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Portal Coronavirus Update 14/05/2020 First and foremost Portal hope all our customers are safe and well as we approach week 8 of the lockdown. During the last 8 weeks Portal continues to support our...

What is a Hybrid Cloud Solution Hybrid Cloud is a cloud computing environment that makes use of a mix of different computing services. A Hybrid Cloud is formed when two of these computing services...

Common Outlook Email Problems (And Simple Solutions) When working with emails there are plenty of problems that can occur ranging from inconvenient to highly irritating. Many of these problems may...

Are you considering investing in outsourced IT support? Why would companies choose to outsource their IT support services? The blog below contains the discussion held by the Portal Technologies team...

On 14th January 2020 Microsoft will no longer provide support or security updates for PCs running on Windows 7. Windows 7 will still operate but you will stop receiving security and feature updates...

The Office 365 website proudly boasts “work anywhere, anytime, on any device. Office 365 is ready when you are”, and we’ve found they’re not wrong. Office 365 is a reliable and flexible cloud-based...

What is Social Engineering and how does it intrude on your business? We have spoken a lot about social engineering in our recent blogs but as it is now at the forefront of cyber-attacks we thought...

Following up from Modern Apprenticeship week, we would like to share some of our apprentice’s stories

Portal Technologies Are Doing the Kilt Walk Portal Technologies are taking on the Mighty Stride Kilt walk to raise money for a local Forth Valley charity – Scottish Families affected by Drugs and...

How to protect SMES from cyber attacks. Hear what our Managing Director has to say about Cyber Security! Check out the following video on what actions to take to help prevent Cyber Attacks. For more...

SMES are the latest victims of Cyber Attacks The need for improved cyber security has increased over the last year following a recent increase in cyber-attacks. Companies worldwide are reporting...

What is email spoofing? Email spoofing is something which is becoming more common when hackers are conducting a phishing or scamming campaign. It is the forgery of an email header so that the email...

We are very excited to announce that on June 1st 2017 CPL IT Services have not only created a new brand but come up with a new name to represent who we are and what we offer. Together we worked as a...

This morning i had to figure out a way to add encryption to our MySQL database backups so they can be safely stored on the server. We have a backup in place at the minute which uses mysqldump to...

Low Spec Desktop THIS PC IS PERFECT FOR WEB BROWSING AND USING BASIC OFFICE APPLICATIONS. Core i3 4 GB memory 500 GB hard drive This PC is the ideal solution for a basic user whose tasks consist of...

It’s no secret that cyberattacks are at an all-time high and are becoming more and more personalized and far more ominous. Technology has altered the workplace environment and we are becoming a...

Here are 10 tips to keep your laptop in peak condition and up to speed.

We’re proud to have recently achieved silver partner status in Microsoft’s Partner Network. Portal have been providing Microsoft-related products, software and solutions since its inception and...

We all know the old adage if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but what if it is broke? We live in a throwaway society and far too many businesses will sooner replace malfunctioning computer equipment...

Windows 10 has arrived but can it shake off the lukewarm legacy left by its predecessor, Windows 8? Our verdict is a resounding YES! And we’re not the only ones. Tech professionals around the world...

Portal Web Design and Marketing was launched at the beginning of 2016 and we are very excited to be here.

Recently we are seeing more and more phishing emails reaching our inbox’s, targeting all types and sizes of businesses. So what are phishing emails and how can we protect ourselves and our...

On 2nd August Portal took on Britain’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, to raise money for the British Lung Foundation. It was an early start for the team, leaving Dunblane at 6.00am and setting off at the...

Portal are delighted to announce that at the beginning of August we moved our Head Office, previously based in Dunblane, to Glenbervie Business Centre in Larbert. This has been done to accommodate...

Here at Portal we are passionate about giving back, which is why we are organising a sponsored walk for our staff to climb Ben Nevis to raise funds for the British Lung Foundation (BFL). The British...

You would have heard the buzzword CLOUD by now, which refers to centralised and often managed environments and is often used to describe infrastructure not at your businesses premises. As Cloud...

It is a decision that many SMBs are facing at the moment … do you go with a cloud hosted solution or a physical server? With a little advice from Portal we hope to make the decision less daunting....

All Windows products have a lifecycle – it begins when the product is released and ends when Microsoft discontinues the support for it. The end of support refers to the date in which Microsoft will...

The UK government are encouraging small businesses to apply for a grant which would enable them to upgrade their broadband connectivity. This comes as part of the scheme to transform broadband...