tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60706305003387363892024-03-22T00:54:54.647+00:00Wildcard Networks: Inside OutThe day-to-day blog of Wildcard Networks, a North East of England based Internet Service Provider / Datacentre Operator showing an insight into our products and developments.Lee Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183765553864486716noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-72243947027392016732017-04-13T15:07:00.000+01:002017-04-13T15:07:40.307+01:00Wildcard FibreConnect<i>We have been told Openreach is bringing fibre broadband to the area years ago, but we haven't heard or seen anything since.</i> Here at Wildcard this is something that we hear regularly from our customers and partners. Often areas like this are held in the ether of Openreach's roll-out with very little in the way of simple answers of when businesses and home owners can access high-speed, reliable fibre broadband. FibreConnect is Wildcard's solution that provides fibre broadband to areas with a dedicated and transparent roll-out strategy.<br />
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The service offers speeds of upto 100Mbps download in FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) areas and 200Mbps download in FTTP (Fibre To The Premise) areas. The technology used is based on what is best for the location ensuring the service is affordable and provides great performance to the end-user.<br />
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Orion Business Park located in North Shields recently had Wildcard's first FTTC cabinet installed giving over 50 businesses access to high-speed, affordable broadband. Installation costs for customers are kept low by using existing BT phone lines to connect to the cabinet. Even with the FibreConnect service using the line, customers can continue to use their telephone services as before.<br />
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Next Wildcard is planning a FTTC roll-out to parts of North Tyne Industrial Estate aimed completion is before the end of 2017. Similar to the installation at Orion Business Park access to customers will be provided through BT phone lines avoiding any hard to swallow installation fees.<br />
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How do I get FibreConnect in my area? It's simple, just register interest for your area by emailing info@wildcard.net.uk or contact us on 0333 344 8088 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)and tell us where you are and that you want FibreConnect (a feature for this will be added to our new website expected this summer). Once we get a little bit of interest from your area we will do the rest, scoping out the full scale of demand, how it would be achievable and when we would be able to get it up and running. So get your neighbors and community groups in touch! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-33049454967379389682016-07-25T13:20:00.001+01:002016-07-25T13:20:59.597+01:00Reliance House Data Centre Phase 2 WorksPhase 2 works at our Reliance House data centre are nearing completion bringing upgraded cooling capacity, scalability and intelligent control to our HVAC system. Along with this, the building's facilities are also being revamped including a new breakout room for customers to work and relax in. The breakout room will contain a sofa seating area and TV along with a desktop terminal for customers to work remotely on their systems outside of the noisy data centre environment whilst being close to their equipment in the event that something goes wrong. Other facility changes include a general aesthetic improvement throughout the compound and building. Pictures are to follow once the works have been completed. Subscribe to be kept up to date on the latest at Wildcard Networks. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-48889146814904367752016-05-11T10:17:00.001+01:002016-05-11T10:17:54.646+01:00Wildcard’s 10Gb NTT IP Transit Goes LiveEarlier this week Wildcard added NTT to its IP Transit Providers alongside its Level3 and Cogent 10Gb transit. The addition of which brings further resilience, diversity and network capacity to the network ensuring Wildcard’s data centre Reliance House stays one of the best connected data centres in the North East of England.<br />
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The addition of NTT brings Wildcard’s external transit capacity to 40Gb alongside IX Manchester and LINX (London Internet Exchange) connections with peers including Apple Inc., Virgin Media and Microsoft Corporation.<br />
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Our LiveWave Broadband service provides high-speed wireless broadband to areas that are unable to access high-speed Internet. We can presently delivery up to 40Mb broadband speeds using our standard service (with higher speeds available on our enhanced managed wireless service). Our service up until recently has centered around business customers unable to achieve the speeds they require (in particular upload speeds).</div>
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A Northumberland community is bringing its own solution to their broadband woes with help from the Village SOS Big Lottery Fund. The residents of Newton and Bywell have secured £10019 of grant funding under the Village SOS scheme, which is to be used, in part, to develop their broadband services.</div>
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Anne Moyle, local resident and chair of Newton and Bywell Connects explains: “A Parish planning exercise was undertaken last year, involving all 148 households in the parish. From this, it was clear that inadequate broadband services and rising fuel charges were the two biggest issues for our community. We have now formed a local member scheme to obtain bulk buying discounts on fuel and have looked at various alternatives to address the broadband situation”</div>
