How to Take Control of Your IT
How to Take Control of Your IT The first steps to take control of your IT The first step to taking control of your IT is to understand what you have. It doesn’t matter how large or small your...
Read moreLivery Schools Link Career Showcase 2017
Livery Schools Link Career Showcase 2017 Livery Schools Link Cyber Space and Outer Space – we have it covered! Through my Livery Company I am involved with a number of pro bono initiatives for charity and education. Every year...
Read moreBonkers, Brave or Bully?
Bonkers, Brave or Bully? Our MD Mr Hodges sent me this blog article and asked my opinion as to whether it is appropriate content for our blog. I found it a very interesting article, especially as having brought Steve...
Read moreNo mobile signal, no wireless, the wrong type of ‘cloud’ and amazing MPG!
No mobile signal, no wireless, the wrong type of ‘cloud’ and amazing MPG! No mobile and no wireless? Could this be a greater challenge than Scafell Pike? Just like any other project, it is great to see our 3...
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The Value of NOW! The Value of NOW! – a guest blog by Steve Hodges. Over to Steve… I saw this today on LinkedIn by my buddy David Buttress, the global CEO of Just Eat. It is very fitting...
Read moreAbsent Friends and Family
Absent Friends and Family 2016 – Family, Friends and Influencers Lost I don’t know whether it is because I am of a ‘certain age’ but 2016 was a bad year for me in terms of losses. I suffered a...
Read moreCarry on Camp Cando 2014
Carry on Camp Cando 2014 Camp Cando and the Pirates in the Forest Astro Communications has been a supporter of Camp Cando as sponsors for some years and we had attended one of their barbecue nights. Also, Steve Hodges...
Read moreGlider Bob and The D-Day Airborne Coincidence
Glider Bob and The D-Day Airborne Coincidence Jenny and the Normandy Airborne Veterans D-Day was and is destined to remain the largest ever seaborne invasion. The allies landed over 160,000 troops across 50 miles of the Normandy coast that...
Read moreRising Stars, Shining StarLeaf and Angels
Rising Stars, Shining StarLeaf and Angels Evangelists, Pugilists, Medalists and don’t forget the Man from UNCLE It has been an interesting month. Astro formed a partnership with a revolutionary cloud videoconferencing manufacturer, we attended our annual boxing event and...
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What have we done? The rise of the mobile zombie.
What have we done? The rise of the mobile zombie. Does anyone look where they are going anymore? Sometimes I feel very responsible. I wonder what (as an industry) we have done! Only this afternoon I was walking up...
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