Podcasts about ukfast

In this episode, Chris is joined by Matt Bradley! Matt helped start the Public Cloud Division at UKFast. While UKFast works with both AWS and Azure, Matt's focus is on the Azure side, dealing with architecting and building solutions. Matt has delivered several talks within the community, including 'The Azure Storage Minefield'. Join Chris and Matt as they talk through some of Matt's learnings along the way and observations as he has been on his own journey with Azure and public Cloud!

The tech industry in the North West is growing at a stratospheric pace. The region is the largest tech cluster outside of London but its talent pipeline is struggling to keep up with demand.   To help keep up with demand Greater Manchester's Combined Authority have joined up with the Department of Culture Media and Sport to launch an innovative £3 million Fast Track Digital Fund. Its purpose is to accelerate technical learning for Manchester residents to allow them to enter the digital workforce for the first time.    They seek out non-traditional organisations and business partnerships to deliver employer-led training to fill some of those gaps. Out of this the Tech Equity Consortium was born.    Zainab Yazdani, Natalie Bird and Raji Kolluru are benefactors of the fund on the Tech Equity course being delivered by TAP Project, Heroworx, UKFast and Tech Manchester. On this podcast they share their stories and what motivates them to pursue a career in tech. For more information about Tech Equity: https://techmanchester.co.uk/techequity Host: Patricia Keating Guests: Zainab Yazdani, Natalie Bird and Raji Kolluru Listening Time:  35 mins Follow Tech Manchester: Twitter: @tecmcr LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/techmanchester/

We share the talk we presented at UKFast’s recent Cybersecurity 101 workshop, in a little more detail, discussing where companies should start with cybersecurity and how they can be comfortable that they have covered a broad enough area of security to be safe. 1’41 What is Cyber Essentials and is it right for your company? 5’57 Risk management – building a security culture and getting the board involved 10’39 Security protections – what you can do yourself and when to get a third party involved 19’43 Incident detection – alert generation, automatic monitoring and training the team 27’57 Minimising impact – response testing and planning, root cause analysis and backups Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek Listening time: 39 minutes For more information, follow us on Twitter @secarma or @secarmalabs or email us at podcast@secarma.com Hosted by: Holly Grace Williams, Technical Director at Secarma

Back in 2001, Dr Chris Smith launched a new show, The Naked Scientists, in the hope of making science accessible. It was one of the first radio programmes to be made into a podcast and is now one of the world's most popular science shows. In the past five years, the programme has been downloaded more than 50 million times. Dr Chris has travelled the world in search of the latest science topics and trends, through which he has won numerous national and international accolades. He joins Lawrence Jones MBE to discuss bringing science to life through podcasts, how the team are engaging more people... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Back in 2001, Dr Chris Smith launched a new show, The Naked Scientists, in the hope of making science accessible. It was one of the first radio programmes to be made into a podcast and is now one of the world's most popular science shows. In the past five years, the programme has been downloaded more than 50 million times. Dr Chris has travelled the world in search of the latest science topics and trends, through which he has won numerous national and international accolades. He joins Lawrence Jones MBE to discuss bringing science to life through podcasts, how the team are engaging more people... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The risk of a cybersecurity attack on the UK’s critical infrastructure, like the one that hit Ukraine’s energy grid in 2015 and 2016, is growing. With the threat landscape constantly evolving it’s vital for public sector organisations to adopt a robust approach to defending key targets from cyber-attacks. In this episode Paul speaks with Stephen Jewell, Director of UKFast Public Sector, which has worked with Government departments and private industry partners, for more than 18 years. Some of the topics of discussion include: 3’00 Why it’s important to understand the potential damage of a security breach. 7’30 How to make individuals more security aware in the interests of national security. 10’35 The history of Secure Information Assurance (S-IA) and its acquisition by UKFast. 14’55 Pioneering the use of the internet with the Ministry of Defence. 17’04 Developing technology to secure public networks, including the MoD. 29’36 What, or who, are the threats? 30’51 The Norse Threat Map http://www.norse-corp.com/map/ Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek Listening time: 33 minutes For more information, follow us on twitter @Secarma or @SecarmaLabs or email us at podcast@secarma.co.uk Hosted by: Paul Mason, Ethical Hacker & Head of Education at Secarma Guest: Stephen Jewell, Director of UKFast Public Sector

Branding is an essential part of your business. It's much more than a logo or how your business is perceived externally. Successful companies have branding at the heart of their business, but how do you begin to create a brand that connects with people? To answer that, Patricia is joined by Kristina McGuirk, marketing director at leading hosting and cloud firm UKFast. They discuss: - What a brand is and how to start building one - How to find the personality of your brand - What to think about when designing a logo - The things to avoid when building your brand - Why personal branding is important Host: Patricia Keating Guest: Kristina McGuirk Listening Time: 26 minutes Follow Tech Manchester: Twitter: @tecmcr LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/techmanchester/ Or visit us at www.techmanchester.co.uk Let us know what you'd like to hear to take your business forward. Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review.

