryoserver (UK) – Manufactures and supports “Advanced enterprise Email Archiving Software”DDS Informatica – Andorra “DDS is a Technology consulting and services company with 27 year’s experience…

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Cryoserver Announces New Turkey Partnership
Sep 23, 2024

Cryoserver Announces New Turkey Partnership

Cryoserver (UK) – Manufactures and supports “Advanced enterprise Email Archiving Software”Digitron Turkey - Specialising in Software and automation processFrom 1st March 2024, Digitron Turkey, will…

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New Year New Partnership
Sep 23, 2024

New Year New Partnership

Cryoserver (UK) – Manufacture and supports “Advanced enterprise Email Archiving Software”Spartec Consortium – Africa (SCA) Limited Kenya - Supplies IT Infrastructure and services in the East African…

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Cohesity buys Veritas:  should Enterprise Vault customers worry?
Sep 23, 2024

Cohesity buys Veritas: should Enterprise Vault customers worry?

Does this acquisition pose a risk to your business? Find out more about what the merger could mean and how you can minimise risk by migrating to the Cryoserver email archiving solution with its many…

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Organisational culture change: why you literally need to watch your language
Sep 23, 2024

Organisational culture change: why you literally need to watch your language

You might have heard that 70% of organisational change initiatives fail. (McKinsey and Company)Fortunately, your HR team can drive and manage change with software that monitors emails, instant…

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Backing up Microsoft Teams? There’s a better way to preserve your chats.
Sep 23, 2024

Backing up Microsoft Teams? There’s a better way to preserve your chats.

Microsoft Teams is now the world’s most popular business communications platform – a particularly handy tool for the new world of hybrid working.If you want to save Teams chats and recordings for…

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Are you ready for the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)?
Sep 23, 2024

Are you ready for the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)?

Financial services make the world go round. So it’s important that we keep them up and running, meeting customers’ needs even when we’re dealing with cyber attacks. Read about a new act meant to…

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TTDSG: Germany’s new data privacy law
Sep 23, 2024

TTDSG: Germany’s new data privacy law

BackgroundGermany is a pioneer in data privacy protection. The country’s state of Hesse enacted the world’s first data protection law in 1970, and other states soon followed its initiative. Then, in…

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Log4J Vulnerability Announcement
Sep 23, 2024

Log4J Vulnerability Announcement

UPDATE: 16/12/2021 1030hrsCryoserver is also not vulnerable to the https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45046 variant - as we are not using the affected version of Log4J.UPDATE: 14/12/2021…

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2021 Round-up
Sep 23, 2024

2021 Round-up

I hope you and your organisation have had a good year – at least better than the last one.The world has been rocked by one crisis after another, and the pandemic has disrupted supply chains and…

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Employee email blunders: how to stop them causing reputational damage
Sep 23, 2024

Employee email blunders: how to stop them causing reputational damage

Email mistakes like the ones described here can hurt your organisation’s reputation and cost you money. So, what can you do to prevent them?Suppose you’re the CEO of a well-respected international…

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Could your emails be used as evidence?
Sep 23, 2024

Could your emails be used as evidence?

In 2013, a US court found Apple guilty of conspiring to raise the retail price of e-books.The company ended up having to pay $400 million back to consumers (while denying any wrongdoing).Evidence…

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POPIA and Email Data: 
How to Comply Affordably
Sep 23, 2024

POPIA and Email Data: How to Comply Affordably

If your business is based in South Africa, here’s what you need to know about the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This short guide outlines your organisation’s responsibilities, how…

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No email archiving? Here’s why you need it urgently
Sep 23, 2024

No email archiving? Here’s why you need it urgently

Some IT managers think dedicated email archiving is a nice-to-have solution their organisation can’t really afford. But when they end up in sticky situations like those described here, it becomes…

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Cloud email archiving: 
why now’s a good time for it
Sep 23, 2024

Cloud email archiving: why now’s a good time for it

Increasingly, Cryoserver on-premises customers are switching to our cloud solution. There are many good reasons to do this: from improving accessibility for a flexible workforce, to saving money and…

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6 email productivity tips for working from home
Sep 23, 2024

6 email productivity tips for working from home

Remote working could soon become a permanent option for many of us. It does present some challenges though, particularly with email. Here are ways you can overcome them and work more effectively with…

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What is email journaling and why do you need it?
Sep 23, 2024

What is email journaling and why do you need it?

