Bastion Briefings.

Yesterday several Microsoft products lost support. Nothing switched off, which is exactly why it's easy to ignore. Here's how to give every machine on your list a decision.

Managed IT services get explained with car maintenance analogies and not much else. Here is what is actually in one, what managed security adds, and when you are better off without.

Managed IT services get described in the same words by everyone selling them. Here is what the term actually covers, what managed security should include, and the questions that separate providers.

A free, printable deck of 52 questions that helps families talk about apps, scams, trust and what stays online. Why I made it, and how to use it without turning dinner into a lecture.

Ten Brisbane managed IT providers, grouped by the kind of business each one suits, with every fact linked to where we found it and the questions worth asking all of them.

It's a year since Office 2016 and Office 2019 lost support. What a year without fixes means, and where these versions tend to hide in a small office.

Health practices get sold telehealth and AI. What they ring us about is the internet dropping out and a backup that has been failing quietly. Here is the order those things belong in.

The Essential Eight maturity model turns a vague question, how secure are we, into eight answers you can measure. Here is what the four levels mean and how to assess yourself honestly.

Three office suites, current plans and storage, and an honest view of which one suits an Australian small business and when the other two are the better call.