Keep up with the latest news from Highgate, including practical guidance on cybersecurity, cloud, and managed IT services, as well as company news and updates from our team.
Awareness month only matters if it produces decisions. The five risks worth the month’s attention in 2026, the national figures that show where you stand, and the small-budget actions that turn awareness into evidence.
A stolen password gives an attacker everything that person could already reach. Four checks you can run this afternoon in Entra and SharePoint to find out how much that is.
Regulators are not against cloud; they are against firms that cannot explain theirs. What the FCA expects, where firms stall, and what moving well looks like.
The assessor does not ask whether you patch your machines; they scan them and find out. What the Plus audit tests, and how to pass it first time.
Most businesses run more than one cloud without choosing to. What hybrid and multi-cloud each solve, the costs the calculators miss, and four questions that settle the choice.
The gap between good and poor hybrid setups is now a hiring issue. The five technologies that make hybrid feel consistent, and where to focus first if yours has drifted.
Most device estates drift into reactive buying and cliff-edge refreshes. What lifecycle management involves, what the drift costs, and how a rolling programme changes the economics.
Highgate now holds ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, both independently audited. What each standard covers, what it means for supplier due diligence, and what changes day to day (nothing).
Every provider promises responsive service and on-time projects. Few can prove it. Five questions that separate providers who deliver from providers who just present well.
Cyber insurance is affordable again, yet many UK firms cannot get covered. The reason is the controls insurers now require, and what to do before your renewal.
Highgate’s Stuart Marginson has been named among 75 of the UK IT channel’s top leaders in IT Channel Oxygen’s Partner Leaders 2026.
Your files feel safe until the day you need to restore them. What a business data backup solution should protect, why Microsoft 365 is the usual blind spot, and how backup keeps you compliant.
Most businesses take their IT provider’s security on trust, then struggle to prove it when an insurer or auditor asks. Five questions that tell you what you need to know.
Your backups ran. But could you actually recover? What business resilience really means, and how to build recovery you can prove.
Growth exposes IT before it rewards it. How scalable, cloud-based infrastructure lets UK businesses add people and sites without their technology becoming the bottleneck.
Most cloud migrations fail on sequencing, not technology. The five failure modes behind it, the four phases that prevent them, and the questions worth asking any partner before you sign.
The SRA does not prescribe a technology stack. It sets expectations around confidentiality, cybersecurity and business continuity – and it can ask you to demonstrate how you meet them.
Not everything belongs in the cloud. A practical guide to deciding which workloads to migrate, which to keep on-premises, and how to make the call.
Phishing attacks are more convincing than ever – and they keep working. Here’s how they operate, why businesses remain exposed, and the practical steps that make a measurable difference.
Most businesses assume their security is adequate. An IT security audit tells you whether that’s actually true, and what to prioritise if it isn’t.
Highgate has once again been recognised at the Great Place to Work awards, celebrating our ongoing commitment to an exceptional workplace culture.
Mergers and acquisitions are transformative moments for any business, but while the boardroom celebrates, the IT department is often left holding the most complex piece of the puzzle.
Businesses are unknowingly overspending across their Microsoft cloud estate, with recent research showing that 53% of enterprises waste more than 10% of their cloud budget on underused resources.
AI is transforming everything. Yet many UK business leaders are asking themselves the same question: are we actually getting anything from it?
Highgate have officially been recognised as a Gold Standard accredited 4-day week employer.
We’re proud to share that Highgate’s Head of Finance, Fab Bird, has earned a place on this year’s Oxygen Influencers list.
Highgate enjoyed a truly special evening at this year’s CRN Women & Diversity in Channel Awards 2025
Highgate is proud to have earned our fourth Great Place To Work UK recognition this year.
Fab and Andy faced their fears and leapt from a plane at 15,000ft in a charity skydive.
Highgate is proud to announce that we have been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
Last week, we marked an incredible milestone: 15 years of Highgate.
We’re incredibly proud to share that Highgate has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2025.
We’re delighted to share that Highgate has been named in IT Channel Oxygen’s Fast-Growth Top 50. This list highlights the top 50 resellers and MSPs in the UK that have shown steady and consistent growth over the past three years.
At Highgate, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace where every employee can thrive.
Highgate has officially been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces 2025 by Great Place To Work.
We’re thrilled to announce that Highgate has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
We are excited to announce Highgate’s very own Operations Director, Jenny Latimer, has been named one of the “25 Influencers of the IT Industry” by IT Channel Oxygen, in collaboration with Nebula Global Services.
Highgate have been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work Certified organisation.
On Thursday 8th February, CRN hosted their first ‘Sustainability in Tech Summit and Awards’.
Highgate are delighted to announce that we have been listed as finalists for the Green Shoots Award in the CRN Sustainability in Tech Awards 2024.
In continued support of The Foxton Centre, Highgate are proud to be taking part in The Big PNE Sleep Out on Friday 17th November.
Over the last couple of years, the technology sector has faced an ever-increasing skills shortage. Businesses are finding it harder than ever to recruit, train and retain suitable employees.
Highgate have calculated and double offset their 2022 carbon emissions, making them Carbon Neutral Plus for the second year running.
Founded in 2021, Techies Go Green is a community of like-minded businesses, predominantly in the Tech Sector, committed to verifiably decarbonising their operations.
In today’s climate, organisations must do their homework to protect themselves in cyberspace.
Last Thursday, 10th November, Highgate were named Reseller of the Year (sub £100m revenue) at the CRN Channel Awards 2022.
On 1st April this year, Highgate began their 4-day work week trial. They were the first (and remain the only) organisation in the IT channel to make this change.
As part of our ongoing sustainability strategy, we are pleased to announce that here at Highgate, we have launched Giki Zero Pro.
Climate change is a global crisis and the time for action is now.
We are extremely proud to have been named a finalist in the Reseller of the Year (Sub £100m) category, in this year’s CRN Channel Awards.
Yesterday we received the exciting news that we have been named finalists across FIVE categories in this year’s CRN Women & Diversity in Channel Awards 2022.
At Highgate, we are always looking for new ways to develop our sustainability strategy and collaborating with partners.
We are honoured to have been named finalists in four categories in this year’s CRN Tech Impact Awards.
At Highgate, we work hard to build strong and meaningful relationships with our channel partners.
Highgate has joined the Everything ICT Framework – the cost-effective, compliant and convenient ICT Procurement Framework for the Public Sector.
Highgate have been awarded a 3-star rating from Support The Goals.
We are very proud to announce that our very own Alliances Manager & Sustainability Lead, Jenny Latimer has been named as a finalist in this year’s BusinessGreen Leaders Awards.
Highgate IT Solutions has today announced that it will trial a 4-day working week.
Climate change is threatening our planet and the world is facing a crisis. The time for action and change is now.