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The group formed a community enterprise and initially applied for funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) under their Rural Community Broadband Fund. Unfortunately, this early bid was unsuccessful. Undeterred, the group applied to the Village SOS scheme, operated by the Big Lottery Fund, which has now proved a success.</div>
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Anne explained: “We began a test phase earlier this summer to provide a wireless broadband service in partnership with Wildcard Networks. Wildcard have been providing a wireless broadband network to the nearby Newcastle University site at Nafferton Farm and offered to extend this to 20 properties in the parish. The first homes were connected at the end of August, and the results have been excellent.”</div>
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The funding from the Village SOS project will allow the community to install wireless relay hubs throughout the parish, essentially creating a wireless mesh to extend the reach of the network to more properties.</div>
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Anne added: “We now provide a free internet service from our community hall where we consistently achieve download speeds of 20 mbps and upload speeds of 8 mbps. This is in a totally different league from what we could expect with the previous service where most of our residents achieved less than 1mbps. Working in partnership with Wildcard under their LiveWave Broadband service we will extend this service to more homes in 2013.”</div>
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The rest of the grant funding is to be used to offer a range of support to local residents including computer and internet training, as well as promoting the activities of the Community Enterprise. With an enthusiastic group within the Parish it means that they have a number of plans for the forthcoming year.</div>
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Anne added: “We’ve come a long way with the project so far. By attempting to resolve the broadband issue we have brought together residents of all ages and</div>
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The award of the Village SOS grant has shown what working together and determination can achieve. “</div>
Lee Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183765553864486716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-11693208893954434172012-11-04T21:58:00.000+00:002012-11-04T22:07:29.622+00:00The Reliance House Datacentre - Work well underwayI'm pleased to announce that work on our second Newcastle upon Tyne datacentre facility 'Reliance House' is well under way. The facility is located within minutes of the city centre and benefits from improved security and connectivity options.<br />
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Over the past few weeks major civils works has taken place to bring connectivity to the site. The facility is located around 150 metres away from a major fibre route out of the Newcastle city centre, where numerous third-party providers have fibre (including C&W, Geo, Level3). We took the decision to employ directional drilling as opposed to trenching the 150 metres required to install a private duct back to our facility - this will be used by the providers to bring their fibre optic cables directly to our site.</div>
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Other work included on-site duct installation for BT Openreach, Virgin Media, and Northern Powergrid (who will supply utility power to the facility from the adjacent sub-station)</div>
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Lee Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183765553864486716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-40024653083326915332012-06-24T21:19:00.001+01:002012-06-24T21:24:48.404+01:00LiveWave expands Northumberland coverage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEu7nqPzDWokvwYHG1mMjMr3ZaxdUyVDMdBTXHBbT4GKncfr44FLtZRS6Wp5BoGNLwbAcBMgeIxveAAEpaXyf5T0jdO7QnYezx8ErmOo7NQM7uU47pha7yW26-8LPLpRUorQGMqN2p_s/s1600/LiveWave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEu7nqPzDWokvwYHG1mMjMr3ZaxdUyVDMdBTXHBbT4GKncfr44FLtZRS6Wp5BoGNLwbAcBMgeIxveAAEpaXyf5T0jdO7QnYezx8ErmOo7NQM7uU47pha7yW26-8LPLpRUorQGMqN2p_s/s200/LiveWave.jpg" width="185" /></a>Wildcard Networks are pleased to announce that during July 2012 our LiveWave product delivering high speed broadband speeds using wireless technology will expand further into Northumberland along the A69 corridor. Commercial services are available to order now through our network of IT partners, with residential packages available to order online in the coming weeks.<br />
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Additional transmission equipment will be installed during July and will provide key coverage of Newton, Bywell, Stocksfield, and extended coverage as far west as Hexham. Speeds of up to 30Mb will be available on residential packages and 40Mb on commercial packages.<br />
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We were contacted at the beginning of the year to provide a demonstration of the LiveWave service by Anne Moyle who chairs the Newton & Bywell Connects social enterprise. Local residents in Newton struggle to achieve 1Mb using traditional broadband technologies, at the demonstration we achieved 40Mb utilising temporary radio equipment. <span style="background-color: white;">It's thanks to the local community and the social enterprise whom we've been working closely with that this project is going ahead.</span><br />
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Without cold aisle containment the air-conditioned air mixed with other warmer air from hot aisles and the rest of the room, the result is that the ambient temperature in the cold aisle increases, leading to less effective cooling. Cold aisle containment ensures the air entering the cold aisle is kept segregated from the other warmer air as much as possible.</div>
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Previously our Air Handling Units recirculated the air within the datacentre, temporary duct work has been installed to the units to circulate fresh outdoor air effectively providing totally free cooling when the outdoor temperature is low.</div>