BusinessCloud editor Chris Maguire assembles his deputy editor Jonathan Symcox and staff writers Lowri Williams and Katherine Lofthouse to review the features of BusinessCloud Issue 5. The discussion includes; 100 Women in Tech Why Dame Stephanie Shirley goes by the name of 'Steve' UKFast co-founder Gail Jones Why Dragons Den generally don't do tech AFC Fylde Liverpool 2 Could you live without your smartphone? The DEA Awards

UKFast were joined by our key industry partners Cisco, VMware and Microsoft at the UKFast Campus for Cloud UK Live. We explored the latest shifts in cloud technology and the digital transformation that is creating the businesses of the future. Visitors heard first-hand from our expert panel on maximising power and efficiency from the cloud.

Digital Entrepreneur Awards host Chris Maguire takes us backstage at the glitzy awards dinner at the Palace Hotel in Manchester.

New-blood Sale Sharks recruit A J MacGinty talks to John Everton for UKFast about his move to the club and hopes for the team. AJ MacGinty - sponsored by UKFast - has joined the club from Irish province Connacht. Irish-born but US qualified, he impressed for the States during the RWC2015. Here, he tells us about his career and qualifications so far!

The round table was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast and the attendees were: ? Cathal Berragan, Social Chain ? Danny Clarke, ELAS ? Michelle Gray, Berg ? Liz Pollard - Dale Carnegie UK ? Nigel Sankey - Thomas International ? Craig Hines, Vedas Recruitment and Training ? Ronnie Wainwright, Avensure ? Mike Wilson - Maximum Impact Business Solutions

Give in to the Fun Side Subscribe now for the latest from UKFast: http://www.youtube.com/subscribe_widg... For nearly two decades, UKFast has provided cloud and managed hosting at lightspeed to thousands of customers across the galaxy. But there is a disturbance in the force. The Empire has sent a new recruit to join the company to investigate and his first day is fast approaching. It will soon become clear that he is trying to motivate employees in Alderaan ways

Will the internet change how people learn? This week's discussion was about training, recruitment and apprenticeships as our panel of experts discuss the impact of the internet and digital technology on the employment industry. The attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/2015/05/12/you-have-the-power/ Most kids will at some point dream of becoming a superhero, despite the fact that the superhero lifestyle clearly wreaks havoc on your sleep, your personal life and - ultimately - your survival odds. But the good news is that on Super Hero Day you get to fulfil your childhood dreams and become a superhero for a day - with far less hassle than in the comics! UKFast has teamed up with Key 103 to support their Cash for Kids Superhero campaign, which raised over £100,000 for the Beechwood Cancer Care Centre.

Subscribe now for more Halloween frights! http://www.youtube.com/subscribe_widget?p=UKFast Not is all as it seems on the UKFast Campus this Halloween!

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast on working with Tech North and Code Club. Code Club, founded in 2012, is a network of after school clubs run by volunteers in UK primary schools and has over 2,000 clubs throughout the country.

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/2015/04/... Inspire Manchester is kicking off a series of events across the country that will bring together experts and leading entrepreneurs to share their top tips and secrets to success.

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/2015/04/28/get-inspired-in-manchester/ Inspiration can be found in some pretty surprising places, even if it's just Corrie inspiring us to live our lives in a less dramatic way! One of the best places to get inspired is your local community, and we're incredibly lucky that Manchester is a pretty inspirational place! The city is growing at a rate of knots, and as it does, so does the number of new businesses innovating and flourishing here; as well as the new hubs and communities surrounding them with the nurture and support they need to succeed. Business is booming, so why not come along to Inspire Manchester at UKFast to get inspired yourself!

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/2015/04/... Inspiration can be found in some pretty surprising places, even if it's just Corrie inspiring us to live our lives in a less dramatic way! One of the best places to get inspired is your local community, and we're incredibly lucky that Manchester is a pretty inspirational place! The city is growing at a rate of knots, and as it does, so does the number of new businesses innovating and flourishing here; as well as the new hubs and communities surrounding them with the nurture and support they need to succeed. Business is booming, so why not come along to Inspire Manchester at UKFast to get inspired yourself!

For more information visit: https://www.ukfast.co.uk/dedicated_server_vs_colocation.html With colocation you rent space in UKFast's ISO-accredited UK-based data centres to securely house and power your server. So you retain ownership and control of your physical server - UKFast simply houses and protects it for you. Colocation is the ultimate solution if you want the flexibility and control of owning a server but don't have the in-house resource or space to house and securely store it yourself. It's also an ideal option if you've already purchased a server and want to continue to gain returns on the investment made.

