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10 years at Amsys

Hi all. As I sit here, at a hotel in the Cotswolds (another ‘stay away’ consultancy project), drinking a locally brewed Ale (Stroud Brewery’s Budding Pale Ale, should you ask) I find myself contemplating spending almost ten years of my

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Amsys Blog

When is it OK to stop using the word “Digital”?

Earlier in the year I met with a friend of mine from digital transformation experts Adapt2digital. I was greatly impressed with what they were doing, even though I was slightly baffled. I completed a Digital Engagement Map (DEM), which is

IPV6 – What you need to know

Remember your server’s internal IPv4 address 10.0.0.1? How about FE80::1 or even 2001:ACAD:DB8:A::1/64? Don’t panic. It’s not that bad! Let me explain. The so familiar IPv4 addresses like 192.168.1.1 will be around for a very long time be we start

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Swift

Swift App: 1 year Later

2nd June 2014, changed the world of iOS and OS X development – forever. This time last year iOS developers across the globe had no idea that in a few days Apple would launch a brand new programming language called

Penn State Mac Admin Conference: Active Directory

For anyone attending the Penn State Mac Admins conference this year, I’ll be speaking about integrating OS X with Active Directory and options for providing network home folders on Thursday 9th July at 3.15.  Location and specifics, along with a

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Other Technical

iBeacons for IT and Device Management

I’ve been testing out iBeacons to add new IT capability since JAMF Software added support in Casper 9.5.  After a bumpy start, now we’re up to 9.7+ things are working well.  This blog describes the setup I’m using and some

My Apple Watch experience (Part 1)

Like many people, I was unsure of the amount of use I would find for the new Apple Watch beyond being able to tell the time (very accurately though might I add). After some to and fro, I decided that

Apple Watch: Start Your Developer Engines

Today the first batch of Apple Watches should start shipping to those lucky few. So I thought it would be nice to have an overview of WatchKit, the development platform from Apple that allows you to build Apps for the

National Apprenticeship Week: From Apprentice to Director

Hi all, A slightly different blog this time.  As some of you will know, this week it’s National Apprenticeship Week; a governmental initiative celebrating the positive impact that apprenticeships have on businesses and individuals. So I thought I’d share the

National Apprenticeship Week: From Apprentice to Director

Hi all, A slightly different blog this time.  As some of you will know, this week it’s National Apprenticeship Week; a governmental initiative celebrating the positive impact that apprenticeships have on businesses and individuals. So I thought I’d share the