Internet Explorer 9 at long last....

At LONG LONG last Internet Explorer 9 has arrived and about time to!, IE 8 was just looking so old now compared with Chrome and such like, it still had a massive market share but for those in the know it was never used.

We have used the beta and RC versions of IE9 and yes it’s a massive improvement but the weird thing is it’s just nothing new, compared to Chrome IE just feels current instead of feeling years behind.

Our main complaint has been the length of time it’s taken MS to get it to RTM - in the mean time we have long left IE alone and become die hard converts to Chrome. Will we be switches back to IE? - well difficult to say at the moment, we wish you could theme it like you can with Chrome which is just one of those silly little extras that we really like. However for those websites out there that insist on us using IE - and there are a few, at least now we can enjoy that experience more!...

Download it now! - oh and for some reason MS have put it on a site under another domain which at first glance just sounds dodgy, why have they done this?? who knows....anyway the links below so get downloading:

http://www.beautyoftheweb.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

Davis IT Solutions

IT Support Leamington Spa, Warwick and Stratford upon Avon

http://www.davisitsolutions.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Small Business Server 2011

Well Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 is almost with us and so far the main improvement we can see is that is running Exchange 2010 as its email server instead of Exchange 2007.  From what we have seen with our implementations of Exchange 2010 it is much more resource friendly which is going to suit Small Business Server.

It’s also a great opportunity for those still running Small Business Server 2003 to migrate – SBS03 still makes up a large portion of our install base so many of those customers will leapfrog SBS03 straight to 2011.

More information is available here at the MS website:

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/products/servers/Pages/sbs_overview.aspx

 

Davis IT Solutions

 IT Support Coventry and Warwickshire

http://www.davisitsolutions.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dell Lead times....

 

We are getting very frustrated by the lead times on almost any piece of Dell kit at the moment.  Certain laptops are taking over three weeks to get to us which considering we can get HP next biz day is making us wonder why we are still supplying them.

The only point of note really is that you can build a Dell to your exact spec and then they manufacture it for you, hence the lead time. 

Apologises to any of our customers, and there are quite a few, who are still waiting on Dell kit, it really is out of our hands.

 

Davis IT Solutions

IT Support Coventry and Warwickshire

http://www.davisitsolutions.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too many smartphones....its all good for us...

The iPhone ins no longer the only kid on the block when it comes to smartphones, Google and now Microsoft all have credible alternatives to the mother of all smartphones.  The iPhone, as we found out yesterday, is still commanding such a high price point that it has to be making even the die-hard fan boys have a look at alternatives.  We spoke to Orange yesterday who wanted £110 for the iPhone on an 18month contract.

Can’t say we would ever recommend anyone going down the Nokia smartphone route though - this is one company that’s in DEEP trouble.

We found a decent review of the current crop of devices on CNET - link below:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/htc-hd7-vs-htc-desire-hd-vs-iphone-4-vs-nokia-n8-vs-htc-7-mozart-50001151/

 

 

Davis IT Solutions

IT Support Coventry and Warwickshire

http://www.davisitsolutions.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Kinect for Xbox 360

Ok its not strictly IT from a business perspective but you cant deny Microsoft Kinect sounds almost impossible to believe.

Checkout the review at Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/04/kinect-for-xbox-360-review

Davis IT Solutions
IT Support in Coventry and Warwickshire
www.davisitsolutions.co.uk

Interesting concept from Dell

This baby is actually going to be released…

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/04/dell-inspiron-duo-flips-its-lid-on-official-video/

 

 

Davis IT Solutions

IT Support Coventry and Warwickshire

www.davisitsolutions.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud Security

Great article on cloud computing security on the ITPRO website - link below:

http://www.itpro.co.uk/628204/is-cloud-computing-secure

Davis IT Solutions

IT Support Coventry and Warwickshire

http://www.davisitsolutions.co.uk