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Hints and Tips on Backup

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

Why back up? 1) Under the Data Protection Act, we are responsible for data we hold on other people. We should take care that personal information is only used for what we say it will be used for and that … Continue reading →

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New customer website

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

We’re quite excited to be creating our latest website for a company that organises fishing trips. Could be a chance to get out on the sea ourselves! We register domains, create the site and host it in our servers in … Continue reading →

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New server cabinet

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

Our new server cabinet is up on the wall and switches set up. All is working well and the cabinet was a bargain at £58.

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VLAN on a Netgear router

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

Just finished setting up VLAN on my Netgear 5 port router. Very powerful for its size. All in all pretty impressed with Netgear kit.

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Now offering Server courses

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

Just ordered a very basic server to use to run practical Microsoft Server courses. The server will be available for students at GiaKonda IT Ltd, each student having their own server for up to 6 months. The course will include … Continue reading →

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Updating main website

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Spent a couple of hours this morning updating the main Giakonda IT website using Joomla. Added some contact details.We know it still needs work but I think it’s getting better. I’d welcome any constructive comments.

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Rip off

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

Just had a most frustrating trip to Swansea shopping centre. It made me realise how dishonest bit companies are. I bought a razor with 4 spare blades only to find on opening them there was only 1. The shaving cream … Continue reading →

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Netgear NAS box highly recommended

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

Using Netgear NAS to back up all our data – coping very well. Yesterday I needed to upgrade its storage capacity from 250GB to 1TB and was able to do this easily by swapping out a hard drive. No install … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2011 by admin

Wishing all our blog followers a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Watch this space to see what’s new for 2012.

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A web server from £150 NAS box

Posted on December 15, 2011 by admin

The NAS box is an inexpensive and very useful device for backing up files onsite or remotely. I used Netgear Duo which contains two drives that I’ve set up so that they mirror each other, thereby ensuring whatever’s on them … Continue reading →

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