iiNet are continuing to expand their copper network

iiNet are continuing to expand their copper network even with the NBN network looming. CEO Michael Malone said ‘‘[Without] a clear plan for where NBN Co is going and on what dates, we are just going to work on the basis that wherever we have sufficient number of customers and access to backhaul, we will be lighting up [networks],’’.

 So even if NBN has not arrived in your area there may be opportunities to get an improved connection.

Latest Microsoft Patching

The latest patches from Microsoft, released on Valentine’s Day, include nine bulletins which address 20 vulnerabilities. Of these four are critical and will affect most users as they relate to browsers and media players. To read more go to Link. Definitely worth loading the patches.

Optus have bought Vivid Wireless

Peter Gammell, Chief Executive Officer of Seven Group Holdings said he was "proud of our achievements with Vividwireless. Optus' expertise will allow the business to grow into the future and take the pioneering work we've done in 4G to the next level" 
 
Should be interesting as this will inject some energy and competition into 4G wireless. Hopefully there will be some options for businesses with poor fixed Internet connections .

Why Patch Windows?

According to Microsoft, only 0.12% of attacks target zero-day vulnerabilities, so that implies that the other 99.8% target vulnerabilities that don’t exist on patched systems. We strongly recommend patching your PC's and servers every month to protect from hacking attacks as the cost of repairing systems after an attack can be large due to the impact on business productivity systems down time can have. 

Intel Ultra Books

You've always wanted a Macbook Air but need Windows. Intel have released a new chipset that allows manufacturers to create ultra thin notebooks. There are several out in the market now. Here's the latest from HP Folio

Hard Drive Price Increases Due to Thailand Floods

According to IDC, Thailand accounts for the production of up to 45% of worldwide hard drive production, and the floods will impact the delivery of hard drives for PC production. The flooding has damaged more that a dozen factories. We have already seen some price increases from the big suppliers which they have justified as being caused by increased hard drive costs

The Big Breakfast

We had our first Lindentech client appreciation day a couple of weeks ago. It was great to see so many customers in the informal settings of the South of Perth Yacht Club for a very nice breakfast. There were presentations from:

David Harvey at Lindentech 1300 85 77 45
Adam Donkin at 2 Moons Consulting 9300 1888
Ian Lane at ActionCOACH 1300 854 751

Lindentech is now a Telstra Dealer

As part of our cloud solutions Lindentech is proudly able to offer our customers access to Telstra’s full range of T-Suite products, one of the major offerings in this suite is Microsoft’s Office365 which allows you to take away the burden of maintaining an on-premise Exchange solution into a fully managed per user/per month cloud based solution, Office365 also allows you the freedom to work from anywhere with an internet connection offering the full suite of Microsoft Office applications available as in-browser applications.

 Please feel free to contact us for more information about T-Suite and the Microsoft Office365 solutions.