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Posts by Simon Bulleyment

Simon Bulleyment

Simon Bulleyment

Simon has been with the firm for 11 years and is the Chief Information Officer and a Director of haysmacintyre IT Consultants Ltd. He specialises in security and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Simon and his team work across all sectors of the firm providing security reviews, infrastructure reviews and IT support. They have expertise in the areas of Microsoft desktop, server and hosted systems, networking, virtualisation and mobile/remote working. haysmacintyre IT Consultants Ltd (HMITC) was founded in order to support the senior management of organisations externally, when fast, expert and pragmatic advice is required from an experienced and impartial but reputable source. As a Director, Simon prides himself on understanding client’s strategic and operation concerns and seeks to resolve their most complex technological issues without jargon or fuss.

 

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Jan

Viruses, malware and spyware - protecting your business

Sadly, this topic is never far from the minds of business owners - how can they understand the risks and develop mitigation strategies when they are not sufficiently technologically aware to keep up to speed with the fast changing developments and best practice.

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Jan

Choosing a new accounting system - a 10 step guide

The prospect of changing accounting systems is likely to strike dread into the heart of most Finance Directors and Information Technology managers so why do companies do it? There may be a variety of reasons:

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Dec

Accounting software in the cloud

Larger businesses are more likely to be looking at putting specific applications into the cloud

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Dec

Small businesses’ path to the cloud – Microsoft’s BPOS

Smaller businesses should be looking out for Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) which will be re-launched next year as Office 365.

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Dec

Integrating social media into your organisation

Our marketing team has been shortlisted in the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Excellence Awards for a project that tackled the integration of social media into the firm’s marketing, business development, relationship management and selling activities. Whilst I am keen to congratulate them and the IT department at haysmacintyre, that is not the point of this blog.

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Aug

cloud computing - floating your IT infrastructure

One of the biggest buzz terms around at the moment is cloud computing but what does it actually mean? And more importantly, what does it mean for organisations?

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Jul

IT security – conducting penetration tests

Many organisations are now using internet connected systems to interact with their members or customers which can introduce significant security risks. Hardly a week seems to go by without hearing about yet another security breach at some high profile organisation.

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Jul

e-communications policies – update for social media

As technology moves forward at an ever increasing pace, it is important that policies and procedures are updated regularly to reflect the new risks that might arise. Whilst most organisations will have good policies when it comes to technology such as use of the company’s computer equipment, the non-use of Internet browsing during office hours, requirements for password changing and protection of information in the company’s accounts system and databases when it comes to managing the reputational risk of social media it becomes a little trickier.

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Jun

IT security – sometimes the solution is simple

As head of the haysmacintyre IT Consultancy Unit, I am often involved in IT security reviews for our clients where we work through a structured framework examining 13 high level areas such as virus protection, physical security, access control, wireless networks and data theft. Whilst sometimes the solutions to the risks exposed do relate to deeply technical issues, more often than not there are some basic procedures that can do much to reduce the risk.

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Jun

moving targets - choosing the right mobile phones for your organisation

The rate of change in technology is perhaps at its most frantic pace in the area of mobile communications, which is great for consumers but can be tough for those charged with making decisions relating to their organisation’s policies. I was reflecting on how things are shifting as I contemplated the next phase of development here at haysmacintyre, where we have to provide nearly 100 people with mobile phones.

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