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  • Office Move

    It was an early start today and the first job was to move the server to the new office. It was loaded into the backseat of my car, and with Martin sitting beside it and making sure it did not move, I carefully drove it across Horncastle to the new office. Here is the server…

  • Moving a client’s office

    Today is the day of the office move forLIVES – when I arrived this morning they gave me tea in the mug below! I have been involved with the project since the very early days to ensure that the new building was fitted out for the charity’s technology needs and that the move of the…

  • Patch Panel Cabling

    Here is a photograph of the cabling Martin did for the patch panels in the network cabinet as part of the office move project we are working on. Once all the equipment is in place this will be out of sight.

  • Office Move and Network Infrastructure Project

    We have been steadily working on the network infrastructure project in Horncastle all this week. This photo shows Martin tagging the cables the electrician installed, before fitting them into the cabinet. Octagon has been working closely with the client from the early days of this design and build project to ensure that the client’s current…

  • This cabinet arrived for my network job, 66kg

  • IBM supercomputer

    BBC News – IBM supercomputer overtakes Fujitsu as worlds fastest. I not sure we would support this – but I’d quote for it!  

  • Networks

    Martin’s post about the new network infrastructure project he is working on, reminded me that I posted some photos on my blog of the job he and I did the weekend before last. We repatched the cabinets in client’s basement. The job is not yet complete as we are waiting on a delivery of cables…

  • New Network From Scratch

    We have been asked to install a network for a brand new office by one of our clients. Here are some photos of our progress.

  • Jonathan Whiting – WordPress Help

    One of our clients, Jonathan Whiting, has been blogging about the help we have been giving him with his WordPress website photographs. See the article here.

  • Insider Threat

    We bang on and on about protecting your data by backing it up securely, installing firewalls and virus protection, using passwords and encryption and so on. But many companies completely forget about the risks posed by their own staff – what we call insider threat. And those outsiders interested in your data will find it…

  • BBC News – Cookie law set to come into force

    BBC News – Cookie law set to come into force. Make sure your business website is compliant – if you need some help or advice with this please contact Clive – 07943 537 804.  

  • Super NAS Drives

    The other day I installed a NAS drive at one of our clients who runs a farm. It is the first of a new product which we are using now as our standard. This device has the capability of Web services such as email and even WordPress. We can configure it to run as your…