Apple have been busy in the past twenty-four hours, releasing minor updates to several products including iLife, and the iPhone SDK as well as a firmware update for their wireless keyboards. iLife Support 9.0.4 iLife...
Garry Watson
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- Manchester, UK
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- 09 November 2001
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Biography
I am IT Infrastructure Manager for a public sector organisation in the United Kingdom, having previously worked in similar roles across Europe for companies such as Dell and GCap Media.
My role here at Neowin is to attempt to enlighten others to what working in IT for a large organisation or business is really like, and to demonstrate some of the ongoing challenges enterprises have when trying to introduce new technology, implement change, support and train end users and generally cope with the moving target that is IT.
I hold MCSE, CCNA and CCNP ISCW qualifications, amongst others, but my job role is now more focussed on strategic service delivery rather than the day-to-day running of systems.
It might surprise you to learn that while I'm a big advocate of Microsoft's products in the workplace, I am a dedicated Mac user and Apple fanatic at home. Hopefully, therefore, I have a foot firmly in each camp and have a balanced view when their products go head-to-head.
In December Microsoft switched off their aging Microsoft Volume Licensing Site (MVLS) and transitioned users to its new Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). The switchover had been planned for some time but was immediately hit...
Microsoft is reportedly readying to release a beta version of the next component in their Unified Communications 'Wave 14' suite. Wave 14 includes Exchange Server 2010, Office 2010, Sharepoint Server 2010 and Office Communications Server...
Adobe has recently come in for criticism regarding its implementation of Flash support for OS X. Steve Jobs himself has been vocally critical of Adobe's browser plugins for Safari, blaming Flash as the number one...
During their press event on 27th January Apple announced that their tablet device, the iPad, would utilise micro SIM cards. Until now most operators and handset makers have opted to use mini-SIM cards which have...
Microsoft issued a new security advisory on Wednesday, warning of a potential flaw in Internet Explorer which could allow third-parties access to data. "Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a...
On Tuesday, Neowin reported that's Sony Ericsson's 'Aspen' handset would be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Details on the point release to Microsoft's mobile OS are scarce but it was widely believed that version 6.6...
Eighteen months after the launch of the iPhone 3G in the UK, early adopters are now able to upgrade their handset, switch tariffs or change networks with all of the major carriers providing sim-only deals...
The random shutdown issue is caused by the heatsink expanding and coming into contact with the logic board. This issue may take anywhere between a few weeks and a few months to become apparent as...
Thanks to Garry for the heads up in the forums Lionhead Studios, headed up by the legendary Peter Molyneux of Theme Park and Fable fame, today announced that the sequel to their...