The Duo You Never Knew You Needed: Partnering Your Practice with an IT-MSP
Some things in life are just better as a duo. Think about iconic pairs like Wolverine🐺 and Deadpool🗡—two unlikely partners, each with unique talents, but when teamed up, they become an unstoppable force.
Master Your Move: How Expert IT Planning Transforms Practice Relocations into Seamless Successes
Relocating your architecture or design practice is an exciting leap forward, but it’s also a journey fraught with IT hurdles that can disrupt your operations if not managed expertly.
Strategies for Protecting Your Design Files and Project Data
Data is the backbone of every project. From intricate design files to detailed project plans and sensitive client information, the data generated and used is invaluable. However, this data is also vulnerable to hardware failures, cyberattacks, and accidental deletions, making robust data management and backup strategies not just a best practice but a necessity.
Bluebeam Enhances Real-Time Collaboration for Construction and Architecture Teams
Effective collaboration is crucial in a fast-paced construction and design industry. Bluebeam, a leading software provider, has expanded its real-time collaboration capabilities, offering features that can transform how design teams work together and help practices stay competitive.
Designing Downtime: How Practices Can Take Advantage of the Summer Holiday Dip 🏖️
Just as individuals use their summer breaks to relax, recharge, and plan for the future, Practices often experience a dip in pace, offering unique opportunities for reflection and preparation.
Top 10 Essential IT Security Practices for Remote Workers in 2024
Ensuring IT security in a remote work environment requires adopting a range of best practices, and with the rise of remote work, this has become crucial for both employers and employees. Here are our essential IT security practices for remote workers.
AEC IT Best Practices: Key Strategies for Optimising Technology
Explore 5 essential AEC IT best practices to optimise technology, boost efficiency, and tackle industry disruptions. Learn about robust infrastructure, integrated solutions, data security, collaboration, and continuous training
Cyber Threats Architecture Practices Need to Watch Out For
Discover critical cybersecurity threats architecture practices face and how to protect against them. Get tips on safeguarding client data, design integrity, and managing risks like phishing, ransomware, and more!
Solving Practice’s Tech Challenges with Expert Solutions
A good IT provider can significantly enhance the efficiency, security, and productivity of architects and design-based practices by addressing these common IT issues with tailored solutions. So, who’s up for a challenge!?
Safeguarding Creativity: How Firewalls Keep Your Designs Safe
Today, we're diving into a crucial topic for every creative professional: cybersecurity. Specifically, we'll discuss how those trusty firewalls guard your digital playground, ensuring your designs remain safe and sound.
Timing is Everything: A Guide to Strategic Software Updates
In the ever-evolving technology landscape, keeping your systems updated isn't just a matter of staying current—it's a critical component of your organisation's security, performance, and efficiency.
Exploring Security Risks in Free AI: Navigating Towards Secure Adoption
Unlocking AI's potential can offer immense benefits to businesses and individuals alike. However, amidst the allure of free AI services, it's crucial to tread carefully, considering their security implications.
May the 4th Be with Your IT: Navigating the Galaxy of Technology.
As we celebrate May 4th, let's remember the lessons we can learn from the Star Wars saga and apply them to our journey in IT.
SharePoint: Navigating the limitations of CAD and Large File Management
Ready to dive into the world of SharePoint and how it impacts architects and designers when managing those hefty CAD files and other documents? 🏗️💻 While SharePoint is great for collaboration and file sharing, navigating its waters can feel like sailing through choppy seas.
Maximising Efficiency: Proven Strategies to Minimise Cloud Waste in Your Practice
Cloud computing has revolutionised the way businesses operate. It offers scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. However, cloud services also come with a downside: cloud waste.
Unlocking Potential: Exploring the Latest Buzz Surrounding Twinmotion
Explore the buzz surrounding Twinmotion – the real-time visualization software by Epic Games. Learn about its innovative updates, community engagement, educational value, and seamless integration with Unreal Engine, positioning it as a leading tool in architecture and design.
A Surprising Symmetry: How IT Professionals and Architects Solve Problems Together
This surprising mash-up might initially seem like apples 🍏and oranges🍊. Still, there’s no denying the juicy symmetry between the two.
Making the Most of Your Existing Tools: A Deep Dive into Microsoft 365
We all need tools that streamline workflows and enhance project outcomes. With Microsoft 365's suite of features, you can do just that. Join us as we explore practical examples of how each tool can support and elevate a practice. Let's get started!
What 5 Star Looks Like in an IT Service
Let's discuss what makes a stellar IT service for design and architectural practices. In our speedy digital world, IT isn't just a sidekick; it's the backbone of your operations, whether you're a cosy design studio or a bustling architecture firm.
Practice Legacies at Risk: World Backup Day Urges Action
Ever heard of World Backup Day? It's like a gentle nudge in our busy lives. Join us as we chat about why backups are super important for keeping creative projects safe and sound for the long haul.