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OhTech has been serving the Dorset area since 2015, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to local SMEs.
October 1, 2025
3 Signs You’re Dealing with a Phishing Scam
Here’s a fun thought experiment; can your team identify phishing scams and respond to them appropriately? It’s a skill that must be learned if you want your organization to be successful and safe. Today, we’re taking a look at the three big signs you’re looking at a phishing scam (and what to do about it).
September 29, 2025
Use Your Data to Fuel a Better Business
Operational efficiency is pretty important for businesses. Wasting time, money, and resources can stifle growth and put you at a competitive disadvantage. Fortunately, technology offers powerful solutions used to eliminate common inefficiencies. Today, we want to go through five ways you can use technology to drive real results.
September 26, 2025
How to Store a Hard Drive (Safely)
Data storage is an evergreen issue for businesses, and the best solution seems to change with every new innovation. That said, the principles behind effective data storage seem to be fairly cut and dry. Today, we want to share some data storage best practices that transcend time.
September 24, 2025
Tip of the Week: Supporting Your Staff While They Learn New Software
Learning a new piece of software can be challenging, even for the techiest employees out there. If you don’t provide enough support during this period, it could lead to frustration, wasted time, and a general resistance to change. Thankfully, you can address these issues by examining the psychological, organizational, and training-related factors at play when […]
September 22, 2025
Your IT Partner Should Make It Easy to Fire Them
I have a question to ask you that is incredibly important that you can answer, despite its relation to a particularly sensitive business topic: how prepared and able are you to fire your vendors, especially the one currently handling your IT? There are situations where you could find yourself having to make this call, but […]
September 19, 2025
Is Ransomware as Big a Threat as It Seems? No… It’s Worse
Ransomware seems to be everywhere. One can hardly turn on the news without hearing about a new ransomware attack—and that’s just the ones that hit the news cycle, not to mention the smaller ones that are either hidden by the companies or not considered newsworthy. Meanwhile, businesses are urged to invest in more security tools […]
September 17, 2025
Don’t Let the Sunk Cost Fallacy Keep You Stuck in the Past
The more money you throw at something, the more you hope that it will eventually deliver on the investment… but if you’re not getting the results you hoped for, you might be falling into the sunk cost fallacy. You might find yourself making illogical decisions based on the investments you’ve already made, and that doesn’t […]
September 15, 2025
Tip of the Week: Improve Your Network Through Router Placement
A solid Wi-Fi connection is a necessity, not a luxury. To provide your team with the best possible wireless connection, you need to choose the right router and place it correctly. It’s best for a business to buy its own modem and router, rather than renting a combined device from an internet provider. This gives […]
September 12, 2025
How to Calculate Your Next IT Project’s ROI
Depending on the sector your business falls into, you’ll want to implement technology solutions designed to help you be successful in the context of that sector. Part of that means investing in new solutions that can yield a satisfactory return on investment, or ROI. But how do you know if a solution can yield a […]








