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How Brexit will affect the UK Cloud Industry

Now the dust is (slowly) starting to settle down on the UK public’s decision to exit the European Union, we wanted to determine if there were any positive effects that it could have on the UK Cloud Industry. Consistent monthly billing Since Brexit occurred, the British Pound to American Dollar conversion ate has nosedived, meaning…
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Stream Networks are G-Cloud 8 approved!

Stream Networks are delighted to announce we have been awarded G-Cloud 8 supplier status with our services available on the Digital Marketplace from Monday 1st August 2016. Public Sector organisations now have quicker access to our highly resilient Cloud Services. We have been successful with all 3 services that were submitted for consideration in both…
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Can we be more prepared for outages?

It has not been a good couple of days the Telecommunications world. Customers have been left outraged, ISP’s left helpless and everybody left in the dark. On both Wednesday 20th July and Thursday 21st July national infrastructure provider BT suffered two (TWO!!!) nationwide outages that affected thousands of customers. The official word from BT is…
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Customer Day 2016

With over 50 guests in attendance and a Hospitality Box overlooking the finishing line, the Stream Networks Customer Day 2016 can only be defined as a roaring success. There was a vibrant and bubbly atmosphere throughout (which wasn’t just down to the spicy samosas!) with everyone taking the opportunity of a day out of the…
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High Availability Cloud Storage

 High Availability Cloud Upgrade Due to continued demand for Stream Networks high availability cloud and virtual datacentre infrastructure, we are pleased to announce we have completed another upgrade to our core. This upgrade has involved the implementation of another VMWare HA cluster in to our London datacentre network. The upgrade includes over 100TB of replicated…
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Fibre Ethernet SLA Repayment

Stream Networks are delighted to announce that we are offering automatic repayments on Fibre Ethernet SLA’s. We are so confident in our Next Generation Network that we are supporting it with an industry leading Service Level Agreement. That’s right, we will automatically pay compensation on all Fibre Ethernet circuits without the need for any claims.…
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Does the UK have poor Broadband..? Or are we better off than we think?

The past few years have seen an ever growing awareness of Internet speeds. The rollout (or lack of as some may argue) of Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband has seen the demand for greater speeds increase. Those who can’t get Superfast want it, and those who can get it, want it faster. Every other week there…
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Buy your Domains, and buy them now!

Before I start, I promise this is not a Blog on American Politics, there are enough of those on the net without an uneducated 23 year old from Newbury chiming in, so please bare with me whilst i set the scene. Now, I might be a little late to the party so you’ll have to…
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Safe Harbour ruling – what it all means

In a week where Football Transfer Deadline Day took many of the headlines, businesses as big as Amazon and Facebook were bracing themselves for a very different deadline – and a significant one at that. After months of talks and a ‘crunch meeting’ spanning two days, it was announced that Europe and the US have…
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Spammers beware – Hard Fail SPF helps us fight back!

We’re already at the end of January and I’m beginning to sense that there is going to be a consistent theme for this blog in the year ahead (as Matt Shanahan predicted in our recent post) – Cyber Security, and today we look at how to protect our email using SPF (Sender Policy Framework). The message…
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How David Bowie predicted the Internet as we know it

“We’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying,” Words spoken by the late great David Bowie who sadly passed away earlier this week in an interview with Jeremy Paxman in 1996. What was to be exhilarating and terrifying? A little thing we all know as the Internet. As some of you may know, Bowie…
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What will 2016 bring..? Looking into the Stream crystal ball

2016 may already be a week old, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look into the Stream crystal call to see what will happen over the next 51 weeks. I sat down with the Senior Management at Stream Networks to hear what they think 2016 will bring. The demand for Cyber Security will increase – Matt…
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What to look for when choosing a Cloud provider?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have recently expressed concerns that some Cloud providers are breaching consumer laws. Whether this breach is a change to the price, the service or the support, recent changes to the Consumer Right Act detail that ‘providers who do not carry out work with the reasonable care, as agreed with…
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Christmas at Stream Networks

There will be no Silent Night at Stream Networks this Christmas.. Simply put, we don’t believe in network freezes. Instead, we will be working as hard as ever to maintain the efficient performance of our network. In accordance with our SLA’s, we’ll be available 24/7 over the Christmas period to support your every need. Whether…
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Can’t afford a Dedicated Internet Connection.. Think again!

“We’re too small to justify the monthly outlay” “That’s quite the jump from the £50.00 per month we’re paying now” “How much?!” All of the above are common explanations we hear from prospects when they decide against an Ethernet Fibre dedicated internet connection. Of course we recognise these are valid reasons and everyone’s budgets are…
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