When people talk about keeping emails, they can use three terms: backing up, archiving, and journaling. Some use the words interchangeably, not realising that these are three distinct processes. You…

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Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
Sep 23, 2024

Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

Urgent NCSC notice: protect your Exchange ServersYou may already know about the four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers. They’ve been in and out of the news since early…

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California’s privacy laws, CCPA and CPRA
Sep 23, 2024

California’s privacy laws, CCPA and CPRA

If your organization does business in California, it may be impacted by the recent and upcoming changes in the state’s privacy laws. Find out if and how they affect you, and how our email archiving…

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New Zealand Privacy Act 2020
Sep 23, 2024

New Zealand Privacy Act 2020

New privacy laws are in force across New Zealand. They affect all organisations, including those based overseas that are doing business in the country. If you’re in charge of your organisation’s…

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Australia Privacy Act 1988 reforms & GDPR
Sep 23, 2024

Australia Privacy Act 1988 reforms & GDPR

The Australian Government is reviewing the Privacy Act 1988. The proposed reforms could affect organisations of all shapes and sizes. If you’re in charge of your organisation’s data, it’s worth…

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How to Export PST Files in Outlook
Sep 23, 2024

How to Export PST Files in Outlook

Like to free up valuable space on your mail server?Then back up Outlook emails by exporting PST Outlook files.                                           You might never have heard of a Personal…

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How To Add a Signature In Outlook
Sep 23, 2024

How To Add a Signature In Outlook

If you want your emails to look professional, here’s how to add an Outlook signature quickly and effectively.It’s good business practice for your emails to include a signature. This usually contains,…

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2020 Round-Up
Sep 23, 2024

2020 Round-Up

Highlights, trends, and a heads-up or twoWell, this year has been unusual, hasn't it? I wonder how many emails in your Cryoserver archive start something like "Hope you're keeping well in these…

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Cryoserver voted Top 10 Cloud/SaaS vendor
Sep 23, 2024

Cryoserver voted Top 10 Cloud/SaaS vendor

Email archiving provider Cryoserver won a Top 10 Cloud/SaaS vendor award at Britain's Reseller Choice Awards Gala, held virtually, on December 10 in London.Cryoserver is the only email archiving…

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Know your data purpose.
Sep 23, 2024

Know your data purpose.

Knowing the original purpose for which you obtained personal data is the key to unlocking the conundrum that is data retention.  We know all too well, having advised many, that businesses are…

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How to Migrate to Office 365
Sep 23, 2024

How to Migrate to Office 365

Planning to migrate your email to Microsoft 365/Office 365?Here are the standard steps - plus a big money-and-time-saving tipMigrating email to Office 365, or Microsoft 365 as it’s now known, may…

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How to Archive in Outlook
Sep 23, 2024

How to Archive in Outlook

Want to free up space on your mail server? First you’ll need to archive Outlook emails. Here’s the standard way to do it manually, followed by an even easier way.“What does archiving emails do in…

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How Does Email Archiving Help With Disaster Recovery?
Sep 23, 2024

How Does Email Archiving Help With Disaster Recovery?

In the event of a disaster, every business must keep company operations running and recover quickly from the event. This is known as business continuity.Business continuity and disaster recovery are…

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Outlook vs Gmail: Which is Better for Business?
Sep 23, 2024

Outlook vs Gmail: Which is Better for Business?

