Wytech wish to congratulate Dave White.(Technical Manager) On becoming CCNSP.

Wytech Ltd. wish to congratulate our Technical Manager, Dave White for successfully passing the rigorous Cyberoam Certified Network & Security Professional (CCNSP) exam.

As CCNSP certified partners, Wytech have proven that we demonstrate skilled implementation and an in-depth knowledge of security policies, procedures and devices. This gives our clients further confidence in our expertise with their IT security.

World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association press release

THE women’s snooker season kicks off next weekend with the traditional double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

On Saturday, it’s the Wytech Masters Snooker Championship with a £1400 prize fund on offer. The following day at the same venue is the Paul Wood UK Championship, the first of six ranking events on the 2010/11 World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association circuit.

Reanne Evans, the six-time women’s world champion, WILL play in both events.

The 24-year-old, who is on a 61-match unbeaten run on the WLBSA circuit, won both the Masters and UK titles last year. She will play in as many of this season’s events as she can.

Mark Jones and Paul Stanynought, joint owners of Midlands-based IT company Wytech, are sponsoring the Masters for the fourth year running.

Mr Jones said: “Paul and I, along with our secondary sponsors Capital City Solutions and the Q Room in Derby, are proud to be sponsoring the Wytech Masters.

“This is the fourth consecutive year of our involvement and we are proud of the event that we put on each year.

“I hope the ladies have a great time in the opening event of the season and put on some great personal performances. The day is about fun, meeting and making friends, oh, and of course snooker.”

Matches will be best of three frames in the early rounds and best of five from the quarter-finals onwards. There will be a plate competition for first and second-round losers.

Selected matches will be streamed via Ustream. More information will be found on the WLBSA and Wytech websites.

The Paul Wood UK Championship carries prize money of £900.

All matches will be best of five frames. A plate, a junior event and a handicapped seniors’ competition will be played if time permits.

A new WLBSA website (www.worldladiessnooker.co.uk), which has been built by Austrian billiards star Karin Wannemacher, with be unveiled at the start of the Masters and will replace the existing static site. The new site will feature more dynamic content from ladies events around the world and score updates direct from Twitter.

The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.

WYTECH MASTERS SPONSORS

Primary sponsor: Wytech Ltd (www.wytech.co.uk)
Secondary sponsor: Capital City Solutions (www.ccsmaintenance.co.uk)
High-break sponsor: Q Room Derby (www.theqroom.co.uk)

Actions that may result in legal action against an employer (part 3)

Remote Workers

There is no doubt that one of the great advantages which contemporary business technology has offered is the ability to effectively 'work from anywhere' for a number of sectors and organisations. The recent advent of internet ready mobile computers such as netbooks and the Ipad have led to increased mobility within the UK workforce. However, the flipside of this is that every single mobile device represents a potential breach of an organisation’s security, containing access to the file server, client data and email records.

Defamation

Email technology allows for unprecedented speed and breadth of distribution. Of course, this also means that negative comments about individuals or organisations are also spread at wildfire speed. Under these circumstances, employers may be liable to pay out compensation for comments made by their employees.

Copyright Infringement

Intellectual property rights are a difficult area to police, but strict laws are now in place in the UK to protect the author of content and copyright infringement. Vast quantities of information can now be easily acquired, downloaded and distributed by employees via the internet, however it could only take a single successful lawsuit to potentially cost an organisation thousands for an offence committed by an employee.

The moral of the story is this: establish a water-tight Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and implement it effectively. Then both the employer and the employee will be covered legally and will know and understand the legal limits of internet and email usage in the workplace.

We hope you have enjoyed this series and found the information useful. Wytech is able to provide you with a full AUP review and report, including a customised policy tailored to your organisation.

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Actions that may result in legal action against an employer (part 2)

Harassment

To use a specific example, internet pornography has become increasingly prevalent within the workplace with varying consequences for both employee and employer.
Recently, this has been legally proven to have created an 'atmosphere of obscenity' in which female colleagues have felt discriminated against. Discrimination complaints do not have a compensation cap, and so should be given serious consideration by all employers.

Confidentiality

If your employee is unhappy at work or believes they may have been unfairly dismissed, they may tamper with, copy or remove sensitive data crucial to the running of your business. This could be easily done with 'standard' access to email or a company intranet.

Formation of Contracts

Although this is a constantly evolving field of law, emails do contain a signature and have frequently been given as evidence of a binding contractual agreement in the UK. Employees who have no purchase authority may not understand the impact of their actions and unknowingly agree to the purchase of goods or services on their employer's behalf. The power of email should therefore be understood all employees.

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Actions that may result in legal action against an employer (part 1)

Blogging

It has become increasingly popular for employers to create and implement policies aimed at controlling blogging activity generated by their employees. Negative comments or even a diary of continued criticism of a company can severely impact on brand image and subsequent recruitment and client perception. Employees have frequently been dismissed on the back of critical material posted on their blogs in recent years however this has not stopped the upward spiral of new employee blogs and every employer must be increasingly vigilant.

Social Networking Sites

The sudden, massive increase in usage of Twitter and Facebook in the past 5 years has led to big changes in the behaviour of employees. The public and private divide is not so clear these days and employees regularly vent their workplace frustrations believing that only friends and family are watching. Social networking news feeds and statuses can quickly damage an organisation's reputation within a global network, and offer an outlet for pictures as well as written content.

Obscenity

Obscene material is defined as material that is "likely to deprave and corrupt". If this material is published it may constitute a criminal offence under the Obscene Publications Act. Negative publicity from an employee tribunal would have lasting consequences.

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The Law Regarding Employee Email & Internet Usage

This post is aimed to raise awareness amongst employers regarding their knowledge and implementation of UK law with regard to employee internet and email usage.

Most employers have probably never heard of the legal concept known as "vicarious liability". In simple terms, this means that an employer is declared legally responsible for his or her employees' wrongful actions during the course of their employment.

The boundaries of this principle have been extended in a number of legal cases, and when we are talking about breaches of IT Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) applied within an organisation, employers could find themselves implicated for wrongful acts committed by their employees.

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Hannah Wins Again!

Hannah Jones with Clive Brown & John Hartley

Hannah Jones 5 - 0 Jan Hughes

13 year old snooker player Hannah Jones has acquired yet another trophy for her growing collection.

In the first ever English Ladies Championship the young snooker ace came back from a shaky start to win all 5 frames against competitor Jan Hughes.

The match was initially close (despite the 5-0 scoreline), with Hannah eventually taking the final two frames with relative ease.

Champion Hannah Jones said, "I feel good, I'm really proud of myself. I didn't play great early on, but I got a bit better and played well in the last frame which was the important one."

She added, "My main goal is to play on TV against the men but until then I just want to continue winning trophies."

Hannah is the daughter of Wytech's Managing Director, Mark Jones and is sponsored by Wytech. For further information please visit: http://www.hannahjones.co.uk/

Photograph & Quotation thanks to Ryan Watterson www.ryan147.com

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