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Cambridge, UK help desk technician vacancy
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Elizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis Mar 30, 2010.

Excellent Outlook add-ons (from someone who misses Notes)
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick Anderson Jul 21, 2009.

IT Service Company SLA/T&C ?

Started Jun 11, 2009

 

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Rob Butterworth replied to Isaac's discussion 'woe unto me becuase I'm working the weekend. How about you?'
We have a small (about 1000) object collection of antiques and other art and historical items that we recently started tracking in TMS Lite, which is working out reasonably well. I'm not that hands-on with it any more, leaving it to a couple of…
Apr 14, 2010
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Rob Butterworth replied to Isaac's discussion 'woe unto me becuase I'm working the weekend. How about you?'
Hey, what do you use there to manage the collection, out of interest, if you have a computer based collection management system?
Apr 7, 2010
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Elizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Cambridge, UK help desk technician vacancy'
Hi, Rob! No problem at all posting a vacancy. Just to be clear, we don't want recruiters spamming the network, but if you're a bona fide paid-up member (meaning that you post on Sys Admin topics too), then please feel free to look for…
Mar 30, 2010
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Rob Butterworth replied to Richard Holloway's discussion 'Becoming Systems Administrator instantly'
ZX-81 -> Dragon 32 & ZX Spectrum -> Atari 800XL (really) -> Atari ST -> CS Degree -> Programming Job -> QA/Customer Support Role -> IT (after my company misled me about the possibility of moving to Boston to work in the QA…
Mar 30, 2010
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Cambridge, UK help desk technician vacancy

HiI'm having trouble locating a statement on whether posting job ads here is considered good etiquette or not, so if it isn't Beth or Michael please reject/remove my post.We're looking for a help desk technician for a the support of a predominantly Windows based environment, based in Waterbeach, Cambridge, UK.  It isn't a very senior role, and the team is pretty small, but it's a varied one with scope to expand, technically, and a reasonably 'safe' place to work.  If anyone knows of anyone, let…See More
Discussion posted by Rob Butterworth Mar 30, 2010
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Nick Anderson replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Excellent Outlook add-ons (from someone who misses Notes)'
In my surviving windows toolbox I have quotefix. It makes it so much easier to properly bottom post when replying to an email.
Jul 21, 2009
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Excellent Outlook add-ons (from someone who misses Notes)

I'm probably a bit of a masocist, but I can't help but miss Lotus Notes. Whilst I have to admit that now I'm looking after Exchange my users complain a lot less about their mail client, there were just so many cool little tweaks available in Notes, and adding your own (if you didn't mind doing a bit of coding) was so easy.One addon that I really missed when I switched to Outlook/Exchange was Swiftfile (http://www.research.ibm.com/swiftfile/),…See More
Discussion posted by Rob Butterworth Jul 21, 2009
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IT Service Company SLA/T&C ?

HiDoes anyone have a boiler plate SLA and T&C for an IT service company ? We're trying to retain someone to help with on-site cover for our Irish operation, but none of the local companies seem to like formal contracts, and want an example of what they should be giving us. We won't sign a contract without some formal documentation.RobSee More
Discussion posted by Rob Butterworth Jun 11, 2009
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Rob Butterworth replied to Keith Pawson's discussion 'CM/CR tool or webform'
I'm actually looking for exactly the same thing, I think. For us they key is that it's very light-weight, so that we can put all changes through it, even very small ones. e.g. My network manager wants to make a very minor tweak to a…
Jun 11, 2009
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Rob Butterworth replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Cambridge, UK network and security support firms'
Stuart, If you send me your business contact details, I'll forward them on. You can send them to rob.butterworth at gmail.com
Jun 9, 2009
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Stuart Brown replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Cambridge, UK network and security support firms'
Hi Rob, Hope you're well. I'd be glad to give them a call. If I'm unable to help then Computerlinks in Newmarket would be able to (they're one of the largest security advisory firms in the UK) and might be able to get them a…
Jun 5, 2009
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Cambridge, UK network and security support firms

HiI have a request from an aquaintance to get some support for some network and security issues at a small company in Cambridge UK - anyone got any recommendations ?I've volunteered in the past as a favour, but that always turns out to be a mistake given my somewhat busy day job.RobSee More
Discussion posted by Rob Butterworth Jun 3, 2009
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The Social Enterprise

I have had a request to approve the use of Microsoft Live Office (their hosted social enterprise solution) which I'd prefer to service using an internal service (it's a bit of a server hugging company here at the moment).This looks OK for document sharing and discussion, and I've installed it and quite like it :http://www.o3spaces.com/Page/sp88/ml2/nctrue/index.htmlThis one looks a bit more full featured, but is still beta…See More
Discussion posted by Rob Butterworth Apr 28, 2009
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Rob Butterworth replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Host based intrustion detection - OSSEC'
Paul, I'm glad you share my enthusiasm for OSSEC - personally, I can't imagine critical systems without it now. We run a mixture of tipping point and Trustwave IP Angel IDS systems for the network (the burden of PCI DSS) but I'm…
Apr 20, 2009
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Paul Stoklosa replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion 'Host based intrustion detection - OSSEC'
After reading your post I looked into it, and now I have ossec running with agents on many of our servers, linux and windows. Love it! It's so smart, knows exactly what's relevant. Even see when someone is trying to login to our web server…
Apr 17, 2009
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Rob Butterworth replied to John McGrath's discussion 'Open Source Helpdesk software?'
Sadly the OSS release of CT never happened, changes in management, etc. The system is still in use, but not by me as I moved on. The system had lots of areas that would benefit from improvements, but the day to day use was, IMO, very slick and low…
Apr 15, 2009

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Head of IT
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Comment Wall (2 comments)

At 3:01pm on February 16, 2009, Elizabeth Ayer and Michael FrancisElizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis said…
Welcome Rob - many thanks for joining. You are encouraged to post/question as much as you like - network to your heart's content!

Michael
At 4:12pm on February 16, 2009, Elizabeth Ayer and Michael FrancisElizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis said…
Thanks for the post Rob - this is exactly what the network is for!

Regards
Michael

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