James has been in IT for over 11 years and studied electronic engineering at university. He has called various parts of the UK home but now lives with his wife, 10 month old daughter and rescue dog Freckles in London.
We wanted to find out a little more about James so...
Fifosys, has deployed Citrix’s CloudPortal to provide its clients with 24×7 user-friendly access to the user management, service provisioning and operational aspects of its cloud-based services. CloudPortal allows Fifosys’ clients to manage the administrative tasks related with their cloud services, such as adding new users and amending settings related to...
The barrier to cloud solutions must be overcome by education, with which will come confidence in Cloud technology and infrastructure. The resistance for some in embracing Cloud stems from SMEs’ over-protective approach towards their server in taking comfort from being able to touch and feel it whenever they like.
Many like...
Darren Hughes is an IT Service Desk Manager at Fifosys with over 20 years’ experience working in IT. With a passion for motorbikes and the outdoors, Darren’s perfect day consists of playing football with his children or putting on his gardening gloves- finished off with a nice cold beer!
Want to...
What level of IT risk is acceptable for your business and what risks have you already knowingly or unknowingly accepted? These are the questions you need to be asking and answering in developing an effective and efficient IT strategy.
If businesses don’t know what they have currently, how will they confidently...
Having fought for years to gain a seat on the board, with mixed success, the inevitable shift of IT infrastructure to the cloud finally presents the IT Director with a chance to fundamentally change the role and deliver true strategic innovation. Removing the routine tasks of day to day infrastructure...
Many organisations are wary of implementing a BYOD policy as it is perceived that their corporate data will be at greater risk, but this is not the case. An effective BYOD strategy allows companies to centralise their corporate environment and manage the business through a single glass pane and give...
The big debate about who copied who’s ‘ideas’ has been circulating in the news and alighting our web pages since autumn last year. Rumours hit that Samsung had allegedly re-worked Apple’s technology to create its own, some would say, better versions. But who has come out on top and what...
What is better for your business – someone hosting your Exchange server for you, or you hosting your own? We very often come across companies who think it is the latter where in fact, a hosted exchange server may be a better option overall for your business. Having your own...
On Monday 10th December Google’s email platform, Gmail crashed due to an unknown bug. The services were interrupted as people attempted to log into their accounts’ The failure was reported at 5pm GMT and was resolved within an hour however it meant that it left millions of users without access...
Virgin Media has announced that public Wi-Fi services are available at a further 20 London Underground stations including Belsize Park, Chalk Farm, Highgate, Lancaster Gate, Clapham South, Balham, Oval, Seven Sisters, South Kensington, Swiss Cottage, Bounds Green, Finsbury Park, Holloway Road, Russell Square, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Mornington Crescent.
With...
Have you left your Christmas shopping to the last minute? Have you got no time to go in store? Does this mean your only solution is online shopping?
Here are our 7 tips on shopping online safely;
1. Keep your browser updated
Updating your browser will to help to ensure that you are...
Here are some signs to look for if you have been infected;
A slow-running computer
If your device is running slower than usual, or your system is grinding to a halt, it’s possible that a virus has infected your PC.
Frequent program or system crashes
If you’re finding that your device is regularly crashing,...
Fifosys are excited to announce we will be exhibiting at the Cloud Expo with Interxion on the 29th and 30th January 2013, at Olympia in London. The Cloud Expo Europe is an important event for all businesses, no matter how big or small you are to find out the potential...
On the first day of Christmas,
Fifosys sent to me
A device which is functioning virus free
On the second day of Christmas,
Fifosys sent to me
Two data centres,
And a device which is functioning virus free.
On the third day of Christmas,
Fifosys sent to me
Three leased lines,
Two data centres,
And a device which is functioning virus...