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MCC Computers Partnering With AVG Rewarded

Local company MCC Computers partnering with AVG, one of the world’s largest Internet Security companies, have been rewarded for their joint initiative as AVG Business are one of the finalists at this year’s European IT & Software Excellence Awards (ITEA) ceremony in London. Thanks to the partnership and development of their Cloudcare programme with the Ballymena computer business, AVG have been nominated as a finalist in the ‘Security Vendor Of The Year 2016’ at the awards which are being held tomorrow night (14th April).                  Ballymena Today was delighted to hear of MCC...

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Ballymena Business working with AVG

MCC Computers, in partnership with AVG has recently been publicised in a case study by the innovative worldwide leader in computer security solutions. The Ballymena Today team are excited to see a local business working effectively with AVG and, in turn bringing a superb service to their customers. Security and safety are essential to everyone using the Internet but, are now absolutely crucial for you and your business. Speaking about their partnership with AVG, Gordon Montgomery, MCC Computers’ Operations Director, said: Because of the nature of small businesses, there’ll always be a wide variety of client expectations. They are dependent on us, as their anchor, to find the right IT solutions for their specific needs. Our partnership with AVG is taking our business to a whole new level. We have a complete portfolio to deliver, from the security aspect outwards. The antivirus side of our business has grown 96% year on year, and anti -spam 29%. With hosting, Online Backup and social media services still largely untapped, the only problem is finding the time to follow up on all the AVG- generated opportunities. Who are AVG? Founded in 1991, headquartered in the Netherlands and with corporate offices in Europe, the US and the UK, AVG is focused on providing home and business computer users with the most comprehensive and proactive protection against computer security threats. With 188 million active users around the world, the...

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Ballymena Today Youth team final interview with Natalie

This is our final blog in the series from the interview with BBC news reporter Natalie Lindo who has worked for the BBC in Ballymena. The Youth Team asked her advice on internet safety and a few more questions relating to her job as a reporter. Q: Have you got any advice which would help people to stay safe on the internet? A: Don’t put anything online that you wouldn’t want your grandparents, boss or head teacher etc to see. You can’t get rid of it and sometimes these things come back to haunt you. A joke got a...

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Is your Online life ready to go back to school?

At Ballymena Today we know that lots of young people are getting ready to go back to school and after a summer of selfies, snap chats and photo albums it is a great time to check that your online life is ready to go back to school too. What do we mean? Well if you have been using social media throughout the summer to keep in touch with school friends and adding new-found friends on Facebook and Twitter now is a good time to go through all your apps and social media accounts to check that your privacy settings are keeping you safe online. Read this from the Safer Internet Centre and carry out the checks – then you can go to school knowing that your online life as protected and secure as you can make it. To make sure you are ‘back to school’ ready we have some top tips for social media which can help you stay safe whilst staying connected to your friends: Friends: consider who you choose to accept or invite as a friend on your social networks. Once you accept someone as a friend they are able to see your content. If someone is aggressive or inappropriate to you online most social networking sites have tools to help you block or delete that person. Privacy: most social networking sites have tools available to protect the things you post online...

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Dying to Cruise – PSNI Ballymena

PSNI Ballymena recently shared this video called “Dying to Cruise” which was made by NI Cruise and funded by the DOE. Sadly road deaths happen often in Northern Ireland. Last year the number of deaths caused on the road had gone on since the previous year. This year in Northern Ireland there have already been 28 sad losses of life and recently four more people were killed after a car crash on the outskirts of Londonderry. NI Cruise have made this video to highlight the danger of ‘cruising’ without due care and attention. Here is what they shar eon...

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