90% Of Businesses Open Doors To Hackers By Not Patching

The latest Fortinet Global Threat Landscape Report has found that not only are 9 out of 10 businesses being hacked through un-patched vulnerabilities, but that many of these vulnerabilities are 3 or more years old, and have patches available for them. Basic Security Hygiene Needed The damning report shows that even though two-thirds of the […]

Firefox Critical Update Malware Alert

Users of Firefox are reporting instances whereby they may be browsing a legitimate site (such as ebay), when the  browser automatically opens a new tab with a Firefox branded page and a title of ‘urgent Firefox update’, download now. Needless to say the update contains malware which will infect your computer, so do not download […]

Collect custom data from wifi users

Venues using Purple to power their public wifi can now set up the user access journey to collect custom data – such as a membership number, reservation number etc – in order to better understand their customer habits and behaviour and offer a more tailored experience as a result.   Custom fields Custom fields enable […]

New Purple Wifi Pricing Update – FREE branded licences, reduced enhanced costs

See our latest Purple Wifi pricing here: https://www.globe2.net/wifi/purple-wifi-pricing-and-benefits/ Purple now have a new pricing structure, which includes free licences and also reduces the cost of the enhanced licence by 33%. What do you get with a free Purple Wifi licence? The free licence allows you to offer a branded hotspot login for your venue, and […]

OneDrive files not backing up?

Last month Microsoft reduced the amount of storage in their free cloud storage offering, OneDrive, from 15GB to 5GB. You may not have noticed yet, but if you have files with a little red icon next to them in your OneDrive, they are not being backed up in the cloud any more due to a […]

FREE doesn’t mean you have to give it away

Many customers now expect to have free access when visiting a venue – it can attract visitors specifically looking for it (think informal meetings in coffee shops) but it can also turn customers away when it’s unavailable, with venues such as hotels and B&B’s finding that access to wifi is on the list of guests’ […]

Globe2 are now offering PurpleWifi

We’re excited to now be able to offer the services of PurpleWifi as an additional service to complement our existing VoIP telephony, Internet and cloud based hosting services. PurpleWifi is an impressive marketing tool that allows businesses to streamline their wifi access whilst also providing the tools to monetize this as a source of direct […]