So today was different....  I took my son of 7 with me to a couple of sites as Kirsty was busy having her hair cut.

Was it an issue.....? I don't think so; however will wait for the emails/calls from clients on Monday as they find that their flip charts have been all used up, polo's all eaten and desks rearranged.  7 year olds have the attention span slightly higher than a bored chicken (BIG GRIN).

 Was he good.......more or less yes, polite didn’t break anything (always a bonus) and generally sat and watched DVD's or drew.

 So this allowed me to sort out both clients with their issues.  One was a return of a repaired Dell machine which was riddled with viruses, bots and Trojans.  In this case the client wanted the machine to be configured for another role, so we installed a new hard disk and installed Windows from scratch.  The old hard disk was installed into a portable USB drive caddy.  Two bird’s one stone....

 Next client was that a hard drive in a mirrored pair had dropped out and needed replacing.  This fault had happened a couple of times so we decided to replace the drive this time.  Main reason for the failure is that it was a Fujitsu Server with an old ATA100 Raid 1 card installed.  (Not the best use of technology, however the installation was already in place so we could not do much about it).

Also whilst onsite, we discussed with the client any other issues, it transpired that one machine was slower than all of the rest, which seemed strange as the machines were near as identical.  A quick check in the bios led me to the issue being the workstation only had 256mb of ram and with a shared graphics adaptor the machine had less than 200mb to start with and was struggling with about 40mb fully booted.  Not a happy bunny one bit.  Luckily we all carry spare memory with us and I installed a brand new 512Mb module and the machine was ever so thankful.  We updated another machine onsite which was also low on memory and made note of the other machines that needed additional ram for a further site visit.

All in all a rewarding day, managed to spend a little time with Connor and fixed a few more issues for clients.

Thanks for reading

 Greg Sewell

Well so much for adding content to the site on a daily basis via my blog......what can i say......sorry to anyone who is following this.....who am i kidding.  Blogs are really only added to companies websites to try to promote themselves to the top of the search engines.

 Was this what I was expecting, well in some part yes, however what has become more apparent over the past two weeks since starting and to be honest I have so far failed well and propper.  To anyone reading this or any of my blog entries i do mean it when i say sorry, not only for my lack of commitment but also to my grammar and my spelling.  To be frank with you, we dont employ a dedicated PR or marketing person to be able to create witty content or useful information we can give to our potential or current clients, we as a company are more focused on keeping our clients systems running and working out ways to improve our services to our  client base.

So thats that.  Can I say I will be adding more information on a regular basis that will be useful, well maybe, the business is now growing a little more and we can see a faint glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.  why is that I hear you say......

Well great things are a foot this year for us.  1st being our investment into Kaseya to assist us with our management of our clients systems and 2nd we have now found our next technician for our workshop.  This new team member will be greatly received as we are now ready in all departments to make a big push to take the company to the next level. 

So dare I say watch this space as I try to manage my time as growing the business and trying to write a blog.  has this been of any interest, we to some I guess not, however if only one person looking for some IT assistance reads this and can see something in what I have written then maybe it has been worth it, especially as it is from the heart and at 11:00 at night and I am missing Shaun of the Dead. 

Now where's that cornetto

A Blog for Cambridge Networks......

So we now have a Blog and I guess its about time to start commiting to some form of communication with our online readers.  I guess I was a little skeptic as to whether a Blog would really add anything to our offering, however I was pleaseantly pleased to find out that several of our clients and potential clients bookmark our site and keep a regular eye on the content.  So to all of our clients, new, old and current, thank you for showing an interest in our site. 

So what will I be using this Blog for?  I hear you all ask...  Well I guess the starting point is to let you all know what is happening on a regular basis and to let you know of any changes, improvements, new services etc.  So this festive Blog will start with the following information areas:-

• New Service Program
• What's planned for 2008
• New planned partnerships

That's a start, so I will endeavor to update this on a regular basis and more importantly if there are any topics you would likeme to cover please send me a mail to ask.