News

Freethought and Jolt merge

We are thrilled to announce that Freethought has merged with fellow hosting provider Jolt under the new banner of Freethought Group.

Blogging

Website Builder or WordPress - Which is the right choice?

As a business owner or entrepreneur, choosing the right website platform is crucial for the success of your online presence. With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to decide which platform to use.

Cyber Security

Are you really downloading Zoom, or is it malware?

Researchers have discovered at least six convincing-looking download sites. They’re designed to tempt you into downloading fake, malware-loaded Zoom software.

Low Code - The Future?

Low Code solutions are on the rise. New research from Mendix suggests that Low Code is on the rise with more businesses adopting it as a technology to solve problems rather than the usual programming languages Mendix numbers suggest that more than two-thirds (69%) of businesses have increased their use

Chinese CCTV manufacturers banned!

In an unusual event, Hikvision along with any other security cameras made by companies subject to Chinese security law have been banned from being installed in new institutions in government and council buildings. It’s not very often a blanket ban like this happens, and, on such a widely used

Cyber Security

Do your staff prefer the old apps?

A recent survey found a massive 92% of employees want more control over the software, collaboration tools, and applications they use. And 51% continue to use apps that have been banned by IT departments.

Are your staff using a malicious browser extension without realising it?

There are hundreds of thousands of browser extensions designed to help us to save time, but are they a security risk?

Ever considered what data your apps phone home with?

It's common knowledge some applications and services are a little too interested in what we the users and customers are doing. I would say it's fairly common to have experienced a situation where you are talking to a friend or colleague about a product you might be interested in and

Cyber Security

Out-of-Office Security

Out-of-Office messages are commonplace in today's work environments. Useful to colleagues and customers alike, we are also seeing this information used against businesses in ransomware attacks and phishing campaigns...

Cyber Security

Hours Lost to Spam

Your business is losing hundreds of hours to spam every year. A recent report found that each one of your employees could be losing up to 80 hours every single year.

Guide

Implementing technology to support your business strategy

Having a good IT strategy to guide your business, technology processes, software, hardware, and infrastructure decisions allows you to make smart, educated business decisions that will help your business grow.

Cyber Security

Keeping safe from Homograph Attacks

In yet another attack to be aware of, Homograph attacks based on internationalised domain names (IDNs) seem to have started springing up lately.

Cyber Security

Advanced spam protection

Freethought takes the safety and security of our customer's inboxes seriously and are pleased to have invested in adding URIBL to our list of intelligence providers to add yet another layer to our filtering, by increasing our ability to protect our customers from phishing attacks.

Ethics

Proud to pay tax

Anyone who knows Freethought knows that we strongly believe in doing the right thing. This is reflected in every facet of our business; from how we treat our customers, to the impact our business has on our environment, all the way through to how much tax we pay.

Charity

Striving for a #HungerFreeFuture

Thousands of families throughout the UK face impossible choices this winter; pay for heating, or pay for food? Should they forgo presents for children in favour of having food on the table? Sadly this is the reality that many face, not in some far flung developing country, but right here in the UK.

Charity

#DontManUpSpeakUp

Here at Freethought we have a history of supporting mental health, and after the last few years the need for mental health support has never been greater. We are thrilled to be supporting the amazing work Menfulness do to support and bring men together to improve their physical and mental health.

Ten Most Common Cyber Security Mistakes

Ten common cyber security mistakes Freethought have seen. Are you secure?

Is unlimited ever truly unlimited?

We see the word "unlimited" a lot in the hosting industry, it feels like it's everywhere and most frequently of all it is used to describe how much disk space a hosting account has included.

Keep up to speed with Ransomware protection

Sometimes it feels like the security landscape is moving faster than ever before, with threat actors finding new and ever more creative ways to gian access to the most sensitive parts of companies infrastructure and wreak havoc. The latest big spike in ransomeware that we have seen are cunningly exploiting

Get the most out of video conferencing

Working from home isnt going away, even though we are well on the road to recovery (hopefully!), so I thought it would be a great time to look at ways to ensure that everyone is making the most out of their video conferencing.

Ethics

Restoring Nominet to a public benefit organisation

For many years, we here at Freethought have been voicing our concern about the way in which the UK registry operator Nominet has been run, which is why we are proud to lend our support to the Public Benefit campaign.

Managed Services

Freethought are proud to support YorkMix radio

A local radio station is a key ingredient in any community and when YorkMix reached out for funding and help with the new radio station we just couldn't say no and took the opportunity to sponsor the weather and multiple spots throughout the day.

Managed Services

Why utilise a Managed Services Provider

We strongly believe that using a managed service provider to look after your IT rather than doing it in-house just makes sense for almost any business. Here are some key reasons why.

Guide

VPN troubleshooting guide

VPN has become the essential tool in the last few months but it can be tricky to troubleshoot. Read our guide on common VPN issues and how to fix them.

Thoughts for managing you newly working from home team.

COVID-19 has changed the way that we all work, possibly forever, with teams which would never have worked from home now forced to do so. Here are my thoughts on how best to manage your team who are fresh to this way of working, based on my experience managing a partially remote team.