Our industry (telecoms) is one of the most incestuous in world. Our competitors at Fluidata are also our customers and suppliers. This works because business coming from a partner is usually easier…
Gigaclear continues to plug away
A lot of focus recently has been on the government funding currently being awarded to BT to deliver high speed broadband services to the majority of the country. However the realisation that…
More risk and more money is required
With the government today announcing some amendments to their Start-up Loans scheme it got me wondering how actually useful these types of schemes are. I can completely appreciate where the government are…
Djokovic vs Murray burns network traffic
With the Olympics just around the corner network providers have been worried about the potential increase in traffic as more of the games will be consumed over IP than ever before. As…
AR Drone view of the office
I had some fun with my new AR Drone yesterday by recording a quick tour of the Fluidata office. As you can see it is a little bit tricky but I managed…
Opex versus Capex
I had the opportunity to meet with a number of other business owners in the past few weeks and I was surprised at how many businesses are starting up renting a service…
How do you remember an IPv6 address?
I have been busy helping with training new staff the past week and one of the new topics on our training course is IPv6. When we started the training program about six…
New website for Fluidata
Today sees the launch of our new company website www.fluidata.co.uk. Using the latest in WordPress technology I am now able to edit the site as much as I like without having to…
A nice place to work
Last year we were nominated for the London Health Commission awards, held at City Hall. I had forgotten all about this until they sent through a copy of the film they had…
Customer gifts at Christmas?
As Christmas fast approaches we decided this year to send our mugs again to clients as a thank you for choosing Fluidata. Not hugely extravagant gift, but it does add up when…
Breakfast at work becomes more popular
There is an entertaining article in the BBC News Magazine this morning on the rise of people eating breakfast at work. The writer argues that is nothing sacred as we try to…
Fluidata makes it into Deloitte Fast 50
Today it has been announced that Fluidata has made it into the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. We achieved a growth rate of 1253% over the period measured putting in 21st place overall…
I am watching the NOC grow
Along with our recent move to a new office in London we also this year opened a dedicated Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Hemel Hempstead. With a growing client base it was…
Companies watch the football instead of work
Never before has the internet played such a key role in bringing public events to the masses. First it was the election, then football, Wimbledon, cricket and even the budget brought to…
Work hard play hard (again)
I have written before about the virtues of a good work/life balance, well last week saw the introduction of a new toy to our London office. The question was what to do…