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Keep your systems away from ransomware in 2026

Ransomware attacks against small and mid-sized businesses keep climbing, and most still don’t have a real response plan — just backups nobody’s actually tested. Here’s what needs to be in place before an attack, not after.

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AWS vs Azure: which cloud platform is right for your business?

Both platforms can run the same workloads. The right call usually comes down to your existing Microsoft investment, your team’s skills and where your workloads actually sit — a practical comparison, not a vendor pitch.

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Building a modern workplace with Microsoft 365

Teams, SharePoint and the rest of the Microsoft 365 stack can genuinely change how a business collaborates, or just become another set of underused licences. Here’s how to get it right from day one.

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A CFO’s essential guide to managed IT services

IT spend rarely gets the same scrutiny as other line items on the P&L. A practical framework for finance leaders to work out whether their current IT arrangement is actually good value.

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Hybrid cloud, explained: is it right for your business?

Not every workload belongs in the cloud, and not everything belongs on-premises either. A straightforward look at when a hybrid approach makes more sense than going all-in on one or the other.

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Is your network actually secure? Here’s how to find out

Most businesses assume their network is secure simply because nothing’s gone wrong yet. A practical rundown of how to actually test that assumption, rather than hope it holds.

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What Microsoft Defender for Endpoint actually does

Endpoint protection has moved well beyond traditional antivirus. A plain-English breakdown of what Defender for Endpoint covers, and where it fits alongside the rest of your security stack.

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Why healthcare practices need IT that understands compliance

Medical practices run on a different risk profile to most businesses — patient data, uptime and privacy obligations all carry more weight. What that means in practice for how their IT should be set up.

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Huntress

909 IT Solutions is now a Huntress Partner

We’ve partnered with Huntress to bring managed detection and response to every client — real threat hunting backed by human analysts around the clock, not just automated alerts nobody has time to chase down.

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Microsoft

909 IT Solutions is now a Microsoft Cloud Partner

Our Microsoft Cloud Partner status reflects our depth of experience across Azure, Microsoft 365 and the wider Microsoft ecosystem — the same expertise we bring to every client migration, tenant review and rollout.

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FortinetCisco Meraki

Networking, built on Fortinet and Cisco Meraki

Our network and connectivity services currently run on Fortinet firewalls and Cisco Meraki hardware, giving clients enterprise-grade, cloud-managed networking. We’re actively growing our technology partner list, with more to be announced soon.

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