Please be aware that Intel have announced the below vulnerability. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00233.html This vulnerability affects most Intel CPUs which have been released since 2011 and may allow information disclosure. Intel is releasing Microcode Updates (MCU) to mitigate this potential vulnerability. The vulnerability is similar to meltdown/spectre in that it attacks the... read more →
May
15
May
08
We have a well loved spin bike in the office which we all felt was being under utilised.... ...therefore, on the 11th of June, some of the team here will embark on a 10 hour spin bike challenge for our charity to see how much further than 200km we can... read more →
Apr
02
Toby Skerritt has finally got his hands on the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) preview... here are his initial thoughts. After months of anticipation, I’ve finally been able to get to grips with the new Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service, and while there are certainly some quirks and issues to be... read more →
Feb
06
Windows Virtual Desktop was a big feature at Microsoft Ignite in late 2018. Its one of the many use cases of adopting Azure that were presented. We are still waiting for a release date when this will be available in preview, this we understand is immenent. But here's a... read more →
Nov
14
Further to our announcement earlier in the year, we have continued to invest in our Microsoft Azure capabilities in terms of training, testing and deploying live cloud environments for our client base. Whilst the traditional Data Centre is still very much part of the pircture and indeed managing the infrastructure within... read more →
Nov
12
Microsoft launched their UK market place for Azure Consultancy Services on the 31st October and we're pleased to have a handful of services published here. There are currently only a handful of UK partners listed on the Azure marketplace which you can visit here; the broadness of offerings is already vast.... read more →
Nov
08
We've been keeping an eye on this for sometime now, but Microsoft recently announced that they will a virtual windows and office experience delivered on Azure in the form of Windows Virtual Desktop. You can read the original announcement on their website here. A public preview is due to be... read more →
Jul
16
The premise behind reserved instances is a relatively simple one.... by reserving virtual machine instances over a one or three year term, you'll potentially save up to 70% in running costs the process. This can equate to a significant saving, provided there is some predictability with the resource requirements of the workloads... read more →
Jul
16
We are pleased to announce that FIT has now met all of the criteria to be awarded the Silver Competency for Microsoft's Azure platform, becoming one of the few UK partners to have achieved this. One of our key goals is to support and advise clients on their adoption of cloud... read more →
May
09
We've been discussing this recently with a number of our clients currently running vSphere 5.5 so felt it was worthwhile releasing a short note with links to some useful resources as upgrade plans get started. VMWare's vSphere 5.5, which includes vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.5 and vCenter Server 5.5 will go... read more →