Organised by Jo Brookes and Rachel Mamelok and hosted by Key 103's Chelsea Norris and GMTV's Jenny Powell, Stepping Out for the Christie was a glittering night of fashion, music and entertainment at The Hallmark Hotel, Handforth to raise money for the Christie.

This is your chance to win A Year of Free Cloud with UKFast. Simply submit your 30-60 second video explaining why you think you should win and what you will use it for to the hashtag #winukfast.

Whipping up a storm at a local school, Great British Bake Off Finalist Luis Troyano joins with UKFast to impart some of his baking knowledge in a sponsored baking master class for Beechwood Cancer Care.

Agencies pitch for sponsorship to a panel of experts in Meet the Agencies at 2015's Business Rocks event. The dazzling UKFast campus hosts the launch of Manchester's annual techmedia festival.

SMBs and even enterprise businesses can't afford to make mistakes when outsourcing. The business buzz word at the moment is to 'outsource'. It makes sense, there are huge cost savings. The NHS and some government agencies are slower to follow suit because they're nervous about their data and they are right to be. But the costs of trying to manage and insource projects as opposed to hosting in somebody else's purpose built datacentre are huge. You can now plug in instantly into the back of a £25m hosting network in Manchester instead of trying to set one up yourself. You want two hundred techies who are at the top of their game in our Manchester datacentres? We don't outsource that. They're not in another country, they're here. We know how important each client's hosted solution is and those engineers that are working through the night are those same engineers that work through the day at different times. They run and manage your projects so you can't get better than that. That's why the UKFast NPS is so high and the feedback is so high, and that's why customers stay with UKFast.

In the latest UKFast round table our experts discuss the changing nature of employment, recruitment and training online. Hot topics were: how job hunting has changed, whether the internet is changing how people learn, how the recruitment industry itself is changing, new methods of training online, the digital footprint left behind by future employee candidates, and of course, the future of employment online. This week's attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

In the latest UKFast round table our experts discuss the changing nature of employment, recruitment and training online. Hot topics were: how job hunting has changed, whether the internet is changing how people learn, how the recruitment industry itself is changing, new methods of training online, the digital footprint left behind by future employee candidates, and of course, the future of employment online. This week's attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

In the latest UKFast round table our experts discuss the changing nature of employment, recruitment and training online. Hot topics were: how job hunting has changed, whether the internet is changing how people learn, how the recruitment industry itself is changing, new methods of training online, the digital footprint left behind by future employee candidates, and of course, the future of employment online. This week's attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

In the latest UKFast round table our experts discuss the changing nature of employment, recruitment and training online. Hot topics were: how job hunting has changed, whether the internet is changing how people learn, how the recruitment industry itself is changing, new methods of training online, the digital footprint left behind by future employee candidates, and of course, the future of employment online. This week's attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

In the latest UKFast round table our experts discuss the changing nature of employment, recruitment and training online. Hot topics were: how job hunting has changed, whether the internet is changing how people learn, how the recruitment industry itself is changing, new methods of training online, the digital footprint left behind by future employee candidates, and of course, the future of employment online. This week's attendees were: Simon Swan - Hiring Hub Bruce Thomas - Modern English David Edmundson-Bird - Manchester Metropolitan University John Myers - National Apprenticeship Service Daniele Palacios - The Skills Company Aaron Saxton - UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

CEO of PTO Simon Totonjian talks about Parent Teacher Online getting started, beating company milestones and Colocating with UKFast. Parent Teacher Online sets the standard in the world of parents' evening booking software. First to market and leader of the pack, PTO prides itself on its flexibility, making it the most comprehensive booking system for parents' evenings.

CEO of PTO Simon Totonjian tells us his reasons for hosting with UKFast and why no other provider could give the same level of security and reliability. Parent Teacher Online sets the standard in the world of parents' evening booking software. First to market and leader of the pack, PTO prides itself on its flexibility, making it the most comprehensive booking system for parents' evenings.

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast on the importance and value of Buying British. Now that the US government has the power to intercept data from any US based and many other non-UK based data centres it has never been more urgent for business owners in the UK to ensure that their data is secured in UK based and owned data centres. Is your business' vital information and client data secure, or is it subject to data laws you have no control over?

