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Recent reviews of the Sophos XG Firewall line of products paints an extremely positive picture for Sophos’ latest digital security solution. The Sophos XG Firewall system was reviewed recently and received what any manufacturer in any industry would love from a major media outlet: a perfect score. The Sophos unified threat management (UTM) system received 5 out of 5 stars in every category concerning the overall rating of the system from two major media publications, namely SC Magazine and PC Pro. The XG Firewall series is considered a next-generation, FastPath security suite that uses traffic light-style indicators for rich reporting...

Microsoft announces that protection from ransomware like the recent “WannaCrypt” attacks will be part of the long-awaited Windows 10 Creators Update. In a recent article from Microsoft, the subject of combating ransomware like the recent attacks around the world takes center stage as a premier addition to the Windows 10 Creators Update. Microsoft seems to be doubling down on its own antivirus software as well as hardware solutions to deal with the debilitating attacks like WannaCrypt. The Windows strategy of dealing with these attacks include: Utilizing hardware-based security (built into Windows 10) and use mitigations to increase risk to attackers...

Moving away from a centralized network to a cloud-based system is the key to successfully adopting Office 365 for your enterprise. Many enterprise-level businesses are moving towards Office 365 in record numbers (there will be an estimated 100 million users by the end of 2017) for the features it offers, but some are facing challenges when converting over. Many of these businesses either have or are trying to implement changes to their existing centralized networks to prepare for the power necessary to convert to Office 365, but have been met with problems regarding bandwidth, firewall security, and more. The true...

With the announcement of the new Surface Pro and Surface Pen, Office 365 is getting a new stylus and inking capabilities. Microsoft is having quite the year so far, announcing many new Surface products with the new Surface Pen being chief among them. The new Surface Laptop was featured at the Microsoft Build 2017 conference, and the new Surface Pro tablet/laptop hybrid with the much-improved Surface Pen came during a reveal at a Shanghai Keynote conference. Corporate VP of Devices Panos Panay lead the presentation, placing a special emphasis on the Surface Pen and the abilities it will possess when...

These are ten sections of Excel 2016 you should know when making a spreadsheet, whether you are keeping track of finances or creating detailed data charts. As part of Microsoft’s four core applications, Excel 2016 is an effective tool for keeping complex information in order and for making intensive calculations. The newest iteration of the program has added some new features and moved classic ones, so it is important to know your way around Excel to be as productive as possible. For those already familiar with Excel 2016, this list will be an excellent refresher. For those who are wanting...