Posted on September 14, 2010
We are Going Green with a Hybrid
As part of our commitment to being "Green" and "Eco-Friendly", iceConnect has recently invested in a Toyota Prius to help us get to our customers. The car is classified as a hybrid car which, simply put, operates on both unleaded petrol as well as electric. When you are sitting in slow moving traffic, which most people in London find themselves doing every day, the car's engine automatically switches itself off and begins to use the battery instead. This means that you are using zero, yes zero fuel when in standstill or slow moving traffic.
Posted on September 6, 2010
Are Wireless Networks up to Speed?
Wireless networking has gone through many iterations in it's short history, and with the advent of smartphones such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android which can connect to a wireless network, the idea of getting rid of all those messy cables and simply connecting your office computers to the network over the airwaves has never seemed so tempting. But is it the right thing to do?
Posted on August 25, 2010
How To Speed Up Slow Computers
One of the most common complaints IT technicians recieve is "my PC is running slow". Fortunately, there are several things that can be checked and changed to crank that extra ounce of performance from your computer, especially if it's an older machine. In this post, I'll detail some basic PC housekeeping and maintenence techniques you can use to speed things up.
Posted on August 21, 2010
DrayTek 2820 Firmware Issues with VoIP
Now don’t get me wrong, the DrayTek 2820 is an exceptional router. Having used them for over 5 years (2800 previously) and the hundreds we have installed, we’ve only ever had two of them go wrong, and that was after 3 years. However, recently we have been having serious problems with their new firmware releases. Currently they are on firmware v3.3.4 which is my opinion is quite appalling. The entire web user interface has become slow and sluggish, it takes almost half an hour to configure a box, something which we could usually do in about 10 minutes. Especially since their new URL whitelist/blacklist system has been revamped, it was a learning curve but something which now takes too long to configure when we only want a simple setup.
Posted on August 20, 2010
Welcome to the iceConnect Blog
Welcome to the iceConnect/blog, the official blog run by the in-house team at iceConnect. We thought it might be a good idea to keep up with the Jones', so we decided to launch our own blog site. You will find up-to-date company news and progress through this blog.
