
10 signs it is time to change your IT provider
It is time to change your IT provider when the same problems keep coming back, tickets wait for days and nobody can tell you how well protected the business is.
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It is time to change your IT provider when the same problems keep coming back, tickets wait for days and nobody can tell you how well protected the business is.

Business IT support in Australia usually costs between $90 and $300 per person a month, ex GST, for a managed service.

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What Microsoft Purview is, which parts come with your Microsoft 365 licences and where to start.

Most successful attacks on small and medium businesses do not use anything clever.

Many businesses are coming to the end of the life of an office server and asking the same question: replace it, or move to the cloud?

A stolen password is still the most common way into a business.

Ransomware locks your files and systems and demands payment to release them.

Every business backs up something.

If you have been looking at IT support for your business, you will have run into the term MSP.

Windows 10 reached end of support on 14 October 2025.
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