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Jack Smallpage, Information Security Officer at Chess, tells the story of a recent Business Email Compromise (BEC) incident which almost cost us €60k.

Megan Yates, Business Sales Team Leader at Chess, looks at her recent experience as an Adoption and Change Management Consultant at a large law firm who chose Chess to help them connect their people with a new communications solution.

Martin Bacon, Consultants Team Leader and Unified Communications Expert at Chess, reviews the differences and benefits of Cloud Voice and Teams Voice.

The 2025 PSTN and ISDN Switch Off - It's a big problem! Here's what to do.

Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, summarises in a 3 minute read what Pegasus Spyware is and how it can hack your phone.

Gilbert McHarg, Sage Consultant at Chess, explains what you need to consider when moving to a new finance system.

Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, explains the difference between Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing and their applications.

We brought together more than ten technology partners, leaders in the industry, and over 25 expert speakers, to share knowledge and advice with customers. All 52 sessions were delivered live during the two days, but don’t worry – you can still catch up on-demand here.

Martin Bacon, Consultants Team Leader and Unified Communications expert, explains what you need to consider when creating your communications plan.

There are few things worse than having a busy day ahead of you only to find you cannot connect to the internet. To help out, we have launched Broadband Protect. With Broadband Protect you can work securely anytime, anywhere. Here’s how...

We have updated the incentives we offer in relation to network mobile services and as such we have made changes to Schedule 3.5B which contains the ap ...

It’s National Customer Service Week, and at Chess that’s a big deal.   2021 has been a challenging year for all. We’ve all had to respond to many une ...

In this article, we talk to Dr Iain Reid, PGT Programme Coordinator & Service Design Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art. We discuss the challenges students face and how digital tools are used to support learning, collaboration, and creative development. 

Gavin Wood, CTO at Chess, explains what penetration testing is and why diagnosing vulnerabilities earlier can save you money. 

Tim Headicar, Technical Architects Team Leader at Chess, reviews how you can provide your people with secure remote access to your network using Cisco Meraki. 

What Apple announced in September 2021 and what we think about the technology

Anne Binnie, People Support Director at Chess, summarises how we celebrates Diversity, Equality and Inclusion week and how we will ensure we continue to improve as an organisation.

Chess has been awarded Microsoft’s Advanced Specialization status for Teamwork Deployment.

Covid-19 has changed the world for good and reinforced something we already knew – that being there for your customers is vital. So here are our top 3 tips for keeping in touch.

Tim Wilkinson-Hall, Head of Knowledge and Culture at Chess, shares the key learnings from the ‘home first’ survey we undertook in the company.