I have just been talking with a fellow Information Technology  nerd and we have been discussing the merits of Free Software. This was prompted by the extremely price focused Information Technology business owners who only look at price when it comes to selecting Information technology. The assumption is that by using Open Source/Free Software Technology
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Date: November 2012 07:15:20 PM Category: Open Source
As you may know I deploy and design computing platforms and the associated network architecture using Cisco UCS. It is a virtualisation powerhouse to put it into a few words as possible. The platform enables what is called stateless computing. You can purchase UCS in bundles which provide you with storage, network , compute resources
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Date: July 2012 01:50:18 PM Category: IT News, IT Solutions
 After watching BBC Click and the challenge to go paperless. I decided to take up that challenge in my household. If you have not seen it yourself, Watch it here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9735140.stm I have taken delivery of my shiny new IP BRICK SOHO appliance and a HP all in one scanner. I’m going to connect
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Date: July 2012 12:56:09 PM Category: IT Solutions
Date: April 2012 07:04:08 PM Category: Humor
My company Trenchant Systems will be an exhibitor at the business start-up show in the 17th and 18th of May at Excel London. This is our first Expo and we are all busy rushing around like headless chickens preparing. Grab yourself some free tickets and come and have a chat with us on our stand.
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Date: April 2012 04:40:20 PM Category: IT & Business, IT News, News
This is a shameless plug for a good buddy of mine who has setup a consultancy firm providing IPV6 Consultancy. Take up of IPv6 over the last ten years has been slow, however with IPv4 addresses starting to run out across the world more and more users and companies are connecting to the IPv6 Internet.
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Date: February 2012 11:09:53 AM Category: IT News, Networking
get-console.com sell serial console applications for network engineers for IPAD…..Really ! I’m going to take an IPAD into a data-center to configure cisco devices. I’m going to take £400 to £600 IPAD into a data-center to configure network equipment. Have these guys actually been to a data-center? Please don’t be a moron and fall for
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Date: December 2011 03:53:45 AM Category: General, IT Solutions
Interesting times ahead in the working world, Hewlett packard have just announced a flat license fee for all wired network switches This is fantastic news, and I really hope vendors like Cisco are taking note. As a network designer and troubleshooter it is extremely frustrating and expensive trying to determine what version of firmware to
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Date: December 2011 01:05:42 PM Category: Networking
If you have not worked it out by now, I’m a Information technology professional. I have been working in the industry for over 20 years. During this time I have seen the Information technology world leak out of the corporate world and into our homes and also into our pockets. It is now “normal” to
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Date: October 2011 11:23:20 AM Category: General
This is a picture of my new Business Server running on Micro Proliant server. However it is not running Microsoft Small Business Server., it is running something quite different. I’m using the server to provide the following: Email Server. Anti-Spam & Antivirus. Domain Services for Single Sign on Authentication. File/print Server. Mobile worker SSL
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Date: August 2011 04:07:09 PM Category: IT Solutions
This is a quick note to highlight a fix for IMAP users with Evolution email client on ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Evolution 2.28.2 is shipped with 10.04, The IMAP performance is crap basically. To fix it you need to upgrade to 2.30 which supports IMAP+ To fix do the following: In a terminal write this: sudo
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Date: August 2011 05:02:04 PM Category: Open Source
Those who know me will know that I’m a freelance IT consultant. One of the problems I have come across of late is the length of time it takes to obtain information to provide a valid quotation. So I have written a short (evolving FAQ) which I’m hoping should speed things up. Let me know
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Date: August 2011 03:27:28 PM Category: IT & Business
After months of nagging from a fellow network engineer. I finally made the time to look into the features of Juniper network equipment. And I was surprised on what i found.
Date: April 2011 05:44:07 PM Category: IT Solutions
This is a shameless plug for a new service I have setup with my brother and a few other creative people. We have setup a service to help people create audio content for videos, presentations, phone systems and tutorials. I’m basically reselling the following services. Bespoke musical content for videos and even films and computer
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Date: July 2010 02:40:09 PM Category: News
If you are a regular reader of my website you will know that I’m a fan of Linux and how it can be used within business. I have been looking at a number of Linux distributions and how they can be used in business. My favorites so far have been Ubuntu and also Centos. However
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Date: July 2010 02:20:31 PM Category: IT & Business, IT Solutions