So has the FBI been knocking on your door yet? Are you noticing strange clicks and echoes on the phone? Are you sure those private emails are as confidential as you hope they are?!

Well according to the various news stories that were flying around at the tail end of last week, the answer is maybe not at all! According to a former CIA worker, depending on what the US government wants to see, your likes, family photos, emails and phone calls are pretty much up for grabs. The UK government has denied that information is being acquired in any underhand or illegal manner, but somehow it does

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I recently read a fascinating article listing a number of technologies which are set to disrupt our world, which got me thinking about what is affecting our own business environment.

Never mind today, are you ready for tomorrow? Staying on top of the latest trends, business tools and technology is a near impossible task. Not only do you have to figure out how a particular innovation could be a boost to your business productivity but you need to be able to predict whether that pioneering technologies are cut out to stay the duration? You would no doubt be kicking yourself if you had just

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When you lead a busy and hectic life, there can always be something to worry about. Did you remember to lock the front door or switch the iron/oven off before heading out to work? Did you back up that 25 page document you wrote for work before leaving last night?

With OpenCRM we can provide you with one less thing to lose sleep over. With nightly backups of all your files and database, you can rest assured that we are looking after your data security. 

A subject that is always close to hand is that of security and the cloud. This is a broad issue that cannot be easily answered in a media-friendly snapshot. Ask yourself how safe is your office? You may have brand new locks on the doors, but haven’t got round to securing the windows. And those locks seem a lot less safe when you think about the spare key you leave at the often unattended reception desk. If you take a look around, you might see old water pipes, overloaded power points and wiring that could do with an overhaul. The more you think about security, the more complex an issue it

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