Lightning – can we really protect against it?
Many of us in the British Isles witnessed a spectacular display of lightning during what meteorologists referred to as the mother of all storms. Headlines reporting up 20,000 lightning strikes with some areas experiencing a month’s rainfall in one...
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Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure?
Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure? Can we trust any networking equipment? Alongside the relentless stream of attacks by cybercriminals lies the threat from hostile nations. Rogue governments may be less of a threat to your personal...
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Home network devices: friend or foe?
Home network devices: friend or foe? Our home maybe our castle, but just how safe are we with our home network devices spying on us? This week’s BBCs Panorama – Hacked: Smart Home Secrets – discussed the risk many...
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Expensive Fuses, Lightning Bolts and… a Ghost? Call for Disaster Recovery
Expensive Fuses, Lightning Bolts and… a Ghost? Call for Disaster Recovery Disaster Recovery! What’s that got to do with a ghost? Most of us have experienced a long dark night with the unexpected noise. Footsteps on the stairs. A...
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Unplanned wireless network – safety in numbers? I don’t think so.
Unplanned wireless network – safety in numbers? I don’t think so. To plan or not to plan, that is the question! Planning your wireless network does cost, but not as much as not planning it! Sometime back, I read...
Read more7 Warning Signs Your Network is About to Fail – Part 2
7 Warning Signs Your Network is About to Fail – Part 2 Introduction This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of network symptoms, just some of the more common symptoms I see when troubleshooting networks. 1. Slow...
Read more7 Warning Signs Your Network is About to Fail – Part 1
7 Warning Signs Your Network is About to Fail – Part 1 Introduction I am often shown some very basic information such as a page of ping or trace route responses, or a slow reacting PC screen and asked...
Read moreThe Top 10 Ways to Improve Internet Bandwidth
The Top 10 Ways to Improve Internet Bandwidth Options to overcome bottlenecks and improve internet bandwidth Before I go any further I should point out that not all options will be available in all areas of the UK. Unfortunately,...
Read moreHow To Upgrade To SIP – 7 Mistakes You Don’t Know You Are Making
How To Upgrade To SIP – 7 Mistakes You Don’t Know You Are Making Upgrading to SIP – what mistakes are you in danger of making? Some time ago BT announced that by 2025 their entire network will be...
Read moreIT Challenges of the Mergers, Movers and Shakers – Part 3
IT Challenges of the Mergers, Movers and Shakers – Part 3 Making best use of the information gathered. In Part 1 of this three-part blog I shared several life experiences and in Part 2 I looked at the information...
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