David Booth

David Booth

October 23, 2014

A Layman's Guide to Cloud Computing

The idea of cloud computing is not a new one. The concept has come and gone through various guises over the years. Consequently "the cloud" can mean many things to many people and this is why it can get very confusing to even seasoned IT professio ...

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David Booth

December 5, 2014

When WANs "half fail"

Have your Internet or WAN links ever performed below the advertised specifications, but because of a lack of evidence and/or performance statistics, you were unable to prove it? Well, we recently faced such an issue and I would like to share with ...

#it-support#wan-performance

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David Booth

September 7, 2015

Predictive Analytics, a solution to knowing your Marketing ROI

There is an old adage in marketing that goes "Half the money that I spend in advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half". This has often been attributed to department store magnate and father of modern advertising ...

#centazio#machine-learning#marketing#predictive-analytics#roi

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David Booth

March 22, 2016

How Cloud Computing can save time and money in the Construction Industry

With the ending of the mining boom, Building and Construction is one of the few industries in Australia that continue to do well, however with declining productivity and the recent slowdown in new housing projects the pressure is on for constructi ...

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David Booth

July 25, 2016

Some Tips for a smooth IT Transition into a new office

Having being involved in several office moves and projects to setup IT services in the new office, I have seen some moves that have gone fairly smoothly and some moves that have been very challenging. In this blog entry I will share some of my tip ...

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David Booth

October 24, 2016

Cloud is changing the IT Professional's Skills

  The shift from "traditional" IT to cloud IT is well and truly underway. Many public, private organisations and government agencies are moving a part or all of their IT systems into the cloud. The move to the cloud has resulted in ...

#cloud-computing#devops#employment#skills

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