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GC Technology sponsored a stand at the CPA Ireland Tax conference on Thursday 29th March 2012.

Over 250 CPA Accountants were in attendence.  Picture sh...

F-Secure offers the best protection in the world

AV-TEST honoured F-Secure Client Security with the Best Protection 2011 award.   Helsinki, Finland – February 14, 2012: F-Secure Client Security has received the AV-TEST Best Protection 2011 award in the cor...

Alert Message February 2012

Back in September 2010 I sent out a newsletter alerting everyone of a "Computer Scam" that was doing the rounds.  Well unfortunately the "Scam" is still doing the rounds and catching people out.  It targets the home user and in a lot of  cases ...

What’s Under the Bonnet! – November 2011

With Christmas almost upon us there  will be the usual scramble to buy presents for family and friends.  Over  the years I have had many experiences of customers and friends frantically  buying computers at the last moment and not really underst...

Wi-Fi – Why you need to be careful! – September 2011

As you know we make every effort in our GC Technology newsletters to bring you up to date information on what you should be aware of in the world of IT.  On this occasion it's all about Wi-Fi and more particularly about free Wi-Fi.  With the dramat...

How Safe Is Your Data? – June 2011

A company's data is one of the most important assets they will have.  It is not only vital to the on-going health of the business but it is also important that it is properly looked after.  Data takes many forms, in most cases it will be documents,...

Microsoft Ireland warns of scam – 2/02/2011

Following on from my newsletter in Septemb 2010, Microsoft Ireland have released the following alert: Microsoft Ireland would like to warn you of a scam that is currently active in the Irish marketplace. Irish consumers are receiving telephone cal...

7 Ways to Speed up your PC – December 2010

As you may realise by now, once a PC gets to year 3 and beyond it gets "tired".  It becomes slow to start up and generally the time it takes to respond to mouse clicks gets longer.  Obviously you don't want to have to start thinking about replacing...

Alert Newsletter – November 2010

Following on from our last alert newsletter in September, I want to advise you of another potential problem that is currently doing the rounds.  As you know we always advise that you have the proper security in place in order to prevent viruses an...

Computer Scam Alert – Sept 2010

I want to alert everyone to a "Computer Scam" that is currently doing the rounds.  I was made aware of it from a friend who got a bogus phone call and then my wife also received such a call on the home line.  It works as follows, you receive a ...

September 1st 2010 – Microsoft Ireland today appointed GC Technology Ltd as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

"Microsoft Ireland today appointed GC Technology Ltd as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The accreditation formally recognises the company's business expertise and technical depth in designing and implementing complex infrastructure solutions, inc...

More than 76pc of Irish consumers targeted by scams – NCA

More than 76pc of Irish consumers have indicated that either they or a family member have been targeted by a scam, new research from the National Consumer Agency (NCA) has revealed. According to the agencys latest research, carried out during Marc...

Microsoft Ireland today appointed GC Technology Ltd as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

"Microsoft Ireland today appointed GC Technology Ltd as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The accreditation formally recognises the company's business expertise and technical depth in designing and implementing complex infrastructure solutions, inc...

GC Technology partner with ConnectWise

GC Technology it delighted to announce that it is now partners with Connect Wise and using their Professional Services Automation software as its call tracking system. This will improve GC Technologies speed and efficiency in dealing with customer qu...

End of support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM

As we announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 will end on the same date. Support for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will end on April 13, 2010. NOTE: There is...