This April, watch the movie critics are describing as "On YouTube"... Colocation, cloud and managed hosting provider UKFast has taken its focus on backups and redundancy to a new level with the introduction of its patented U Klone Fast technology, which has seen staff downtime fall to 0%. Managing director Jonathan Bowers said: "We have always prided ourselves on developing our infrastructure whilst consistently introducing effective automation to ensure that our clients' solutions remain highly functional throughout every eventuality. "Since deploying our AI servers last April, our focus has been on creating the highest level of backup and redundancy. This includes backup servers, backup firewalls and backed up data. "To us, backing up people seemed like the natural next step. We had the double vision to do this and it's increased our efficiency twofold." U Klone Fast technology was designed and created in house by the company's RnD team who are said to be seeing double after its implementation. The firm's CEO, Lawrence Jones MBE, today announced: "We're incredibly proud to say that with our U Klone Fast technology, we have managed to made over two hundred employees redundant. "Much like our twinned servers, there is now always one employee on standby. If one slows down or stops working, a seamless failover to the backup employee will occur instantaneously. "With U Klone Fast technology we can now share the benefits of 0% staff downtime with everyone." This time of year regularly holds fresh innovation for the fast-growing firm, with 2013 seeing them create Blipvertology training technique as well as last year's launch of artificial intelligence servers.

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast describes how the leaders of UKFast must all possess a unique leadership quality to succeed, a quality which we call the Supportive Gene. Do your business team leaders share the Supportive Gene?

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast on the importance of exercise, and working out at work. There is a definite correlation between healthy minds and healthy bodies - what role does this play in the work ethic of modern businesses?

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/careers.html There's a reason that so many of our employees get involved with extra sports, charity and community events; why many of them are more than just 'nine to five' friends, and why the energy in the office is explosive. And there's a good chance that you already have the UKFast gene - you just don't know it yet! We're looking for people to join our team who will become part of our culture; and from the tips of the tech world, to the creme of the comms team, we're looking for the brightest sparks to light the way.

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast talks about growing a business using fresh approaches and tackling the ensuing problems of exponential growth. Generating ideas internally from hands on experience can be key to success - are you listening to your team?

Solar Eclipse 2015 from the UKFast Campus Roof

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast talks about developing over the years and moving the business from a 2 man office to the extraordinary UKFast Campus that exists today. Are you rewarding your team with an office conducive to optimal creativity?

This week's attendees discuss the difficulties and benefits of hosting sports websites online, paying particular attention to the impact of the imagery and photography used in marketing. The attendees were: Chris Hodgen for Absolute Media, Matt Southall for Man Up Gym Wear, Paul Craig for Paul Craig Photography and Chris Marsh for UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

This week's attendees discuss what are the potential difficulties facing those hosting sports websites online in the future. The attendees were: Chris Hodgen for Absolute Media, Matt Southall for Man Up Gym Wear, Paul Craig for Paul Craig Photography and Chris Marsh for UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

This week's attendees discuss the difficulties and benefits of hosting sports websites online, paying particular attention to the impact of social media and Instagram on sales. The attendees were: Chris Hodgen for Absolute Media, Matt Southall for Man Up Gym Wear, Paul Craig for Paul Craig Photography and Chris Marsh for UKFast And the event was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast gives an exclusive interview to Bauer Media at Key 103's Inspire event. Here we learn amongst over things about the importance of goal setting and taking time to yourself to reflect and think big.

For more information visit: http://www.lawrencejones.eu/lawrence-jones/2015/03/12/the-key-to-success/ Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast gives an exclusive interview to Bauer Media at Key 103's Inspire event. Here we learn amongst over things about the importance of goal setting and taking time to yourself to reflect and think big.

For more information visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/tag/apprenticeship-scheme/ What is National Apprenticeship Week and how could it benefit businesses? How does it benefit UKFast in particular, and why does UKFast focus so much on training, qualifications and education? How does our training stand out? What is so special about our workplace? Watch our video to find out all this and more. As a business leader we broaden the skillsets of our team and have reached the top 100 apprenticeship employers since we started development of this element of our business just two years ago. UKFast is helping to fill the huge, growing skills gap in our school leavers and to reinvigorate the economy, specifically in relation the 'Digital Skills' gap, by working with schools and colleges to support their educational options and pathways.

Mission Christmas is Key 103's festive campaign for charity Cash for Kids. 1 in 3 children in Greater Manchester are in such poverty that they won't receive a gift from Santa this year - through the donation of new, unwrapped toys, Mission Christmas aims to change that. UKFast has set up a grotto for people to drop off their toys to donate. Here, Key 103 explain their mission for Christmas 2014.

With colocation, you are in charge of your own software and hardware solutions which host your IT applications. What does this mean for connectivity? Learn more about the benefits of colocating with our UKFast Colocation round tables. This week's attendees were: Nigel Wright - Converge Technology Specialists Elliott Mueller - Metronet Rudi Feitsma - UKFast Chris Marsh - UKFast And the round table was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

Who really benefits from colocating and is colocation right for you and your business? Learn more about the benefits of colocating with our UKFast Colocation round tables. This week's attendees were: Nigel Wright - Converge Technology Specialists Elliott Mueller - Metronet Rudi Feitsma - UKFast Chris Marsh - UKFast And the round table was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.