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...
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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 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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IT Challenges of the Mergers, Movers and Shakers – Part 2 The art of a successful merger, move or acquisition – knowing your IT estate! In Part 1 of this three-part blog I shared several life experiences. Some of...
Read moreIT Challenges of the Mergers, Movers and Shakers – Part 1
IT Challenges of the Mergers, Movers and Shakers – Part 1 IT Challenges abound as a new broom sweeps around. You may be wondering who the mergers, movers and shakers are. Mergers and movers are businesses relocating or merging...
Read moreEthernet – Back In The Day
Ethernet – Back In The Day Here, there and Ethernet everywhere I am in the midst of re-building Astro Communications’ main web site. While writing the content for the network switch page I got a bit carried away. It...
Read moreWhy do resilient networks fail?
Why do resilient networks fail? Any network can fail, including resilient networks There have been a couple of relatively spectacular network failures that have made it into the industry press in the past two weeks. Last week Tesco broadband...
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Business broadband challenges What are the business broadband challenges preventing good customer experience? Following on from my last blog discussing the disparity of broadband services around the UK and more to the point, street to street, in this blog...
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