I started my career as most people do – at the bottom. After leaving college I went straight into an IT position at a Huddersfield based Chartered Accountants. It wasn’t long before they expanded overseas, giving me the perfect opportunity to develop my career. Whilst there, I also completed a computing qualification at the University of Leeds and polished my skills in Microsoft, Cisco, Lotus, Checkpoint, Citrix, A+ and Novell.
Law Firms! Protect Yourselves from Ransomware! As the occurrence of ransomware attacks continues to escalate, law firms are emerging as progressively attractive targets. This is primarily attributed to the substantial amount of sensitive client information that law firms routinely amass and retain throughout their operations. To put it succinctly, the consequences of recuperating from such…
The Mobile Experience So last week whilst I was on holiday in Lesvos Greece, my daughter talked me into buying her a new phone – an Apple iPhone 14 no less! To be fair, her iPhone XR had become slow and with a cracked screen it was starting to become unusable. When choosing a new…
What are private cloud computing services? Cloud computing has revolutionised the IT industry, transforming the way businesses access and utilise a growing number of resources. But with various deployment models such as public, private, and hybrid, there’s no doubt the cloud landscape is incredibly multi-layered and complex. As such, how can organisations be sure the…
‘Famous Five’ complete Project Youth Cancer Charity Walk I am pleased to report that on Sunday 2nd July our five intrepid walkers – Jim Houston, Gary Colclough, Helen Newton, Chris Smith and Richard Payne – completed the twelve-plus mile Project Youth Cancer Charity Walk from Magic Rock Tap in Holmfirth to the Magic Rock Brewery…
Enhancing Customer Service with Power BI and Wildix. In a world where customer expectations are higher than ever before, businesses need to continually find innovative ways to improve their customer service offerings. One potent combination that has been gaining popularity is the integration of Microsoft Power BI, a robust business intelligence tool, with Wildix, a…
Significant Success for Clark at Silverstone! Sunday 25th June marked a momentous day for Simon Clark Racing at Silverstone as we witnessed a much-needed return to form for Simon and the formidable Fusion and FormEvo sponsored 911. It was an exhilarating experience, culminating in a class pole position and a hard-fought win in the prestigious…
Key things organisations need to know about managed IT support in West Yorkshire In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organisations heavily rely on technology to drive their operations forward. However, without the necessary expertise or resources in-house, many businesses in West Yorkshire find themselves grappling with a growing number of IT challenges. Even firms who do…
Microsoft now has the ability to have domain controllers as a service, this is useful if you want to host legacy applications running in Azure, or in our case our private cloud. We battled for a while getting single signon to work with Power BI Server and SSRS, and we were about to log a…
High Speeds in Rural Locations with Starlink Further to my recent blog Revolutionising Connectivity for Rural Property Developers, last week our engineers attended a site (a Quarry) to install a Starlink solution. Historically, the site in question has suffered poor connectivity options with only a 3Mbps ADSL connection (so upto 3Mbps Downstream and less than…
Are you (spacially) aware of this new product? So last night my colleague – Matt Gledhill – attended the Apple WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) 2023 online where Apple revealed their new product releases. Several new products were announced, but the one which specifically caught Matt’s eye was the Apple Vision Pro AR Headset. So…