Microsoft Outlook and Gmail are two of the most popular email services in the world. Outlook has over 400 million users and Gmail boasts over 1.5 billion users. While these numbers mostly relate to…

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Covid-19 Update
Sep 23, 2024

Covid-19 Update

As MD of Cryoserver, I wanted to write to you directly to keep you informed of the steps we have taken in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.To begin with, I wanted to say all the team…

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UK GDPR and EU GDPR Statement
Sep 23, 2024

UK GDPR and EU GDPR Statement

This statement sets out FCS (UK) Limited and the FCS group of companies’ (the “Group”) approach to Data Protection, in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”) and the Data…

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How Quickly Will You Recover From a Cyber Attack?
Sep 23, 2024

How Quickly Will You Recover From a Cyber Attack?

Emails are the lifeblood of business processes. It is the main communication between an enterprise and its clients, with vital, and sometimes sensitive information being shared between parties. That…

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Why Should You Migrate to a Cloud-Based Archiving Solution?
Sep 23, 2024

Why Should You Migrate to a Cloud-Based Archiving Solution?

According to Statista, the cloud computing market is worth an estimated $236bn as its use has seen a huge growth in the last decade. You won’t be surprised to find out that the email archive has also…

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6 Limitations of Office 365
Sep 23, 2024

6 Limitations of Office 365

With 120 million business users of Microsoft Office 365 worldwide, the service is trusted by many companies. There are many advantages of Office 365 including access to emails and files so you can…

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Remote Working and Email Trends
Sep 23, 2024

Remote Working and Email Trends

The recent Coronavirus crisis has seen remote working come to the forefront of people’s minds. Where possible, businesses have ensured their employees can work from home to continue their daily job,…

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Migrating to Office 365
Sep 23, 2024

Migrating to Office 365

Many businesses have been using Microsoft related products for years without moving to cloud, but this stance is changing. According to ZDNet, there are over 120 million users of Office 365, as many…

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How to Best Manage FOI Requests
Sep 23, 2024

How to Best Manage FOI Requests

Freedom of Information requests are a key element of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Any public body could be given an FOI request at any time, which can be a logistical nightmare if the right…

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Email Archiving vs Backup: What's the Difference?
Sep 23, 2024

Email Archiving vs Backup: What's the Difference?

It’s important to know the difference between an email archive and email backup because many still confuse the actions and purpose of either one. In fact, there are major differences that can have a…

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Where Do Emails Go That Are Archived?
Sep 23, 2024

Where Do Emails Go That Are Archived?

Cleaning up an email inbox is an admin job everyone must do at various times. While for some it may be a boring job, it’s a rather important one. Not only does clearing your inbox free up space, but…

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Email Archiving and Cyber Security
Sep 23, 2024

Email Archiving and Cyber Security

Email archiving and cyber security aren’t always considered linked by business owners. Most companies look into email archiving first to save space on existing inboxes and servers as part of an email…

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The Ultimate Guide to Email Archiving
Sep 23, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Email Archiving

With 124.5 billion business emails being sent every day and the average office worker receiving 121 emails every day, storing all email content is unfeasible. With a further 200 billion emails…

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Email... But Were Afraid to Ask
Sep 23, 2024

Everything You Wanted to Know About Email... But Were Afraid to Ask

Emails have become a part of everyday life, at work and at home. With 293 billion emails sent a day, they are a vital communication tool. Users on average have 1.75 email accounts with separate…

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Most Trusted Email Archiving Tool 2019
Sep 23, 2024

Most Trusted Email Archiving Tool 2019

For the fourth year running, we have won Most Trusted Email Archiving Tool. We are delighted to see that Cryoserver is highly trusted by all its users and will continue to provide great solutions, on…

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The State of Email Security in 2020
Sep 23, 2024

The State of Email Security in 2020

2019 sees the end of the latest decade with 2020 ushering in a new one. These last ten years have been the decade where technology has improved to keep pace with the dangers of email phishing. Only 8…

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2019 Review
Sep 23, 2024

2019 Review

As we come to the end of the decade and enter a new information decade, we reflect over the past decade and the lessons we have learnt. On how the Cryoserver Brand and solutions have matured and…

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Britain’s Top 10 Cloud Vendor Award at the Reseller Choice Awards 2019
Sep 23, 2024

