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Back on Sunday
Yesterday I did the preparation today I need to transfer the data and test the system ready for Monday morning and everyone coming back to work. I am hoping these are “Microsoft minutes” as I want to get home to watch the live American football on the TV today!
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Server upgrade – Minimal disruption to the client
Having looked at Martin’s post from yesterday it looks like the theme of the week will be helping our clients, with the least amount of disruption to their businesses. The next two weekends are busy for Octagon as we upgrade a client’s network, server and software. A variety of our clients are using cloud services…
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Setting up a test lab
I have been setting up a test environment to replicate a new installation at a client site. By doing this we can minimise any disruption to the client. And correct any potential issues before putting any hardware on to the premises.
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Branston Business Network #Branston
It was the Branston Business Network last night and I gave the fifteen minute presentation, a quick overview about cloud computing. I have put my notes online here. Thanks to all those people who said they enjoyed the talk and got some good information from it. Branston Business Network is an active, informal group of…
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What is the Cloud – in 10 minutes
Nearly everything you wanted to know about the Cloud but you didn’t know the questions to ask. There is nothing mysterious about the “cloud” it is simply something you want to do, but it happens on the internet. Explain more! Rather then you owning kit and software to do a job, someone else, for free…
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Africa is a big country…
This is an obvious statement but our latest clients, who organise safaris to Africa, have a map painted on their office wall. Their office is a converted church so they had enough room for this huge mural. This client is new to Octagon so I have spent a couple of hours there today making sure…
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Apple fingerprint tech raises ‘privacy questions’
After the Apple iPhone 5S launch hype, now here come the thoughtful questions about, how, what and when. How does the Apple iPhone 5S really work? What happens to the identification data on the device? When will it and you get hacked? BBC News – Apple fingerprint tech raises ‘privacy questions’.
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24 hours with iOS7
OK I admit it, I was one of those people who was waiting to download iOS 7 for my iPhone as soon as it became available. I was lucky enough to be ahead of the crowd and downloaded and installed my copy of the software in well under and hour. (I used the upgrade function…
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What to Do Before Downloading iOS 7
Clive found this short useful article, about taking some sensible precautions before updating your iPhone. What to Do Before Downloading iOS 7. In the past the Apple update process has even caught the geeky out – see Clive’s Blog here. Me, I just leave my iPhone out and Clive gets the message that I want…
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Working in a server room
Today I was called out to a dead server. And whilst I was resolving the issue I was being attacked by a butterfly. Must have been there because of the warmth from the servers. Here is a pic of it sitting on the light.
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Out and about and power cuts
Today I have been to a variety of client sites and I have been helping others on the phone. I had one call today which was a little confusing at first, it started like this “we can’t access the shared drive”. A few minutes in to the conversation I had worked out the issue. It…
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Security on our new Twitter Feed
One of the reasons we decided to set up an Octagon twitter account was to deal with the issue of “robots” joining our feed. Consequently Octagon, for the moment, has joined the TrueTwit (www.truetwit.com) service. Robots in the I.T world are computers that attempt to subscribe to services and can possibly send you loads of…
