Nature or nurture is one of those debates that people often seem very passionate about. Personally, I don’t really think there is much of a debate. I think that whilst we are born with inherent characteristics that will facilitate or hinder the development of certain skills or attributes, we can achieve anything through hard and [...]

The Guardian has today revealed that a newspaper app made by Murdoch for the iPad has been, “secretly under development for several months.” Following the introduction of paywalls to many News Corp titles earlier this year, Mr Murdoch’s multinational is to enter the app market with the “Daily”- a newspaper app made exclusively for the [...]

I’ve been thinking recently, that for me the problem with the hype surrounding Social Media, is that people often just think of it as a marketing tool and nothing more. However, forget that facebook, twitter, digg…etc exist and think of Social Media as an ethos and a philosophy. These are communication tools that enhance our [...]

LinkedIn, the site which refers to itself as, “the world’s largest professional network with more than 80 million members worldwide,” has this week launched a service to teach users how to ‘brand’ themselves better online. With millions of potential employees profiling themselves online and consequently thousands of recruiters wanting to have a sneak peak at [...]

How often do you find yourself saying: “use your common sense”. In a world where red tape and bureaucracy is becoming more prevalent, there is a danger that we stifle common sense and innovation. Today, I want to pay tribute to Thomas Watson Sr. whose business skills led to the success of IBM. He ensured [...]

This rumour has been going on for a while now, but as it starts to look more like a reality, it just makes me think how massive this news could be! If Facebook also became our personal email system, this would really cement their presence as leader alongside Google and Microsoft. Last weekend, I went [...]

So, it is official… last night UKFast was named the IT Employer of the Year at the IT Industry Awards 2010! Our communications director Jonathan Bowers attended the award ceremony last night in London which attracted hundreds of business leaders and celebrated industry excellence across the UK. MD Lawrence Jones is on a business trip [...]

As mentioned in the previous post on this months security bulletin releases, there are now confirmed to be 3 security bulletins, addressing 11 vulnerabilities.

Sarah from our Communications Team has been writing this week about an article she is submitting to .Net magazine about a topic that I find particularly interesting: Should libel law treat social media differently from other published work? We’ve spoken about this quite a lot and it’s interesting the different thoughts that arise during the [...]

The Buzz is all about Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud – as they announce it at their main customer event for 2010 – at TechEd Europe 2010 in Berlin today.