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PCA Confidence Assured
We have now signed up as Confidence Assured members of the Professional Computing Association. Why has it taken so long? Well I have been a personal member for a number of years, but felt that as a company it would be good to post our colours to the mast. As Confidence Assured members we are bound…
Goodbye XP
With this weeks patching we say good-bye to Windows XP. It seems like only yesterday when we got access to the early beta code and started downloading the discs over a dial-up connection. We have been asked by many clients about what they should do with their existing XP boxes and how to ensure they…
Managing through a Power Outage
On Friday night (13th) there was a localised powercut at about 11pm and we got to see if all the APC kit worked as intended. In our main server room we have a number of systems including Hyper-V Hosts and NAS devices. After first finding a candle I walked into the office heard that distinctive…
Netgear Roll into Town
On Thursday Netgear are holding a training day which our staff will be attending. This is one of those chances to take a day out of the office and see all the latest technologies and ask those awkward questions. In particular there will be a focus on the latest Wireless kit with mention of the…
SMB MVP Community Roadshow
We have been proud to assist in the organisation of the SMB MVP Roadshow which landed in Edinburgh this week. Taking over the Corn Exchange for the day we had about 50 IT professionals from as far as Aberdeen and Liverpool attending to give our visiting MVP’s a warm welcome. The tour now continues across Europe…