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Here at Integer IT, we have found the perfect solution to make everyone look great on email and promote a uniform, but distinctive company look and feel. If a standard approach is not adopted [...]

When selecting an IT partner there are several prerequisites that that must exist to make informed decisions before engaging in a new IT relationship. Do you trust them? Do they have the [...]

Cyber security is an ever-changing landscape of activity, from education, software updates, threat detection, protection and unfortunately in some cases recovery. Cyber security is an [...]

Managed Print- Hewlett Packard Integer IT has immersed itself in the world of HP Manage Print and have teamed up with HP to deliver managed print to the Mid North Coast. We are off and running [...]

Meet the Team One of the advantages of IT & Telephony being supported by Integer IT is we have dedicated individuals to answer and triage IT issues via our helpdesk as an extension to our [...]

Breaking News Late in May a Russian Hacking forum claimed it had 6.5TB of Australian e-prescription company’s MediSecure stolen data for sale for $50,000. Fast forward to this week it has now [...]

There is an old adage that states ‘if you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ and many think the quote is attributed to Benjamin Franklin from 1790, so to say we haven’t been warned is a serious [...]

Google and Yahoo have recognised the importance of making emails secure and safer and have enforced email validation which is now affecting mail delivery. They are helping prevent email spam and [...]

Welcome to 2024 and January’s IT update from Integer IT. The widely deployed and much-loved Microsoft Operating System Windows 10 Professional and Home is going end of supportable life 14th [...]

2023 is almost over and our major projects have been wrapped up in time for Xmas so we can all enjoy the festive period, as we celebrate the year and look forward to 2024 and whatever that may [...]

There are times when you just need to focus on the here and now, whether at work or more importantly when your workday work finishes and your mobile just keeps pinging. Technology has become all [...]

Since the start the new Financial Year Integer have been busy delivering multiple and yet diverse IT projects enabling our clients to make strategic changes to their businesses in preparation for [...]

Doh! You really couldn’t make this stuff up, I was aware of this news last week and at the time I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry or both. It really is a head in your hand’s moment, whilst [...]

Although we highlighted this topic a few times last year, particularly within our Dark web article in August 2022, our helpdesk continues to witness customers giving away their IT credentials. [...]

Gosh they are getting better at this hideous scam attempt game. Security-focused businesses often use passwords with expirations in the hopes that if an employee’s data is breached, regularly [...]

It’s all the rage, this AI engine is everywhere, and it was only launched in November 2022, it has subsequently spawned other AI engines. GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer.  The [...]

Like all things in life, we are all good at something. Malcom Gladwell popularised the theory in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an [...]

Well after the manic IT disruptions of the recent Cyclonic event here in Port Macquarie we are well prepared and are just a week away from our Cyber Security educational event on 2nd March at [...]

It’s that time of year for another annual review, boy 2022 went by fast and life is certainly accelerating as we mature.  As a business we made it to 5 years old in April, although we have well [...]

Acquisition News 1st December   Integer IT has acquired well respected and long-established Midcoast IT, both support companies operate from Port Macquarie.   Integer IT is a leading Proactive IT [...]

Microsoft Office 2013 – What’s happening & why is it not working? Microsoft Office 2013 is nearing the end of its extended support on 11th April 2023 and they are advising clients to switch [...]

The Aftermath of this hack will be long lasting in our memory as it directly affects 10 million  Australian users, myself included. The reputational damage and costs to Optus will be ongoing for [...]

Cyber Compliance is Coming Within Europe (GDPR) and the US (HIPAA and CCPA) various IT security standards are mandatory when handling personal client data. In Australia it is merely recommended [...]

What is the Dark Web? Websites or information pages on the Dark Web are not searchable or accessible via traditional search engine browsers.  It is how they are accessed which makes them Dark. [...]

It’s wet, cold, and somewhat miserable today with high winds, therefore we are going to be busy. Inclement weather has a lot to answer for in the Mid North Coast when it comes to IT support and [...]

Integer IT proudly scooped up the Port Macquarie Chamber Buisness award in the  Professional & Business Services category last week. The much-delayed annual ceremony finally arrived for a [...]

During the last 5 years we have acquired 2 telephony-based businesses from retiring individuals who traditionally kept the telephone system alive in the corner, whirring away across old cabling. [...]

We are 5 years old, with over 140yrs of experience Integer IT has reached its 5th anniversary today, gosh how time flies when you’re having fun! Upon our inception in 2017, we took over the [...]

Information security is only as good as your weakest link Integer IT are very aware that attackers relentlessly target organisations with spam, phishing, and advanced socially engineered attacks. [...]

2021 is almost over and as our tradition beholds, here we are again for our 2021 recap with some bite-sized news from the year, wrapped up with a neat bow for your festive digestion.    January [...]

The IT world includes an ever-expanding list of terms and acronyms we mere mortals trying to run a business mostly struggle to comprehend. A bit like space really, but for now let’s not get [...]

Microsoft officially launched its new operating system, Windows 11, today. The design… The most obvious changes in Windows 11 are on the user interface (UI) front. For better or worse, [...]

At an RSA Security Conference way back in 2004, Bill Gates predicted the demise of the password. He asserted that traditional passwords “don’t meet the challenge” of keeping critical [...]

