GDPR Compliance and how you can prepare
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on the 24th of May 2016 and will be applied to all EU Member States on the 25th of May 2018, this has given organisations only one...
View ArticleUnboxing the Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN 210 LTE
Omar Hempsall is in the Digital Suite unboxing and overviewing the SDWAN package we received from @Citrix the 210LTE Standard Edition #CitrixSDWAN #Ninja The post Unboxing the Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN...
View ArticleUsing Skype for Business with a mandatory profile
I’ve had some email comments recently regarding Skype For Business 2016 with mandatory profiles. When you use Skype for Business and log in for the first time, it needs to install a personal...
View ArticleQuickPost: Multiple service failures on boot with no errors logged on Citrix...
So, just a quick post to document an issue we experienced recently regarding service failures on boot, without any errors being logged, on Citrix XenApp servers. The problem manifested itself, in this...
View ArticleDirecting Citrix XenApp 6.5 or 7.x users to run their applications on...
Forcing users to execute XenApp applications on specific sets of servers is something you might want to do for a number of reasons. In my case, I primarily run into this requirement during phased...
View ArticleWindows Virtual Desktop Goes Live (and HTG was there to see it!)
Last week HTG had the pleasure of being one of only a small number of UK based Microsoft Gold Partners to be invited to the first global Technical Airlift for the newly launched Windows Virtual...
View ArticleHow to configure and protect your end-user devices using Microsoft Endpoint...
Throughout 2019, HTG saw a rapid rise in customers who adhered to a cloud-first strategy, thus having little to no on-premise services. As such, they ask us how they should be configuring and...
View ArticleQuickPost: Multiple service failures on boot with no errors logged on Citrix...
So, just a quick post to document an issue we experienced recently regarding service failures on boot, without any errors being logged, on Citrix XenApp servers. The problem manifested itself, in this...
View ArticleUnderstanding Intune Policies
This blog post will address, and hopefully, demystify a topic I struggled with when first starting out with Intune or Endpoint Manager to use its new moniker, and that is the difference between...
View Article6 IT expert Twitter accounts you need to follow in 2021
“…a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention…” ― Herbert A. Simon, American economist, political scientist and cognitive psychologist. I wonder if Herbert knew just how much information...
View ArticleA place at the top table: why you need EUC specialists to guide your IT roadmap
After the expedited digital transformation of 2020, you know how difficult it can be to navigate your IT evolution at speed – but also that sometimes, it’s necessary. In the case of remote working,...
View Article3 business benefits of virtual desktops (and the saving grace of WVD)
The unpredictable pandemic only accelerated an entirely predictable trend: the rise of remote work. In March, as organisations scrambled to adapt, it became clear that securely managing access to IT...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2021
The UN’s theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the...
View ArticleThe virtual desktop is dead: Long live the virtual desktop
In early 2020, Reuters reported a major spike in IT hardware sales: ‘With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals...
View Article3 reasons why your digital transformation roadmap will fail at the first hurdle
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that your business needs to expect the unexpected. In 2020, many of our customers digital transformation roadmap took the same three steps: Enable remote...
View ArticleHow hybrid cloud solutions could be the answer to balancing your books
As the popularity of cloud computing grows, so do the range of cloud solutions available to you. What’s known as a ‘hybrid’ approach is becoming more and more prominent, and for good reason: it can...
View Article4 steps to ensure your staff are deploying remote working solutions securely
For your digital workspace to be a success, it has to enable employees to do everything they could in the office from anywhere in the world – securely. That last part is arguably the most important....
View ArticleIt’s 2021: Is the digital workspace here to stay?
It’s no secret that 2020 was a year defined by change. Not the strategic digital transformation dreams of ambitious IT professionals, but change of a different sort. Businesses were forced to cobble...
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