SI Futures

SI Futures A Managed Services provider which focuses on ensuring that Businesses can operate Effectively, Seamlessly and Securely.

Founded in 1994 SI Futures has over 30 years experience as an Internet Service provider as well as an IT Services Consultancy Company

Your Microsoft 365 audit logs retain up to 180 days of activity. That sounds like more than enough, until you need to re...
22/06/2026

Your Microsoft 365 audit logs retain up to 180 days of activity. That sounds like more than enough, until you need to reconstruct four months of a user's behaviour for an HR matter, a security incident, or a legal question.

The compliance portal is not the right tool for that. It was built for everyday lookups, not systematic extraction at volume. And the moment you hit day 181, whatever was there is gone permanently.

We have written about how to approach this properly — what tools to use, what the data actually looks like, and what managed threat detection changes about the equation.

Read the full blog here:

Your M365 audit logs delete after 180 days — and the compliance portal can't handle bulk investigations. What IT managers need to know.

Intermittent Salesforce issues are frequently caused by connectivity, not configuration.Our client was experiencing rand...
17/12/2025

Intermittent Salesforce issues are frequently caused by connectivity, not configuration.

Our client was experiencing random authentication timeouts.
No pattern. No errors. Just users locked out and confidence eroding fast.

The cause?
Not credentials.
Not configuration.
A hidden international network issue thousands of miles away.

We uncovered 20–30% packet loss at a UK peering point, built an evidence-based case, and had traffic rerouted — with the fix visible on dashboards within minutes.

From investigation to resolution: 48 hours.

The full story shows how proactive monitoring, not guesswork, restored trust in a critical business system.

👉 Read the full investigation here: https://sifutures.com/case-studies/international-network-investigation-resolving-salesforce-authentication-failures/

Case study: How network monitoring and carrier escalation resolved 20-30% packet loss causing Salesforce authentication failures within 48 hours.

Logistics company. Office 2007 on Windows 7.Employees couldn’t open files their owner sent them. Collaboration had stall...
12/12/2025

Logistics company. Office 2007 on Windows 7.
Employees couldn’t open files their owner sent them. Collaboration had stalled before the day even began.

We executed a full Office 365 migration over one weekend.
Sunday 10am–4pm on-site.
Monday 6am arrival for proactive validation — because that’s when their business starts.

Business operated normally on Monday morning. Zero disruption.

The owner’s response:
“I didn’t expect anything less from you guys.”

That’s the moment you learn whether your MSP operates as a vendor — or as a partner accountable to the business, not just the task.

The full blog breaks down how we modernised a legacy environment without shutting the business down, what we uncovered during discovery, and why timing and accountability mattered more than the technology itself.

Full story →

IT infrastructure migration eliminated 45-minute computer startups. Weekend IT transformation delivered modern collaboration and operational efficiency.

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