Certainly, it can be said that preventing a virus infection is better than getting one and facing the fallout or aftermath. This is especially true when it comes to our health, and has always [...]

We are proud to announce that Integer IT has been nominated in the 2021 Coastline Credit Union Greater Port Macquarie Business Awards, in the Professional & Business Services (6 or more [...]

Colocation refers to the practice of placing your servers and other IT equipment alongside others’ equipment (thus: co-location) into a data centre operated by a third party. Of course, this is [...]

An email arrives in your inbox from a local retailer. It’s nearing the end of the financial year and you’ve been waiting for offers like this: SALE! NOW ON! 15% OFF ALL LAPTOPS! “This [...]

Back in September 2020, Integer IT was part of the NBN fibre zone launch for Port Macquarie with the incentive of free installation of Enterprise Ethernet to premises within our newly established [...]

Integer IT introduces an SMB Smart Telephony system for business with up to 20, 50, 100 or 300 users, with all the features you would expect and require in running your business. With voice, [...]

Here we are again, reporting on another security breach involving a major international company. In this case, Microsoft have advised that their Exchange email platform has been compromised. Late [...]

Wow, what a year! As 2020 draws to a close, here are our views and some news all wrapped up in a bite-sized chunk. On the IT front, we kicked off the year with a fond farewell to a few Microsoft [...]

As an IT Managed Support company, we occasionally have to witness first-hand the harmful impact of cyber-security breaches in businesses and organisations within our own region (the NSW Mid North [...]

Integer IT was very proud to be part of the National NBN Enterprise Ethernet announcement presented in Port Macquarie this week by MP’s Paul Fletcher, Mark Coulton, Patrick Conaghan, and the NBN [...]

Software as a service (SaaS) vendors typically do not protect user data. Their role is primarily to provide a service and they are responsible for providing the platform and uptime of hardware [...]

The Australian government is increasingly concerned about data sovereignty (the security, privacy and physical location of data), and certainly after recent malicious assaults on government [...]

School is back on, shops are beginning to reopen, the roads are busier and it certainly seems that life is picking up again, so here are our reflections and observations from the last few weeks: [...]

With the current and ongoing focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are looking for ways to maintain business continuity while complying with directions from government [...]

How we differ from the rest in the converged telephony world. Integer IT provision the data circuit and the voice calls (SIP). We also plan any phone number migrations so when we install we have [...]

Integer IT Pty acquired North Coast Telephone Company (NCTC) on 2nd December 2019 Integer IT is as a leading Proactive IT Service and telephony provider in the Mid North Coast from its helpdesk [...]

USB hard drive back up warning As intrusive cyber-attacks continue to rise, the old way of backing up data via USB drives has become an enormous vulnerability point for businesses. Here is [...]

With the rollout of the NBN essentially complete, IT and Telephony have converged and are now terminated to a single point into a client’s premises at the Modem/Router. As a service provider of [...]

Samsung have announced that they are ceasing the supply of their OfficeServ products to the Australian market from 1st April 2019. As Redsand/Commander MNC we have installed and support many [...]

As our business integration of Commander Mid Coast nears completion we are delighted to announce and welcome Shannon Smith who has joined us at this exciting time. Shannon is a vastly experienced [...]

More than half of all malware attacks are against small businesses. Most malware is delivered via email and the damage to small businesses is very costly. A government report found that the [...]

If you get down to Port Macquarie Town Pool to cool down and do some laps you will spot our logo in the stands as we are delighted to be sponsoring Port Macquarie Swimming Club. The club has been [...]

This year has been a particularly big year for data breaches. Facebook had one of the biggest data breaches with more than 87 million records compromised. It’s likely that 2019 will be just as [...]

Integer IT Pty in Port Macquarie has acquired Commander MNC (formerly Redsand Communications) whose office is in Taree. Integer IT has established itself as a leading Proactive IT Service [...]

In-house IT support is not usually the best option for start-ups and SMEs. For many smaller, less established businesses in-house IT support is both prohibitively expensive and totally [...]

We are currently testing our off site back up platform, if you want to be part of the trial please get in touch. By deploying a robust back up software on site, we can fully recover incremental [...]

Like everyone else in our town we love our sports too. During the 2018 season we have been proudly supporting the IONA Sports club in their maiden year. Iona entered teams for the first time in [...]

There are several ways to arise a support issue with Integer, by far the best way if to use the Integer Application on any supported desktop which is highlighted below. Click it and away you go [...]

This tip is a Google/Bing one. If you want to check out the weather or anything in Port Macquarie or elsewhere, add a postcode to the search rather than the full location name, ie) Weather 2444- [...]

We have recently recovered a client’s site hit by a crypto locker, it was only possible because they had implemented incremental based NAS backups as part of our Proactive Service. We could [...]

There is no doubt that clients are all fully aware that without a complete working back up recovering a system or server failure isn’t possible. Unfortunately, its inadvertent human error that [...]

The support lifecycle for Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 passed last year as its determined by its individual component’s support lifecycles. We are highlighting this information as [...]

There are quite a few options to choose from, so here are our top 2. Office 365 Business Premium, Business-class email with 50GB mailbox, HD video conferencing Desktop versions of Outlook, Word, [...]

As highlighted in Integer IT news in December we are moving to our own new premises over the Easter weekend. It’s important to note our new telephone number and address, please alter your records [...]