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Windows 8 gets summer preview

Webmaster — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:17:50 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 will receive it’s release preview in June.

As well as sporting a brand-new interface without the now traditional “Start” button they have also announced a version to run on ARM-based processors found in mobile devices.

It is widely expected that the replacement to Windows 7 will be released in October.

This month also marks the 2 years until extended support for Windows XP will finish.

Programming for Primaries

Webmaster — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:56:38 +0000

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web. http://scratch.mit.edu

Star Gazing

Webmaster — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:24:45 +0000

Explore the night sky, visit planets in our solar system and look at distant constellations, all from the comfort of your PC with the Microsoft WorldWide Telescope: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org

SIMS Issues

Webmaster — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:22:07 +0000

After last week’s outage SIMS is very busy during the census period. Please be aware that login times may be slow and Capita have confirmed that the system is hanging when validating the census.

Computing in Schools

Webmaster — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:23:33 +0000

The Royal Society has released its report on the current provision of teaching Computing in schools. Watch the interview with Steve Furber, designer of the BBC Micro:

Download the full report here.

Data Centre servers powered down

Webmaster — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:06:42 +0000

Poynter has switched off the last of our hosted physical servers after completing a major project to migrate all our hosted email customers over to Google Apps.

We have had a data centre presence for over 10 years, completing a move to Greenwich a few years ago.

The move will allow us to offer a much more complete email and collaboration service and focus on looking after our shiny new virtual servers, which have taken over the remaining work.

Blackberry Back?

Webmaster — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:58:36 +0000

RIM has posted the following announcement following the outage over the last few days.

It appears that the issues were just limited to BIS emails and their BBM service. Customers with a BES activated Blackberry were unaffected.

Its likely that the backlog of emails will take sometime to clear.

Online Backup Service

Webmaster — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:59:16 +0000

Poynter is pleased to announce the launch of our second cloud service. Our online backup service provides quick, secure disaster recovery without the need for changing and storing tapes or other media.

You can find more information here.

Google Apps Reseller

Webmaster — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:20:39 +0000

Poynter is now an Authorised Google Apps Reseller. The Google Apps suite provides email and collaboration services over the Internet, removing the need for an on-site server. This is our first major cloud offering for business and education. You can find more information here.

More cloud services will be announced shortly, check back soon for details on our Cloud Backup Service.

New Engineer

Webmaster — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:43:10 +0000

Poynter are pleased to announce that Mark has joined our team of engineers at our head office in Norwich.

Mark will be involved in day-to-day support calls as well as utilising his skills for managing our hosting servers and our customer’s Linux servers.

His appointment will also enable us to refine the Cloud services that we already offer; more information coming soon…