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New explainers every Wednesday and Saturday.
5:22
Cloud vs a Server in the Cupboard: The 5-Year Maths
Every few years someone says the server in the cupboard is obsolete, and someone else says the cloud is a rip-off. Both are selling something. Here are the five-year numbers for each — and the situations where the cupboard genuinely still wins.
5:36
What Happens to Your Data When Someone Leaves
On their last day somebody deletes the account or strips the licence to stop paying for it. Reasonable — and quite often the moment the mail and files are permanently lost. The clock you start, the order that saves it, and the leftovers still open six months later.
5:54
MFA: Why Your Insurer and Your Certificate Now Both Demand It
A rule changed in April that most small businesses haven't been told about: miss multi-factor authentication on a cloud service and you don't lose a mark, you fail the whole assessment. What changed, what your insurer now wants, and why the type you choose matters as much as having it.
5:10
Choosing an IT Support Company: The 7 Questions to Ask
Someone recommends a bloke, he seems decent, the price is fine — and three years later you find you can't leave, because he owns things you assumed were yours. Seven questions from someone who sits on the other side of that table.
5:14
Why Your Wi-Fi Is Slow (And What Actually Fixes It)
The provider says the line is fine, and they're usually right — in most small offices the broadband isn't the problem, the Wi-Fi is. The two-minute test that separates them, the four real causes, and what a proper fix costs.
4:36
Cyber Insurance: What It Actually Covers (And What Voids It)
Most businesses find out what their policy really covers at the worst possible moment. What it costs, what it genuinely pays for, what it never pays for, and the declarations that quietly void the whole claim.