Interesting news over the weekend was the government’s idea not to sell the analogue TV signals, which become available in 2012, but instead use it as the carrot to get more investment…
Green or profit – you can only choose one!
I was wondering if you have noticed the recent decline of talk about going green. Up until September last year you couldn’t open a magazine or paper without reading about how the…
So how was 2008 and will 2009 trump it?
In broadband and telecommunications speak the answer is yes; financially it is anyone’s guess. Looking at the consolidation that took place over the past few years with the major mobile carriers moving…
Why Virtualisation?
I recently completed an article on Microsoft’s new datacentre in Ireland and the impact on the IT industry as a whole. http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/12/30/virtualisation-and-hosted-applications-microsofts-perspective/1/
Merry Christmas
I am surprised at how few people made it into work today. I know it is Christmas Eve but with a long holiday beckoning I am surprised so many took it as…
50 Mb/s for consumers
Virgin Media this week launched their 50 Mb/s home service. I have written here before on their offering and misuse of the term ‘fibre’ and will be interested to see exactly how…
War Horse
Another year under my belt and I can see how quickly life can pass you by. It has been a busy year but in terms of seeing definition between specific events it…
BT Price increases
Might have passed you by but BT recently increased the cost of services for its wholesale customers. There is also talk of Openreach being given an opportunity to raise their wholesale costs…
Perks are the first to go
I have spoken to a number of telecom carriers over the past few weeks and a worrying trend is taking place from speaking to their staff. Bowls of fruit are not being…
The UK needs Power!
With talk of Microsoft and Google investing in new datacentres for hosted applications I am concerned with necessary power upgrade that is required for the national grid. With datacentres consuming apparently more…
Support Satisfaction
We recently completed a survey by calling clients who had raised support tickets with us over the past 6-months. Although we were unable to reach many of them (probably too busy working…
Customer Feedback
Nice to see customer’s discussing your company’s offering online – positive and negative comments. http://www.josephjburns.com/2008/04/30/fluidata-the-cheaper-alternative-to-leased-lines As with all services customer feedback is so important as they use the service day in, day…
How to measure carbon
Had a demonstration recently by Access on their latest module which will be offered in Access Dimensions very shortly. Our system integrator Polestar organised a morning at their offices outside Portsmouth to…
Gartner says think about today and not tomorrow
Don’t know if anyone recently read the article in Computer Weekly (11-17 November issue) which was based on the recent Gartner Symposium. But interesting feedback by Gartner for global CIOs on cutting…
Reasons for Technical Support
Some of you may be interested to read our latest statistics on our support at Fluidata. Being a business only ISP it is quite interesting reading, especially as I would have assumed…