Brian Kenny

After working closely with our co-location and IT services provider, Blacknight, we have proudly aquired the title of “Irelands first commercial IPv6 website” for our title http://www.menupages.ie/
As you may know, the urge to migrate to IPv6 is becoming stronger. Why? In the current internet protocol version, IPv4, we have been estimated to run out of […]

I have just received a mail from our account manager that there is a hardware failure on the eclipse stratex equipment.
The installation is on hold until next week.

 I’ve just found out from a numpty-developer, that TV’s consume 60% of their electricity whilst on stand-by. I then received an ear-full about the power of one etc
It seems it’s gotten to the stage that the UK are currently talking about ‘outlawing’ standby’s on televisions, dvd players and other electrical items. More here
How […]

Yesterday, the dish was placed on the meter high pole on the roof. The cabling was then ran down through the new trunking and into our cab.
The power to the stratex eclipse was also connected. It runs at low voltage to the PSU. This is done to allow none electrical certified engineers work on it.
Once […]

We’ve invested in Smart telecoms as our primary ISP for our office. They will provide primary telecoms and data for the office. The data connection will be via a licensed radio frequency (which took comreq quiet some time to license).
Today is day one of the installation, and the guys have got quiet alot done. Our […]

Due to current attacks on our servers, we have migrated our primary live

envoirnment to our own VLAN. This is our first mention on RIPE also It might now seem like alot for many, but this is a big step for our availablity, reliablity and operations.
Our RIPE lookup can be see here and here.
The operation […]

After much determination, hard work and testing - indublin.ie has hit the Internet. We’ve launched a Beta version to kick start things. Keep an eye on errors, listen to our user’s and what they would like more/less off to give you the best experience we can.

Data is key. With a dedicated team recruited, we’re […]

I cannot stand people that turn televisions off at the button the tele. Then you go, stretch out on the couch… crawl and squiggle about, find the remote, hit the button and… ARRRGGGHHH

Chillin’ out by the pool on my holidays, readin the new edition of wired magazine. It seems Estonia has had a bad time of it recently.

What is believed to have been a Russian attack, the entire Estonian IT infrastructure grinded to a halt. What fueled this attack? Estonia relocated the “Bronze Soldier,” a Soviet-era war […]

It’s become increasingly hard to automate backups these days. With many solutions to choose from, you would assume it would be easier.
Look at your infrastructure. Testing as many methods as possible. Make your choice based on your findings.
With a network of over 100 pc based clients, 30 odd servers and a handful of mac users, […]