Britain’s Top 10 Cloud Vendor Award at the Reseller Choice Awards 2019

We are delighted to announce that Cryoserver has won Britain’s Top 10 Cloud Vendor Award at the Reseller Choice Awards 2019. Over 5,000 channel partners from the UK were invited to vote for their…

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Cloud Computing Predictions For 2020
Sep 23, 2024

Cloud Computing Predictions For 2020

Cloud computing is big business. In 2018, Statista and CenturyLink valued cloud computing at $180 billion and by 2020, it’s expected to reach $411 billion. With further technological developments on…

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eDiscovery Processes and Business Emails
Sep 23, 2024

eDiscovery Processes and Business Emails

With a greater need to find information that has been stored digitally, businesses must have processes in place that aid fast eDiscovery. Online document platforms such as Office 365 allow for…

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5 Common Misconceptions About Email Archiving
Sep 23, 2024

5 Common Misconceptions About Email Archiving

Email archiving can often be misunderstood. To some, it may seem like a good idea but they’re unsure if their business needs it. Many organisations are unaware of how important archiving their emails…

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6 Practical Benefits of Email Archiving For FinTech
Sep 23, 2024

6 Practical Benefits of Email Archiving For FinTech

The financial industry is one of the most regulated sectors in business. With recent scandals in finance, there is a greater concern about electronic records and communications. Because of this,…

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How Can Email Archiving Solve FinTech Compliance Concerns?
Sep 23, 2024

How Can Email Archiving Solve FinTech Compliance Concerns?

FinTech businesses are innovators who create new approaches and solutions for the challenges facing financial services across the globe. As FinTech has exploded on the scene, the regulations have…

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Archiving, Recordkeeping and Email Data Management for FinTech
Sep 23, 2024

Archiving, Recordkeeping and Email Data Management for FinTech

As we know, the finance industry is heavily regulated when it comes to retaining data and information. FinTech companies carry very sensitive data that are valuable and commonly hacked for unlawful…

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How to Avoid Phishing Scams
Sep 23, 2024

How to Avoid Phishing Scams

Phishing scams are one of the most harmful cybersecurity threats to individuals and businesses. Just one download of a harmful attachment from an email can cause a Trojan horse to bypass antivirus…

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How Email Archiving Changed the Way We Communicate
Sep 23, 2024

How Email Archiving Changed the Way We Communicate

The digital age has fundamentally changed the way we communicate and interact with others at work and in our day to day lives. Thanks to the rise and prevalence of technology, we’re constantly…

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How Email Archiving Improves Office Productivity and Security
Sep 23, 2024

How Email Archiving Improves Office Productivity and Security

Implementing an email archiving solution within your organisation can be highly beneficial, not just for your business but also for your employees. There are many benefits of email archiving, but…

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What is Litigation Hold and is it Sufficient?
Sep 23, 2024

What is Litigation Hold and is it Sufficient?

What is Litigation Hold in Office 365? Litigation Hold, also known as preservation orders or hold orders, is a requirement of a company to preserve all the data they have should there be any legal…

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GDPR: One Year On
Sep 23, 2024

GDPR: One Year On

On May 25th 2018, the EU rolled out a new set of data privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation – more commonly known by its acronym of GDPR. The aim of GDPR was to set a standardised…

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What has been the impact of GDPR on Cryoserver customers?
Sep 23, 2024

What has been the impact of GDPR on Cryoserver customers?

Market responses to GDPR Leading up to and post GDPR, we have seen many of our Cryoserver email archiving customers carry out essential internal audits on their data processes to have a fuller…

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Email Archiving Compliance Laws in Europe
Sep 23, 2024

Email Archiving Compliance Laws in Europe

As of 2018, almost 125 billion business emails are sent each day. Using email to maintain existing customer relationships and gain new business has been a tried and trusted method since its…

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Office 365 Email Archiving Pros & Cons
Sep 23, 2024

Office 365 Email Archiving Pros & Cons

Office 365 email archiving allows users to archive emails from their mailbox in order to get additional space for storage. With O365 archiving, users also get a reminder to archive their old emails…

