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Russell Bristow has been named as the IT transformation and digital procurement group’s director of commercial strategy, while Deep Toor joins as director of revenue and growth. CloudCoCo, the leading enterprise IT transformation and digital procurement group, has announced two senior appointments to support its next phase of growth.

Cyber security used to be treated as a collection of products: antivirus, a firewall, backups and an annual training course. That is no longer enough. SMEs now rely on Microsoft 365, cloud platforms, SaaS applications, remote devices, connected networks and third-party suppliers.

AI inference is moving closer to the places where data is created. Cameras, factory equipment, vehicles, laptops, branch systems and other connected devices can now run increasingly capable models without sending every request to a public cloud service.

Firmware rarely appears on a user’s screen, but it determines how the hardware beneath your IT estate starts, connects and protects itself. It is present in laptops and servers, but also in routers, firewalls, switches, WiFi access points, storage systems, printers, security cameras, meeting-room equipment and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Data is central to how modern businesses operate. It supports everyday decision-making, customer service, automation, reporting and the growing use of artificial intelligence. For small and medium-sized businesses, the challenge is no longer simply deciding whether to use the cloud.

Disruption can affect any organisation. A cyberattack, power failure, technology outage, supplier problem, severe weather event or loss of access to a building can interrupt operations with little warning. Business continuity planning helps an organisation prepare for these events, maintain its most important services and recover in a controlled order.

Cloud storage can be more secure and resilient than keeping business data on a single server or device. It can provide strong physical security, encryption, geographic resilience, detailed logging and rapid recovery options that would be difficult for many organisations to build alone.

Cyber incidents affecting UK organisations are becoming more frequent and more disruptive. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled 204 nationally significant cyber attacks in the 12 months to August 2025, an average of four each week. Not every organisation can operate a dedicated security operations centre, but every UK organisation can take advantage of […]

Microsoft 365 sits at the centre of day-to-day work for many organisations. Email, documents, meetings, identities, devices and increasingly AI-assisted workflows all depend on the same connected platform. That integration makes Microsoft 365 productive, but it also means a compromised account or poorly governed SharePoint site can expose much more than a single mailbox.

Technology continues to change quickly, but businesses do not need to pursue every new product, platform or idea. The priority should be identifying the technologies that can solve a genuine business problem, improve resilience or help employees work more effectively.