The Tech Factor: Recent Episodes

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Podcast by Ben Smith and Sam Read of ClubIT clubit.net.au

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In This Episode of The Tech Factor Ben and Ryan discuss the interesting question, Can SharePoint replace my file server? You often get varied responses for this question (A lot of the time it's very situational) and there's a big desire to move everything to the cloud, in this episode we go into detail, discussing this question and how to make SharePoint work for you.

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On this episode of The Tech Factor we delve into Microsoft co-pilot, what is it, what are the benefits, will it really be a game changer or another gimmick and how to successfully deploy it to your organisation.

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In Season 2 Episode 2 of The Tech Factor we talk all about the 3CX Cyber Breach, what happened, how it happened, and what it means for 3CX customers moving forward.

In this podcast we mention this Powershell script link, which can be used to check your systems integrity following the 3CX breach, and can be found here: threat-intel/Check-3cxVulnerability.ps1 at main · huntresslabs/threat-intel · GitHub

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In Season 2 Episode 1 of The Tech Factor we talk all about the Optus Cyber Breach, what happened, what it means to you and what we expect the aftermath to be.

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Happy new year everyone, in episode 19 of The Tech Factor we predict the business tech trends for 2021, how it'll affect your business and what opportunities exist.

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In Episode 18 of The Tech Factor we talk about an oldie but a goodie, 10 tips for Faster internet in your home office or SME business.

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In Episode 17 of The Tech Factor we go into Business IT Support cost models, what models exist, what are the benefits for both the IT Provider and the client and which approach to choose.

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In Episode 16 of The Tech Factor we talk all about Point to Point links i.e. linking multiple business sites or locations, what are their use cases/benefits and how to setup them up.

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In Episode 15 of The Tech Factor, we talk about hacking a little bit of a background and what a business can do to prevent themselves from being hacked

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In Episode 14 of The Tech Factor we answer all of googles questions about Business IT Consultancy and how it differs from IT Services.

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In Episode 13 of the Tech factor, we take a look at Aged Care Software and answer all of the most popular questions about it!

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In Episode 12 of The Tech Factor we answer the most asked questions about Cyber Security Threat Management and as usual there's a lot to talk about.

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In Episode 11 of the podcast we cover off all of your (and the itnernet's) common Enterprise Wifi questions, Some really great gems in this episode, check it out!

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In Episode 10 of The Tech Factor we talk all about Telephony and VOIP, covering the most frequently asked questions on the internet.

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In Episode 9 of the Tech Factor, We cover how to assess the best software solution for your business.  An important subject in any business.

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Happy friday, we're talking about the changes to the Universal Service Obligation today and what that means for your NBN connection, along with further rants on Cyber Security, it's your friday wrap guys!

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In this episode of The Tech Factor we take a look at External vs Internal IT and tips to get the best of both worlds.

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In Episode 7 of The Tech Factor we talk about the Cyber Security Essential 8, the Cyber Security story of the last few days and what you can do to implement the 8 essential cyber security measures

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In this weeks friday wrap we talk as usual about more cyber security breaches and diverge a bit off topic and Talk about the Playstation 5

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It's Friday again! Here's our quick take on more Cyber Security issues and Social Media in the crosshairs again...

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In this episode we talk all about firewalls, the difference between a basic firewall vs a managed firewall and why your business needs one. Special Guest: Matthew See, Watchguard APAC. 

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Heading into the weekend with quick take 5 we talk about the evolving state of Cyber Security and the future of work from home.

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In Episode 5 of The Tech Factor we talk all about Managed IT, what is it, how is it different to calling someone up when something goes wrong (break/fix) and why do you need it in the modern world of IT.

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Welcome to another Friday wrap, we talk about the worrying trend of constant data breaches and ransomware in the COVID-19 environment and discuss why this might be and finish off with a discussion about XXXX beer.

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In this episode of The Tech Factor we explore the 5 best ways you can do to improve your businesses wifi

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The Tech Factor does a quick wrap up of the weeks events in IT and Cybersecurity

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In this episode we explore how one Aged Care Facility is keeping their doors open amongst COVID-19, what strategies did they use and how have they made it work and a little bit about technology at the end.

Special Guest, Bruce Tually, St Andrews Ballina.

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In this episode we wrap up the week that was with COVID-19 cures and free access to Google Meet

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In this episode of The Tech Factor we explore options for running your business phone system from home, how to tell if you have a system that's capable and a bit about the 3CX platform and it's cloud functionality for those looking for options

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Today on The Tech Factor Quick Take we talk about the Australian Government's COVIDSafe App that's been downloaded over 1 million times since it's launch yesterday, we talk the pro's/con's about Security, Privacy but also the bigger picture being the political and ethical aspects of the application with special Guest Jame Rose, Co-Founder contentsnare.com and all around app expert

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In Episode one of The Tech Factor, your Hosts Ben Smith (IT Consultant for 20 years @ ClubIT) and Sam Read (All round IT Guru @ ClubIT) talk about the 5 most important cybersecurity measures that apply to all businesses that you should be implementing today.  Most businesses have some kind of antivirus or firewall and just assume this is IT security but they forget about the key fundamentals of Cyber Security we break them down over this podcast.