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The Essential Guide to Email Retention Policy
Sep 23, 2024

The Essential Guide to Email Retention Policy

Email is now fast becoming the go-to for businesses in their bid to expand audiences and their commercial enterprise. With the total number of emails being sent per day reaching more than 281…

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The Benefits of Archiving Emails
Sep 23, 2024

The Benefits of Archiving Emails

There were more than 281 billion consumer and business emails sent per day in 2018, and this figure is expected to rise to 333 billion by 2022. Every business relies on email; whether it’s for…

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Robin's 2018 Review
Sep 23, 2024

Robin's 2018 Review

2018 was a year of new and more stringent privacy legislation, General Data Protection Regulatory Act came into force for 28 European Countries in May 2018. One of the aims of GDPR is to have a…

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Meltdown and Spectre Updates
Sep 23, 2024

Meltdown and Spectre Updates

Meltdown and Spectre You may be aware of recent media articles around two new vulnerabilities – named Meltdown and Spectre – affecting various vendor CPUs, including Intel. You can find more…

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Welcome Mark Stratmann!
Sep 23, 2024

Welcome Mark Stratmann!

With over 30 years’ experience in information technology developing systems for numerous organisations including Investment Banks, Breweries, Money printers, and Fine Art galleries; Mark has…

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Robin's Review 2017
Sep 23, 2024

Robin's Review 2017

Reflecting on 2017 2017 has been a challenging year on the political and technological front for the UK and world. We witnessed increased security threats on our streets, with several successful…

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The Cryoserver EU GDPR Panel
Sep 23, 2024

The Cryoserver EU GDPR Panel

Cryoserver hosted an event in early November for our customers, whiched served both as a showcase for the release of our new Version 9 email archiving software update, but also as a GDPR panel…

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Working From Home
Sep 23, 2024

Working From Home

Working efficiently from home is all about mind-set: creating the right atmosphere to encourage focus and productivity. With a few key tips, it’s easy to create your ultimate workspace. Begin by…

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How Long Should I Keep My Emails?
Sep 23, 2024

How Long Should I Keep My Emails?

In the age of GDPR, email retention is an increasingly key aspect of an organisation’s data collection policy. While companies are drawing up their own email retention policies, there are still…

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What are PST files?
Sep 23, 2024

What are PST files?

What are PST files, and why should you care? We talk about PST files quite often. The reason for this is simple: PST files are very commonly used and potentially very problematic for businesses – but…

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Artificial Intelligence - A Blessing or a Curse?
Sep 23, 2024

Artificial Intelligence - A Blessing or a Curse?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing market that will effect nearly every business and person around the globe in the coming decades. There is a myriad of benefits that AI can offer to…

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Another year of growth
Sep 23, 2024

Another year of growth

2016/17 has been an eventful year Technologies prosper & decline, politics & leadership change, a year full of sporting successes and dreams becoming reality. Here at Cryoserver HQ we have…

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Not another blog about EU GDPR fines
Sep 23, 2024

Not another blog about EU GDPR fines

Seriously – it isn’t. Today marks exactly one year to the introduction of EU GDPR, but for many IT staff with purchasing power it will be just another day of having the large fines waved in front of…

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Cryoserver are finalists at IT Europa
Sep 23, 2024

Cryoserver are finalists at IT Europa

Award season is still in full swing at Cryoserver, who are two for two on shortlists! The Cryoserver team attended the IT Europa awards for the first time this year, where we were a finalist in…

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Hybrid-Cloud: The 4th Industrial Revolution
Sep 23, 2024

Hybrid-Cloud: The 4th Industrial Revolution

When I participated in the Microsoft Future Decoded event on 1st November 2016, each speaker pointed out that the Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun, and they feel very enthusiastic that it will…

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Softech Awards: Most Trusted Email Archive
Sep 23, 2024

Softech Awards: Most Trusted Email Archive

Most Trusted email archive It’s been a 16 year journey for the Cryoserver email archive to arrive at version 9. In that time the mentality of the business, and the experts who developed one of the…

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