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Drones And Robotics The Next Wave of Disruption in Retail IT

E-commerce is leading the retail disruption. However, it still has a long way to go to consistently contribute to customer delight. TimeTrade’s ‘State of Retail 2016’ report, informs that 72% of customer surveyed still prefer to shop from traditional brick-and-mortar stores as much as they had done in 2015, despite access to e-commerce portals. What’s more, 18% propose to visit …

Skype v7.38 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

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Skype version 7.38 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …

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KB4022719 Windows Update Breaks Internet Explorer Printing

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Microsoft have released an update this week which potentially stops Internet Explorer from being able to print. When you select to print something from the internet using IE, you will just get a blank page coming out from your printer. To resolve this, you need to uninstall the KB4022719 update and reboot.

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Things you need to enjoy Gigabit Ethernet connectivity

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Slower downloading of data on the devices can irritate the user to no extent. Additionally, the end users want internet service that never sleeps. The content access requirements at the end users propel the data centers to improve their efficiency and also to deliver the final output optimally for enhancing the customer experience. The data transfer speed of 12MB or …

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Advertising, guest posts and review special offers

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We are currently running some special offers for advertising, guest posts and reviews on our site. You can check out the details and the offers by clicking the link below: Special Offers If you have any questions, please feel free to leave us a comment below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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Microsoft will pay you to stop using Google!

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Microsoft has come up with a novel way of getting you to start using Bing over Google, paying you to ditch the search giant. Fancy a bit of extra money in your pocket this weekend? Well there’s a surprisingly easy way to get some extra cash. All you need to do is stop using Google. That’s because Microsoft has started paying …

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5 Ways How Microsoft Dynamics AX Can Improve Your Retail Business

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‘Omni-channel’ and ‘digital’ have been the buzzwords since the inception of the digital era. It clearly indicates that the time is ripe for the retail industry to keep up with the times by integrating technology into their business processes and deliver exactly what customers want. For retail stores, the sole point of contact with their customers is through their in-store …

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Site Update

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As explained in our previous post, we have not really been online for the last week so if you have emailed us or commented and are awaiting a response, you should get one very shortly. We have a number of new guides and articles to release which will be coming over the next week. We also have coming up a …

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Update – Manchester Bombing

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With the events of the last week, we have not been reading emails or posting anything on our site as you may have noticed. We are based and live in Manchester and it has been a truly shocking and upsetting week for our city and the people that live here. Everyone will know the circumstances of what has happened in …

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How smart tech is taking over our homes

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Most of us will now probably have a smart TV in our homes that’s capable of streaming movies and playing online games. But smart technology is about so much more than this as the interconnected nature of the latest home gadgets looks to make our homes feel very futuristic indeed. Security advances The humble lock on your front door has …

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Ransomware Legacy Systems – Patches Released

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Some more information on the ransomware cyber attack…. Microsoft have now released patches for some legacy systems including Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. You can view the blog post and the download links for the patches by viewing the below from Microsoft:

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How to disable SMBv1

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Following on from the ransomware attacks of the last few days, you should have by now patched all your servers and clients using the Windows Update that relates to your operating system (see list and download links at the end of this post). If you want more security around this then you should also disable the SMBv1 where possible. Just …