Everyone knows about Office 365 hosting your business data, but it's more than just a great place to host your email, calendar and contacts. Here are 5 things Office 365 can help with your business that you may not know about. Office on all of your devices Did you know you can get Office on your smartphone and tablet? Editing Excel documents on your phone may be cumbersome but you do at least have the ...

Without a shadow of a doubt the current buzz word for SMEs when discussing Business IT is the "Cloud".  The cloud does carry some positive connotation. It's meant to be cheap, your data is accessible from anywhere in the world and everything is managed for you. Sounds fantastic right? The fact of the matter is, when it sounds too good to be true it generally is. Don't get me wrong, the cloud has some great ...

When it comes to IT, the question most medium size businesses are asking themselves is "how do I get the best out of my technology and IT department?"  Below is a list of some of the things management should do to ensure that your IT is given, and giving you the best chance of reaching your business goals. Stop ad hoc IT projects Nothing derails your business technology initiatives like an unplanned IT project requested ...

Intuitive IT has launched its fresh new website which encompasses a range of new features. Key changes include the website being built in a responsive format, meaning visitors can now easily view the website on PC, tablet or mobile! Also included in the new website are details of the true scope of services we are able to offer our clients. Although not new to our offering, strategic IT management is fast becoming an increased priority ...

It’s time. You've been thinking about it for a while now as you've seen other people search and find emails from their phone that date back decades while you can’t receive the email from your client that was sent this morning. It’s your email hosting and you know it. It’s old and clunky and doesn't give you all the features you need. Well there is a very simply solution for you and your business. It’s ...

Hi all, Please be advised that there is a very destructive piece of malware doing the rounds at the moment. There are a few things that make this one more dangerous than normal: It doesn’t have a specific attack vector (how it gets into your system) - it may be an email attachment, a link in an email, a compromised or malicious website, or it may reside on a USB key someone may give you. ...

After a disaster like the Ebola outbreak of West Africa, phishing emails and websites requesting donations for bogus charitable organisations begin to appear. Users should be aware of potential email scams and phishing attacks regarding the recent  Ebola disaster. Email scams may contain links or attachments which may direct users to phishing or malware-laden websites. Intuitive IT recommends that if you would like to donate to the fight to contain Ebola, please go directly to ...

The following is a case study of a new client that joined Intuitive IT recently. The company is an architectural firm located in Melbourne and employs 5 people. They had 3 servers and a UPS. Their previous IT provider had installed the UPS over 3 years ago. Recently, this company suffered a power failure and the UPS kicked in. However, it wasn't a smart UPS which means that the servers did not begin the process ...

For 2 days now we've been on the phone with Telstra trying to get data access back put on a mobile with no success. This story actually starts a week ago when the mobile was going overseas and in order to avoid the exorbitant data charges ($15,000 per GB) we barred the data plan. The phone came back into the country on Sunday and on Monday we rang Telstra and asked for the data to ...

There is no doubt that mobile phones have become an integral part of today’s society, with their abilities to surf the web, email, hold complete music libraries and much more. However these devices that we carry around with us all day and night may cause more harm than we would have imagined. The cancer research department of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released a report that stated mobile phone users may have a higher ...