Britain slow on the broadband increase

So Gordon Brown wants the UK to be a “super highway” leading the way with super fast broadband speeds, however, a recent report by Point Topics show the UK’s ISP’s as falling behind on their commitment to get us surfing faster.

To give you some idea how far behind we are here in Britain, we have around 3000 superfast broadband lines and Sweden has 38% of its broadband population on it. In real money thats about 1.2 million users!

Well I’m off to Sweden now to upload this post!

Mark Warren
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

Small Pay Rise for IT Support Staff

It has been said that IT Staff in the US can expect a small pay rise this year. Whilst it may not be anything to write home about, it has to be said that it is better news that the redundancies of 2009!

Inflation is set to be around 2.6% this year so the 1.8% won’t help the IT bods build up their pension but at least it is a step in the right direction.

Other sectios such as Developers and Coders can expect about 2% but companies are being tight lipped about the managers and exec’s salary increases. Probably because they aren’t going to get one!

Any way, it’s a positive step for the industry so lets look forward to April’s increase!

Mark Warren
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

End of the day for Sun!

You may have heard over the last few months that the corporate aquisition wheels have been turning and Sun have now been swallowed by Oracle.

Personally I would have thought that the Sun brand had a lot of mileage in it yet but Oracle knew best I guess!

Anyway goodbye Sun, I will miss seeing the little logo at the Winter Olympics digital clocks…

Mark Warren
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

New Dedicated IT Support Cover for Leeds City Centre

Relax, your IT Support is covered!

Nemark are expanding their IT Support Cover in Leeds with a dedicated Leeds City division. Leeds has been and remains to be a flourishing city with expansion happening around every corner and new business coming to the city along with positive expansion in resident businesses.

Nemark are aware that this business explosion needs professional cover and to that end have built a dedicated support team of both on site and remote IT Support engineers ensuring first class cover where and when your business needs it.

Further, with cover for PC’s starting at 14p per day, it won’t break the bank either!

To find out more contact their Leeds office on 0871 855 2270

Mark Warren
Director
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

Who said Microsoft were slow at fixing bugs?

Today Microsoft is going to fix a bug in its OS that has been around for 17 years! In fact I think it was around when the world was in black and white!!!!

The bug is not a big deal actually but an issue none the less. It’s just amazing that it has taken 17 years before someone ticked it off their to do list. That must have been one hell of a To-Do list if you ask me!

I am just pleased that our IT Support is not running at those sort of response times!

Mark Warren
Nmeark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

Does your company have a twitter page or blog?

You may or may not have heard but last week Vodafone’s twitter page looked like it had been hacked! As it turned out this was not the case. In fact a workstation had been left unattended and a rather unsavoury employee decided to use the account to broadcast his movements for thecoming weekend. Now generally that would bring a chuckle to me but when your business is so high profile as Voda’s is it is a little embarassing!

So going back to the title question, do you have a blog or twitter account? If so make sure the password is secure, make sure you dont leave the post screen open and maybe lock your PC before you go for that coffee!

Mark Warren
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support Matters

Is your website safe from hackers?

Don't let the hackers do this to your site!

Now most people think that hackers are alll about taking your bank details or credit card numbers and spending thousands at Amazon or Ebay. Well not all hackers are equal. This week along a group of French hackers have actually hacked the car makers site TATA. They did not do it to take designes of their new 160MPH supercar (they wish) or client details, no, they simply replaced their site with a for sale sign in English and French.

So why do something like this? To be hoenst, I have not got a clue and feel that these super clever people should look at putting their efforts into designing security software rather than “For Sale” signs!

There has always been a sumble that the security companies themselves actually do this to keep people wanting their products but who knows?

In short, if you have a website make sure it is backed up, make sure you have relevant and up to sate security and if your site has client details make sure it has an SSL certificate on it.

To know more about how you can keep your site safe speak to your web designers of hosting comapny or better still give us a call and we can help.

Mark Warren
Director
Nemark Technology
Where IT Support matters.

Don’t leave office relocation too late!

Just a short post to mention the process about office relocation.

We have recently taken a project on for a client who needs to move offices within 4 days! Now actually moving the office PC’s and server, networking, IT Support

Let's help you move your office.

etc is no big deal, however, remember there are things to consider such as telephone lines, internet connectivity, postre-direct, insurance, and a whole load more. If you are a business that uses delivery services, does your courier know to collect from your new address?

Now all this sounds basic stuff when you think about it, however, when you are trying to run your business at the same time these little things can and do get overlooked! Dont let them, if you cann Nemark our relocation team can help get you organised and ready for the big move.

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