Three Bears IT Consultancy

Archive for December, 2009

We have been working closely with the Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (LMBRU) to create a number of internal and external facing web sites to support the implementation of their IS/IT strategy and to subsequently support their bid to become a biomedical research centre.

Based around Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the newly created Extranet site provides the facility to securely upload and share documents and information between collaborative partners; facilitating closer working relations and building a foundation upon which to build more complex data capture programmes.

The Extranet system provides dedicated sub sites for individual projects with the ability to upload documents via email, Windows Explorer as well as the typical Upload features of SharePoint 2007.  The system also makes use of SharePoint’s security trimming functionality to ensure that only authorised users are able to view a particular sub site by hiding any information, functions and documents to which the user does not have access.

In this way, users must know the exact URL of the collaboration site and have an authorised username and password before gaining entry.  Once successfully logged in, system auditing ensures that any unusual access is identified at an early stage and ensures the administrators can fine tune the security permissions where appropriate.

The system also allows anonymous access to the home page providing visitors with background information on the mission of the LMBRU along with links to a support wiki and various online training courses.

More information is available from the LMBRU Business Systems Analyst.

Insight UK are offering a raft of last minute bargains on laptops with £10 off a range of laptops between £200 and £1000.

More information available from the Insight XMAS10 Promotion Page.

Following on from problems last month, with some parents not having their eVoucher accounts credited until after November 20th (some 3 weeks after their wages were debited) it would seem that gremlins have again been at work with the replacement BusyBees childcare system.

A document published by NHS Information Governance providing NHS organisations with a general awareness of the associated risks of blogging and social networking that may potentially affect the effectiveness of local services.

Available here.

If you’ve ever arrived at an important meeting or presentation to realise that you left your USB memory stick on the kitchen table, then LogMeIn can come to your rescue. Likewise, if you’re planning to set up a remote IT support team, LogMeIn can help. If you’re tired of popping three doors along to give Mr Jenkins IT support every time he installs something free from the Internet, then again LogMeIn is your saviour.

LogMeIn is a web based service which allows you to take remote access of any machines on the LogMeIn network via your standard web browser – Firefox users need to install a plug-in.  Essentially, you sign up to a free account on the LogMeIn web site, open your emails to confirm your identity and install the application from the web site.  Subsequently, install the application onto all the machines you need to connect to – premium versions of the software also allow remote connection to iPhones and other similar devices.

Once installed, LogMeIn runs as a background process in your taskbar.  Open to console and get access to any machine running the application which you’ve registered against your account.  Premium versions give you the option of transferring files from your remote computer to your local computer, but users of the free version can just load up a web browser/Microsoft Outlook and email them across.

Three Bears IT support a range of systems and users utilising this technology and in the current economic climate, it pays to reduce both your carbon footprint and expensive travel costs.