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Pond Newsletter – March 2012

Webmaster — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:16:32 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, but it is finally here – the Pond Newsletter “@pondgroup”

This month includes:

High Speed Internet -EFM, FTTC, DSL – we do love our acronyms in I.T.
World’s smallest phone system from snom
The UK’s busy summer and how it will affect your business

Please click below to download:
@pondgroup – IT and Telecoms Newsletter

Snom ONE Soho – The smallest phone system, EVER!

Webmaster — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:43:17 +0000

SNOM have released a fully featured IP Telephone System in a box not much bigger than a couple of cigarette packets. The SNOM ONE SoHo is ideal for small businesses or branch offices which require 10 extensions or less (upgradeable to 20 with a license key). Features include voicemail, hold music, hunt/call groups, dial from your PC as well as the usual features you would expect such as hold, transfer, conference, etc.

What is even more amazing about this little box of tricks is the price of only £199+vat!

Adobe Flash Vulnerability – update asap

Webmaster — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:10:13 +0000

Adobe have released a new patch for their Flash player on all operating systems. This is considered a very important update and has even been released outside of their standard patch schedule.

More info on the vulnerability can be found on the Adobe web site.

Updates can be downloaded from the Adobe Flash Player Download Centre.

June 8th,2011 – World IPv6 Day

Webmaster — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:01:58 +0000

In preparation for the Internet making the unavoidable switch to IP version 6, many of the leading websites are taking part in an experiment to help gauge the likely impact. Some people may experience difficulty contacting sites such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo tomorrow (June 8, 2011).

More info available here:
http://www.spitfire.co.uk/pdf/partnerservice/IPv6%20Day.pdf

Apple Mac users are not immune…as many of them think they are.

Webmaster — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:14:40 +0000

Newly discovered software makes it trivial for anyone to create advanced Malware for Mac OS X.

More information available at The Register.

Windows 7 SP1 causing Fatal Error (c0000034)

Webmaster — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:46:42 +0000

Over the last couple of days we have started seeing an increasing number of computers failing to boot after applying updates.

Initial analysis points to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 conflicting with some Anti-Virus software. Once the Fatal Error occurs you may not be able to use system restore or even recovery disks to get back in to your PC.

Do not try to use manufacturers restore disks to fix this as you may end up restoring to factory settings and lose your data. We have a tested fix and instructions available. Please contact our helpdesk for assistance.

Virtual Office – Literally

Webmaster — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:05:08 +0000

Pond Group have successfully completed a full virtualisation of an entire company – literally.

The client, a specialist small business tax and business advisors, have been using a Microsoft Small Business Server in their own office for many years. They made the decision to set up a virtual address to direct their mail and commissioned Pond to provide a solution for their I.T and telecoms requirements. By virtualising their servers and all workstations, providing hosting in our own datacentre and setting up all users with VoIP telephone extensions, the entire company now works from their homes. All “internal” calls are free of charge, despite each employee being miles from each other. All legacy systems are available and as fast as when they were in the office – Sage, Quickbooks, CCH, Word, Excel – even scanning and printing.

We see virtulaisation, along with other new technologies such as cloud computing to be the future of all companies I.T. strategy, regardless of size. Please call and we’d be happy to discuss the pros and cons for your business.