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Good question… There was an example in the media recently about the world’s largest meat processing plant that had to stand down up to 7,000 workers in Australian abattoirs after a ransomware attack. We know what you’re thinking, it will never happen to you, right? You can bet that’s what they thought! The company was […]

Local authorities, academy trusts, schools, colleges, and further education institutions all have a legal duty of care to keep children and young people safe online.  The Department for Education’s safeguarding software, which was installed on 2 million devices given out over the last 18 months, has now expired as of 30 September 2021. This means

A thriving technology company has become the largest IT business in Burnley after relocating to new premises. Holker IT has just expanded into the 15,447 sq. ft Crown House on the Network 65 Business Park – the very place MD Matthew Metcalfe worked as an engineer. Matthew founded Holker IT in 2009 after spending more than

You’ve heard of the city that never sleeps… Holker are the IT company that never sleeps.  We know how important it is for your IT to be operating at its full potential. We also understand the round-the-clock demands our customers put on their infrastructures. It might be printing out the delivery notices for the vans

“I think of Holker as superheroes in capes, stood in the wings looking for danger and ready to swoop in and help,” says Rachel Marsland. Rachel, Business Manager at Denton Community College, said the proactive company understand the pressures that schools are under.  “I’ve got so many plates spinning so knowing that I don’t need

Burnley-based HOLKER IT have been looking for sustainable and useful partnerships for our education clients, and we feel we now have the perfect trio of partnerships to roll out to our clients and new schools. HOLKER have launched an education bundle that ticks all the boxes in terms of environmental sustainability, cyber security, safeguarding and

In this, the second of our spotlight “Ask The Expert” sessions, we discussed the IT Support services offered by Holker with our in-house expert  Steve McGrath. Many potential clients are in a situation where they simply can’t afford to have an in-house it support crew, or want to streamline by outsourcing. Steve answers the more

We asked Steve for his further thoughts on IT Support for Businesses. We wanted to dig deeper on what do IT Support do, and what do they not do STEVE: Its mostly on a contract-by-contract basis, so for some customers we don’t provide support for their 3rd party software or applications, for example, but for some