Modern workplace makes life simple
Lucidity has placed Microsoft technology at the heart of the design and development of a solution that is successfully delivering a truly modern workplace.
A technical review of Fortinet PartnerSync 2019
In late July I had the opportunity to attend the Fortinet 2019 PartnerSync event in Bali. This was a 3-day event hosted by Fortinet for its partners where Fortinet deliver the latest network & cybersecurity trends & insights from top industry experts. Over the 3 days there were presentations, live demonstrations by Fortinet engineers and…
Microsoft Inspire Summary 2019
A couple of weeks ago Lucidity’s CEO, Paul O’Brien and I commenced our 15-hour journey to the Nevada Desert for Microsoft Inspire which was hosted in Las Vegas. Both being first time attendees, Paul and I weren’t exactly sure what to expect, and I think I speak for both of us when I say that the…
Keeping vigilant with account security in the modern digital world
We all have a number of accounts online these days; our social media platforms, our email, internet banking, and that weird news site you once signed up to just because they wouldn’t let you read that article about puppies if you didn’t. Each of these accounts have one thing in common – login credentials. The…
Understanding Business Wi-Fi
Over the past few years, Wi-Fi technology has improved greatly, however it isn’t a case of one-size fits all. The requirements for a business in a large office space with continual traffic utilisation from many devices is very different to the Wi-Fi needed at home for casual internet access. What is an Access Point? An…
DNS – Why it’s always the problem
Many issues that users and businesses face are often caused by DNS, as illustrated by one of my favourite troubleshooting tools on the internet – https://isitdns.com/ Mail failures, websites not loading, or even an inability to get into your Managed Desktop, most of the time it’s typically DNS. What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name System…
Aging IT Hardware – when it’s time for an upgrade
Here at Lucidity we endeavour to provide our customers with the best service possible. If our customers start having issues with their Lucidity services we carry out several checks to help identify the root cause. The first series of checks is looking at the infrastructure which these services run on. Once these checks have been…
How to deal with malicious emails
This is the third blog in our series about malicious emails. You can read the first two blogs, How to identify malicious emails and Is the mail really malicious by clicking on the links. What to do with a suspected malicious email The answer to this is quite simple: delete the email. You can ignore…
Is the mail really malicious?
Following on from yesterdays blog, How to identify malicious emails, today we will look at whether the email is actually malicious and some techniques scammers use to make it seem legitimate. Is the mail really malicious? Please note that you need to weigh all the red flags in yesterday’s blog if you want to rule…
How to identify malicious emails
We all get our share of spam, some more than others. But how do we differentiate between simple commercial spam and the types of emails that are sent with malicious intent? The unsolicited commercial spam email is generally easy to recognise, report, and discard, but what about more dangerous types of spam? How can you…
Going paperless
Five weeks ago, we had a desk move and reality struck me re: how much paper I had collected on my desk over the last 2 months (I recall cleaning my desk before Christmas). It was a personal shock to me so I set myself a goal to try going paperless and break the habit of printing…
Modern Workplace – Paul O’Brien’s Excited!
My name is Paul O’Brien, and I am the founder of Lucidity. I started this business way back in 2002 as an IT engineer with an idea to use the Internet to deliver applications to users and eradicate onsite servers. We started with delivering Virtual Desktop solutions right back with Citrix v1.0 – we’ve been…
