http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk Providing Stress free IT Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:57:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Server racks find themselves, like iMacs and remote control Christmas lights, at the geeky junction of technology and style. Or at least, they can do. Little else has the potential to both lift the spirits, or to sadden the heart like a server rack. We've collected some of our favourite server ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/server-racks/ The blogosphere was amazed earlier this year when it realised [the true size of Google](http://highscalability.com/paper-mapreduce-simplified-data-processing-large-clusters). Think Google is the King Kong of search? Think a million King Kongs and you're getting close. Google processes 20 Petabytes of a data a day. Don't know what a Petabyte is? Check this out: An ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/googles-20-petabytes/ digg_url = 'http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/how-bittorrent-works-explained-with-cardboard-people/'; Meet the gang: Wayne, Tracy, Maxine and Leslie. They all love the Internet and use it to (legally) download all types of files, particularly movies. ...Wayne's a bit bored and really feels like watching a movie as soon as possible. This short video explains how BitTorrent can make it ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/how-bittorrent-works-explained-with-cardboard-people/ Security on the Internet is full of buzzword terminology and endless acronyms: Public keys, private keys, key exchange, SSL, SSH, PGP. In an attempt to clear up at least a little bit of the mess, we have put together a video that explains basic Diffie-Hellman key exchange using tennis balls. Everyone ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/videos/how-internet-security-works-explained-with-tennis-balls/ Isn't it easy to get confused about nameservers, registrars, domain names, ICANN, whois and so forth? The underlying concepts for building a resilient distributed network might not be too tricky, but as soon as you actually start making that network resilient, distributed and public, it can get mighty complicated. To make ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/videos/how-the-internet-works-explained-with-tennis-balls/ Welcome! Managed Networks is an [IT Support](http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/) company based in London. We have offices around the UK including [London](http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/London.aspx), [Manchester](http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/Manchester.aspx), [Liverpool](http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/Liverpool.aspx) and [Birmingham](http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/Birmingham.aspx) This blog was set up to give a light hearted look at Managed Networks and the IT Support Industry. Have a look around and check out the various videos ... http://blog.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/welcome-to-managed-networks/