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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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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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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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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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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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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Here at Octagon we have been asked by one of our client’s to see if we can refurbish a couple of PC’s for charity. I am currently doing the task and as they are being donated to charity Octagon will not be billing for the job as we are happy to donate our time for
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The other day we were called out to deal with a beeping UPS that’s Uninterrupted Power Supply. It turned out that due to the constant power fluctuations in the building the battery had failed. We were able to source a new battery and fit it for them. This is what a typical battery looks like.
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I was going to call this post, “keep thing tidy”, but somewhere there is a “small god” of tangled cables, because it does not matter how carefully cables are arranged, when you turn your back on them they tangle up without any visible intervention. We took a new job over a couple of months back,
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