A plain-English guide to getting back to work fast when your technology fails Picture this. It’s 8:15 on a Monday morning. The kettle’s on, the team’s arriving, and nobody can log in. The phones are down. Someone’s holding up a laptop with a message demanding payment. Or maybe it’s quieter: a server that just stopped, […]
10 Things Mother Technologies Does Behind the Scenes When people think about IT support, they picture the visible stuff: someone resets a password, a printer gets fixed, a laptop is set up for a new starter. It’s the part of the job that gets the thank-you emails. But the most valuable work a managed IT […]
Network Engineer jobs in Aberdeen: join Mother Technologies on a full-time permanent role. £30K–£35K. Apply today with your CV. Mother Technologies is looking for a Network Engineer to join its team in Aberdeen! Reliable, secure connectivity is critical for modern organisations operating across cloud and hybrid environments. As a Network Engineer at Mother, you will […]
September seems to have brought a few deadlines with it. From Microsoft’s move away from using SMS as a 2FA method to the PSTN switch-off edging ever closer, we’ve rounded up some of the changes organisations should have on their radar this month. Still Getting 2FA Codes by Text? Time to Change For years, a […]
Big news from the Mother team: we’ve been shortlisted for the Innovation in Business Award at The Glasgow Business Awards 2026, run by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce alongside Virgin Money. Winners get announced at the ceremony on 1 October 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central, so we’ve got a few months of nervous […]
One-size-fits-all phone systems work, until they don’t. Discover how Liberty Cloud Communications is built and shaped around your business, not the other way round. One-size-fits-all is convenient. Quick to install, easy to self-administer, and for a lot of businesses, it just works. We’ve got plenty of standard platform installations out in the field that our […]
Annual leave season is prime time for scammers. Here’s why “urgent” requests spike while your team’s away, and five simple checks to close the gap. Your team’s on annual leave. Is your business still covered? It’s that time of year. Out-of-office replies are going up faster than the temperature, the office is half empty on […]
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus sound alike but aren’t the same. Here’s the real difference, and why Plus is getting harder to pass. Here’s a question we get a lot: “We keep seeing Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus mentioned in tenders and insurance forms, what’s actually the difference, and which one do we […]
This month we look at why phishing attacks are still catching people out, how passkeys are starting to replace passwords, and how rising IT costs are forcing organisations to rethink how and where they invest in technology. We also explore why the desk phone isn’t going anywhere, and why good IT support should stay personal […]
A global memory shortage is reshaping IT budgets and hardware timelines. Here’s what it means for your business, and how to plan smarter in 2026. Your IT Budget Is About to Get a Lot More Complicated Most businesses have a rhythm when it comes to technology. Devices get refreshed every few years, servers get upgraded […]