John Lewis & the Stolen Mobile Phone saga
zulfikar Never. Ever. Order a mobile phone for direct delivery from John Lewis. Or any other small, high value electronic items. If you must buy from them, do it in store…
How many Laptops, is too many Laptops?
It's rather bizarre. Although I work in IT I do not consider myself a geek, I'm not overly obsessive about having hi-tech kit, the latest, greatest gadgedt or home automation…
The infamous Birmingham [halal] burger crawl
As eating challenges go, this is right up there. Think you can do this in one evening? All you need to do is head to Ladypool Road in Birmingham. Park…
Top [halal] Burger Places in Birmingham (Brum)
Welcome, thought I'd list out (and keep up to date) a list of the top burger places in Birmingham, UK. There wasn't many a few years ago but now there's…
Azure SQL PaaS version confusion
So, it seems that simply obtaining the version information for your SQL PaaS database server isn't as straightforward as it seems, the official advice from Microsoft is that: Azure SQL…
Protected view & local NAS/Network share
Easiest way to setup an exception for protected view for local drive mappings, all Windows versions (yes, including 10): Fire up Internet Explorer, type 'iexplore.exe' in run Go to Tools…
Cricket World Cup 2019 Games Venues Tickets & More
The CWC2019 comes to these shores (well England and Wales) next year from 30th May to the final on 14th July 2019, so it's coming home anyway and by our…
Continuous Learning – how to guide
The Information Technology landscape I work in has changed rapidly, and continues to evolve at pace. The common challenge I find now is that many in the IT field are…
Gap in the market for Recruitment Agencies
I think there's a gap in the market which recruitment agents could potentially exploit. It's been many years since I stopped contracting. Now back on the market little has changed…
new AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam is now OUT
As I predicted a few months back, the new exam has been released while the current one with outdated content will only be available until 12th AUGUST 2018 - after…
AWS Solution Architect Associate Exam – update due (in 2018?)
I recieved an email from AWS today inviting me to sit a new Beta exam for the AWS Solution Architect Associate certification. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of cloud…
Office 365 and the backup/data loss conundrum
With GDPR on the horizon and many organisations rapidly moving to Office 365, Azure services, Skype for Business and SharePoint online it seems many are not 100% clear on the…