We are pleased to announce that as part of our focus on Cyber Security, IP6net has become Cyber Essentials certified. Cyber Essentials is a government-backed cyber security certification scheme that sets out a good baseline of cyber security suitable for all organisations in all sectors. The scheme addresses five key controls that, when implemented correctly, can help to prevent around 80% of cyber attacks. In brief, Cyber Essentials is all about helping businesses address the basics of cyber security to prevent common attacks, like ransomware and data breaches. Any business can download the Cyber Essentials guidlines and start putting the recommended controls in place. By achieving Cyber Essentials, we’re letting you know that: We have put meaures in place to … Read More
The name is Sync, Dropbox Business Smart Sync
When we heard about Dropbox’s code name “Project Infinite” at last year’s Dropbox Partner Forum we could hardly contain our excitement. It promised a feature that all of us here at IP6net were convinced would be a game changer for the file sharing and cloud storage solution provider. It was finally released last week; and it doesn’t disappoint! Over the last 10 years we have seen hard drives rapidly increase in size, with laptops regularly coming complete with 1TB of storage as standard, but when Solid State Drives were released, clients raced to upgrade desktops and laptops with silicon based drives. These delivered around 50% more performance than their magnetic predecessors with one small problem; space. An average SSD delivered … Read More
How Can Dropbox Business Help in the Event of a Ransomware Attack?
Ransomware; “A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid” One of the latest and and most prolific malware threats used by cyber criminals comes in the form of Ransomware. As defined above, cyber criminals will attempt to compromise your data, files, or entire computer by enticing users to perform an unintended action. Consequently, the result is the unintentional downloading of a virus or link to a poisonous website. Upon acceptance, the gates to your data have been unlocked and full access to the cyber criminals granted; the attack has now been launched and your computer – together with its contents – can be held hostage! Ransomware has the … Read More
IP6net achieves Dropbox Select Reseller status
IP6net has recently achieved Select Partner status with Dropbox in the Dropbox Business Reseller Program, which is designed to provide Resellers with the training, systems and tools necessary to deliver Dropbox Business to customers. Select Partner status is granted to Resellers who are fully engaged and on-board with the Dropbox Business offering and can demonstrate best practice case studies to support this. Eligibility for this status is reserved for Resellers, such as IP6net, that have both a high volume of sales and expertise in the successful implementation of Dropbox Business. It requires Resellers to invest in the platform technically by way of advanced training and expects a required level of competency in terms of customer support. David Davies, Technical Director … Read More
Meraki Cloud Managed Security Cameras
Cisco Meraki enter the physical security market with cloud managed cameras. The MV family brings Meraki magic to the video security world. Impossibly simple to deploy, configure, and manage, both the MV21 and MV71 provide reliable security at any scale. MV security cameras are another step towards broadening Meraki’s impact beyond just networking and unifying more components of IT. By leveraging advances in solid state memory technology and Meraki’s expertise in cloud management, MV removes the need for additional on premise hardware and standalone software packages, like the network video recorder (NVR) and video management software (VMS). In an industry particularly encumbered with dated technology, we’re eager to streamline and simplify purchasing, deployment, and monitoring of video security systems. Bandwidth Conscious … Read More
Dropbox announce some exciting new features for Dropbox Business admins
Employees want a single, convenient place to work together, one that’s accessible by internal and external collaborators alike. IT needs visibility and control over how company information is shared, ensuring that the right people have the right access to content. The new team folder delivers on both, centralising file collaboration and providing the security businesses need. Team folders empower IT with the ability to: Control collaboration with granular permissions: Enhanced sharing controls let admins manage membership at the team folder or sub-folder level—and grant people inside and outside the company access to only the specific folders they need. Centralize content management: With the team folder manager, admins can view all their team folders from a single tab. This makes it … Read More