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Something new… @OctagonT

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Something new... iPhone 6S

If I can get this new phone set up tonight, this will be the last “photo of the day” taken on the iPhone 5.

The challenge is that I am away for a couple of days on a course in Bath and I only have my Windows 10 tablet with me. I have installed iTunes on it and my iTunes database is on a removable hard drive. My problem may be that I have a single USB port on a dongle for the tablet and things will have to work with a USB hub I have packed.

If things do not work out then this will be the last but one photo taken on my iPhone 5!

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Office 365 – @OctagonT

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So far today I have been sorting out an issue a client is having with their Office 365 subscription. Microsoft has done away with the plan the client was using and Microsoft have auto-renewed them into a new plan. Sounds OK except the licenses on the PCs are not updating correctly! So now we are fixing the issue.

Office 365 - @OctagonT

Even though there are the occasional issues with it, I still think Office 365 is a great product. At Octagon Technology we use it fully, across all the devices we use including iOS, Android and Linux, using all the tools including OneDrive, Skype and our favourite app OneNote. One if the best things about it is that we are not now asked to keep reinstalling Office from a CD, where the licenses have already been used, that is being passed around an office!

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Today’s photo – for tomorrow’s article by Octagon Technology @OctagonT

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Photo for Octagon Technology @OctagonT

Kamila asked me to produce a photo for her to illustrate an article she has written for Octagon Technology about safe online shopping on Black Friday. The article is going to be published in various places on Thursday and Friday this week and it will also be on Octagon’s blog.

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Here is the reason you need a backup plan…

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Backup hard drive broken Lincolnshire

Octagon Technology has gained a new client this week. That is not news as we regularly have new people coming to us for help. The news is that our new client’s backup is on this portable hard drive, which has failed and they were depending on this backup because their laptop has broken down!

Fortunately we were able to take the laptop apart and have recovered their information directly from the hard drive – so there is a happy ending to this story.

A backup on a single portable device is not a backup. If you want to know what a dependable backup is, then call Kamila on 01522 797520 and over a coffee she will be happy to tell you.

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Another early start… @OctagonT @AlanSearle @BGHRServices

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…another sunrise.

Another sunrise

Today, Kamila and I have an early morning meeting with Carol, David, Alan and Lisa about our forthcoming “Technology Generation Gap” seminar. But first a latte.

Coffee

Then the Skype conference call.

Octagon Technology - B&G HR - Yorkshire Psychology Service
Using the technology we are going to be looking at – Octagon Technology, B&G HR and Yorkshire Psychology Service Skype conference.

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