Press Releases

SMEs in the East Midlands are being urged to safeguard against the threat posed by increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks like Malvertising. The warning follows research that has found 74% of small businesses in the region are likely to have suffered a security breach in the last year, with over 260,000 organisations affected.

A crucial aspect of any business planning now lies with IT. With little exception, organisations of all sizes use IT to 'run' their business in some form or other – whether that involves a few laptops, a complex data centre or cloud computing.

For small businesses, public cloud storage services like Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business and Citrix’s ShareFile are trusted, functional resources relied on by large and small business alike.

Only 13% of UK SMEs are using cloud as their primary storage platform, according to a survey* from Probrand

For IT managers, cloud computing poses something of a challenge. For those who’ve spent the majority of the last few years doing engineering-style work rather than consulting, the natural question is whether the cloud will put your job at risk. Will the big changes to your carefully-constructed IT stack make you irrelevant?

Mark Allbutt, Technical Manager at Probrand, discusses the topic of cyber security, further investing the number of ransomware attacks on the rise. 

UK businesses are being urged to safeguard against cyber threats following a series of attempted “whale phishing” attacks. 

Probrand, has joined a prestigious list of companies by achieving NetApp Gold Partner Status.

Birmingham’s leading IT services business, Probrand, is warning local businesses that a Russian-based cyber-attack could have access to your network based cameras and be streaming live feeds straight to the internet. 

Cloud services have become a popular option for businesses as the challenges of managing data storage have grown. The costs and level of maintenance required to store large volumes has seen more and more companies choose to make use of cloud service providers. We explore the three options available for businesses looking to invest in a secure and affordable cloud service. 

Businesses leaving themselves increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks