by Equity Networks | Nov 22, 2017 | IT support
As far as we’re concerned, the Eurozone crisis that started in 2009 had one upside – it brought us senior network engineer Rafael Marti. A gifted technician from Valencia, Spain, Rafael came to the UK when the Spanish economy was at its lowest ebb. He joined Firstline...
by Equity Networks | Nov 8, 2017 | IT support
We understand flexible working because we do it too. In fact, does anyone in Firstline IT do a conventional 9 to 5 in the office? We started looking seriously at the idea of flexible remote working a few years ago, when Oxford was suddenly, and most unusually, buried...
by Equity Networks | Oct 10, 2017 | IT support
Is the end of the road for the Windows phone the start of something entirely new in the global software market? In an announcement so low key as to be almost undetectable to the human ear, Microsoft has snuck out the news that it is abandoning further development of...
by Equity Networks | Oct 2, 2017 | IT support
The screens on the wall of First Line’s offices give the place something of a Star Trek feel. The team uses them to monitor the networks they support as well as watching what is going on in the data centre and other parts of the building. The data centre in particular...
by Equity Networks | Aug 9, 2017 | IT support, Security
Firstline IT Managing Director Barrie Giles says that small businesses should not panic about the new EU data protection rules, but could take steps to make sure they are not caught out by legislation aimed at large multinationals. I am writing this blog from the...
by Equity Networks | Aug 9, 2017 | IT support
It looks like this. That is, it looks like this when the complete set of hardware for the office, including cables, PCs, telephone handsets, and mouses (or is it mice?), is first delivered to the Firstline offices in Oxford. The Firstline engineers then get to work...
by Equity Networks | Jul 10, 2017 | IT support
Recent research from management consultancy PwC has revealed that the gender gap in technology starts young, with only 3% of women students saying that the sector would be their first choice for a career. Why is this? Partly it is down to the smaller proportion of...
by Equity Networks | Jul 6, 2017 | IT support
The cause of British Airways’ disastrous IT outage last month has not yet been precisely determined. But the consequences are all too clear: 726 flights were cancelled, leaving at least 75,000 passengers stranded and the airline facing a bill of at least £80 million....
