Is your network ready to operate efficiently?

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IS YOUR NETWORK READY …

… TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY?

Today’s networking trends are impacting IT efficiency!

With over 7 billion mobile devices predicted to enter the enterprise by 2015, employees are becoming increasingly mobile.  Additionally, video and other rich-media tools are expected to consume over 90 percent of bandwidth by 2014.  IT is being asked to improve efficiency and save money in our presently tight economy, while still fully supporting these new trends.

Join this webinar to discover how Cisco can deliver operational efficiency and lower total cost of ownership, helping you do more with fewer resources.  Learn how to:

·         Reduce implementation and deployment costs by consolidating equipment and simplifying processes

·         Reduce operational expenses by deploying technologies that automates power consumption and doubles power output

·         Reduce network downtime by implementing equipment capable of withstanding a catastrophic failure, and features that allow for pre-emptive testing and troubleshooting

Join ‘Is your network ready to operate efficiently?’ and understand how to implement this new trends cost effectively and efficiently.

Register today to future proof your network!

Is Your Network Ready to Operate Efficiently?

Date:

18th April 2012

Time:

10:00am

Location:

40 Minutes

Duration:

40 Minutes


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Fibre to the Cabinet

Had the pleasure of installing our first Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) line yesterday for a client in St Ives.

Very quick and easy installation, and the client now has 4 times their previous download and nearly 10 times the upstream.

The only problem with FTTC is availability. Although exchanges are getting switched on the this new technology at a good rate, BT seem to be taking forever to install it in the cabinets.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

We’ve taken our first look at Windows 8 here, with one of the Consumer Previews.

First thoughts are that people are either going to love or hate the new start menu, which looks like this:

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The new Metro interface may be great – if you set it up properly. But so far with the applications we’ve installed it gets messy very fast, and isn’t as easy to use as a ‘normal’ start menu.

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Hopefully it will inspire me to start posting more!