Synetrix-Web Mail Update 23/4/2008

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Apr 24th, 2008

Latest Report regarding Web Mail

23/04/2008 17:48:23 - EMH
 

Following advice from our storage platform vendor, work was completed on the evening of 22nd April to speed up disk throughput on the EMH systems.  These changes did not show any immediate effect this morning, however we are now seeing throughput increases as the changes take effect on new data written to disk.

We are also now adding additional I/O capacity, which will further improve the performance of webmail and email delivery

Synetrix Web Hosting Upgrade

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Apr 23rd, 2008

Hold on to your hats folks…it might be a bumpy ride next week 

Update 23/4/2008 

The Synetrix / LGFL Web Hosting upgrade scheduled for Thursday 24th April 2008, has been postponed in light of the pending National teachers strike, along with the current Email Hosting issue. Schools are reporting to us that they wish to communicate to parents, the affect of such a strike on their school, via this LGFL hosted service. Access will therefore be restored within the next 30 minutes. This upgrade has been re-scheduled to take place the following week, starting Tuesday 29th April, with a targeted completion date of Friday 2nd May. I hope that you agree that this is a sensible approach. Should you wish to discuss this further then please do not hesitate in contacting the Synetrix support team on 0870 300 4010

Synetrix Email Issues 22/4/2008 (again)

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Apr 22nd, 2008

Bromley Schools

Update

22/04/2008 17:04:02 - EMH
 
We are still experiencing issues with the LGFL EMH Platform.  Synetrix technical teams have been in discussions with our hardware storage vendor, and they have suggested a platform configuration change for this evening.  This work will take place at around 20:00.We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience that these performance issues are causing users. 

Latest information update.

It is my melancholy duty to report that there is a major problem with Synetrix’s email exchange server which has resulted in the following message from the Talk2Synetrix web site

We are investigating issues with the Email platform whereby users will be experiencing slow connectivity and connection errors.  Engineers are working on the issues and we hope to have this resolved very soon. The lead call for this issue is 138116.

For further information please contact the CSC on: 0870 300 4010

I share your irritation  and I can assure you that the issue will be raised at the next LGFL Director’s meeting.

In the meantime you can track the progress of the job by visiting the Customer service site (http://www.talk2synetrix.com ) logging in with your name and password.

If you are unsure about login names and passwords please email me.

Unfortunately the only way I can share this information with our schools is through the ictbromley blog site which is thankfully a Synetrix free zone.

In the meantime if you want to express your opinions about the service please feel free to use the comments area.

LGFL London Technician’s Conference 17th March 2008

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Feb 28th, 2008

Message from Brian Durrant (LGFL Director)

Following the success of this event in earlier years, the London ICT Technicians’ Conference is this year being held in two sittings, morning and afternoon.  The very comfortable seats at the high-tech Auditorium within the BT national HQ are being quickly taken up, but as yet about 100 seats remain

The programme which is aimed at school network managers and details of venue and how to book are attached.  In previous years this event has been greatly appreciated and the preparations for this year will not disappoint.
We are particularly grateful to Penny Patterson and members of L2ICT Environment Group for all the thought and preparation they have put into arranging this conference.

We are also grateful to Atomwide which has agreed to sponsor the lunch for both the morning and afternoon conferences.

We look forward to seeing many of you there.Click here to download the program

LGfL Technical Update Conference

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Feb 19th, 2008

17th March 2008

BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street. London EC1A 7AJ

The last conference was highly oversubscribed, so in order to offer this opportunity to as many technical colleagues as possible we will be running this conference twice, using the morning and afternoon slots.   Sessions so far will include: Sophos update, e-safety – technical solutions, MLE update, equipment security.

Click here to book

Windows Server 2003 Operating Tips

Posted by Andrew Ferrier on Feb 8th, 2008

For Network Managers and Technicians

This free article contains top tips to help you navigate your way around Windows 2003 with ease, saving yourself valuable time with:

  • System shortcuts
  • Advanced features
  • Configuring taskbars
  • Troubleshooting ‘Error’ messages

Click the following link

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/W2K3_tips.htm