I visited Microsoft’s London offices today in Victoria to learn about their hosting strategy and new products they are launching. Being involved a little bit in this internet industry I thought it…
Great product – shame about the customer service
I have eulogised at great length already about my car but one thing that needs to now be mentioned is the shoddy customer service that appears to be synonymous with Audi ownership.…
The future is not electric or hydrogen
With the Geneva motor show into full swing it is obvious that the whole car industry has gone mad. While it was funny to watch ‘green’ people go out in their thousands…
The rise of stealth taxes
Considering there are over 20 million motorists in the UK, it is surprising what rubbish we put up with. You would have thought by upsetting so many people with the huge tax…
Potholes, they were always there
As we slowly come out of our short-lived ice age I was surprised at the media coverage on the number of potholes that appeared following the snow this winter. Obviously it makes…
Social networking has downsides
I recently went to visit my brother in New York over a long weekend. It was a good opportunity to remind myself why London is still the best place to live (apart…
Colocation is all the rage
From the amount of emails I have received from companies over the past few weeks pushing hosting space I believe we are seeing a glut of capacity currently in the market space.…
Moving into the cloud
I was speaking to a client yesterday on the merits of virtualisation and what needed to be considered before moving his company ‘into the cloud’. A lot has been said in the…
Google in the blue corner, China in the red
Interesting announcement by Google that they plan to pull out of China if the government can’t curb the hacking of email accounts on it’s free service offering, Gmail. It appears that there…
Don’t be late for work, get Quattro
As we are in the depths of another snow storm I thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss the merits of my car again! I have covered the engine and…
Size doesn’t matter
When I was choosing my latest car one of my main requirements was to have a big engine. I was just fed up of having a small four cylinder engine, and especially…
Formula 1 gets exciting
I have enjoyed F1 more and more over the years with today’s Brazilian GP the best yet. Not only did we have a consecutive English champion for 2009 but the quality of…
Bonded ADSL2+ takes on EFM
A lot of focus on the wholesale platform is giving other ISPs the ability to bond multiple lines together to get EFM speeds using the nationwide Be ADSL2+ network. We have had…
Work hard, play hard
Audi TTS. Couldn’t quite stretch to the R8 this year but I do feel I am getting closer to it and eventually the elusive Bugatti. Took a few months deciding on the…
Hosting for the next generation
Small news release on the recent launch of our new datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. For the last few years our clients have been demanding more from hosting and so to meet this…