It is my belief that the real cause of the recession has been the huge oil prices the world has had to endure for the past 8-months. At the end of February…
Business look to bonding
The industry seems to be waking up to the idea of bonding as the demand for higher upload and download speeds increases. Fluidata has been doing this for the past few years…
Working from home
Food for thought: http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/10/28/right-tools-making-telecommuting-possible/
BP’s Profits too much?
I am going to put my neck out here and say that actually I don’t have an issue with the profits BP are currently making. There has been quite a lot of…
Cisco 7604
Fluidata to help keep the internet ticking over. Well this is a picture of one of our new Cisco 7604 routers which will be brought online in the next few weeks across…
Homework tonight?
I thought I would share with you one of the most shocking comments I have heard this year. A friend of mine was asked into the head teachers’ office at a local…
Are businesses mad?
This week sees the launch of BT’s new promotion for businesses. Sign up today and get a free mobile dongle so you can browse the internet when not in the office! It…
Less is definitely more
One of our most interesting products to be developed this year at Fluidata has been the VOX 2.0 service. For the past 18-months Fluidata has been using the Telefonica O2 network for…
Telegraph
If anyone is interested I made it onto the Telegraph today. Had a good interview a few weeks back with Philip Smith who heads up the Telegraph Business Club with regards to…
Fibre to the home
In one of my previous comments I talk about the report the BSG recently published regarding fibre to the home will cost £28bn. Well to follow up the report the BSG held…
Company Benefits
I found in terms of attracting and retaining staff, extra benefits can help even a small business to flourish. For a while I thought it was only really a ‘big’ ie enterprise…
Cash flow management
In relation to running a business in the current economic climate one of the biggest issues I see is mismanagement of cash-flow. One thing I made absolutely sure with Fluidata right from…
Running a business in the current economic climate
A few people have asked me how the big shake up in the financial markets and general global gloom is going to affect Fluidata. My answer is actually I think it will…
Short termism
Back from a holiday on the south coast enjoying the tiny bit of sun we had this summer. I had a lot to read especially with everything developing with Lehman Brothers and…
Fibre will cost £28.8 bn
Interesting report out from Broadband Stakeholder Group which Fluidata has been a member of since 2004. Basically putting into context the investment BT has earmarked for fibre deployment. BT has said they…