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The results so far over the past few weeks have shown a 60% increase in the efficiency of our HVAC system. This is probably helped by our fairly poor summer weather at the moment.</div>
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We've had a few issues along the way, mainly with rack-mount equipment incorrectly mounted in reverse (more specifically switches installed at the rear of racks), but these have been overcome and more work will continue in the coming weeks with installation of permanent ducting.</div>Lee Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183765553864486716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-75025543442110458922011-01-21T13:49:00.006+00:002012-06-24T20:30:02.687+01:00LiveWave Broadband Goes Live in Newcastle City Centre<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMDYH76ovw_HJh-WSuefROvqDsecs9_miy9ipz_oaYZnjOBJ_iaemBx4bv6iguV_4Cxkevgthq6AeE9d7oQKYit6v4g5GVAcqgyZSRFUoYQBIEk8RMwHRqw2pPPKmZtMosLIS-wX46ko/s1600/livewave.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564637644354017122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMDYH76ovw_HJh-WSuefROvqDsecs9_miy9ipz_oaYZnjOBJ_iaemBx4bv6iguV_4Cxkevgthq6AeE9d7oQKYit6v4g5GVAcqgyZSRFUoYQBIEk8RMwHRqw2pPPKmZtMosLIS-wX46ko/s320/livewave.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 186px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildcard Networks</span> is proud to announce that we have extended our reach and have now added Newcastle City Centre into our coverage portfolio.</div>
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We currently have several businesses already in the City centre that benefit from this service, and they have expressed how pleased they are with the speeds achieved.</div>
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LiveWave is a commercial wireless product which enables businesses to receive up to <span style="font-weight: bold;">50Mb Broadband</span> up and down at a cost effective price.</div>
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It has becoming increasingly more apparent that the London Price bug is creeping up the country and more and more of the North West datacentres are now adopting similar pricing, this is only adding to the increasing justification for businesses to source outside these areas to achieve fair and affordable pricing.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Again we have seen a major development over the past few years in the pricing of connectivity, receiving rocketing price cuts due to a saturated wholesale market place. What seems very apparent that many of the providers / resellers are not passing these excellent savings onto the end clients. The Datacentre market in the north east of England has seen a massive increase in business and enquires for these reasons and we can only see it become more feasible to businesses to commute that little bit further to take advantage of the clear price differences between the northern datacentres compared to the North West and Southern facilities with regards to rack space, collocation and managed services.</div><div class="MsoNormal">With that said we are geared up and ready for 2011 and invite businesses to contact us to receive information and pricing for our NE5 Facility to see how this can be a very lucrative investment to you and your organisation.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:enquiries@wildcard.net.uk">enquiries@wildcard.net.uk</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">0845 165 15 10</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-34063292919305513922010-09-14T14:42:00.009+01:002010-09-14T19:50:27.680+01:00LiveWave Goes Live!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDcjZY7_uN5kPDyzq6W60X16ixt55vzu7jYHS5tVUf5ufCEeUsg8VGJZYn70rTQ2zIOKkBHVu4TX2uK5bs4-xuQeVPSz2pU1S6L4iFbjTwpSr7NDcN7Zgvq9pq8pBVRNtxAKkUNwdExkG/s1600/FreeWave.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516767486455911586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDcjZY7_uN5kPDyzq6W60X16ixt55vzu7jYHS5tVUf5ufCEeUsg8VGJZYn70rTQ2zIOKkBHVu4TX2uK5bs4-xuQeVPSz2pU1S6L4iFbjTwpSr7NDcN7Zgvq9pq8pBVRNtxAKkUNwdExkG/s200/FreeWave.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The past few months has seen our new service offering LiveWave take shape. LiveWave provides high-speed fixed Internet access to properties by using state-of-the-art wireless equipment at unbelievable speeds. The equipment is small and unobtrusive and the service is available to both residential and business users.<br /><br /><br /><br />We recently completed an installation at Nafferton Farm for Newcastle University's Farming Group. The property previously struggled to get broadband speeds of over 512kbps due to the telephone line distance from the exchange. Our installation was able to offer them 20Mb access both upload and download as a commercial installation - A 40x improvement over the previous speed.<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516767974778242018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZAqBKNJE6kdXtYId5wUDDofGwBkXhcztYSMWOiiv3Xkq8DLHpJ_G1ldY4VnIy4JmiggccQUryRQeLtECVLxDTbMFN90WuBxQBTP-H0G04hbgOJF10fEjhSnjlPue4RzyAgOHPQ0uGvbC/s320/31082010219.jpg" /><br /></p><br />The service is rolling out across key areas in Northumberland / Tyne Valley / Tyne and Wear, namely areas suffering from poor internet access speeds using traditional ADSL technology. Our next major rollout is Heddon-on-the-Wall during October, we'll be able to provide internet access speeds of up to 40Mb compared to the average of 1Mb available in the area presently. Full availability can be obtained by contact us on 0845 165 1510 or visiting the LiveWave site.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-68673316275727380232010-05-12T19:05:00.005+01:002010-05-12T19:15:51.708+01:00New Generator DeliveryWe've recently taken delivery and connected up a new diesel generator. The generator will provided power for the datacentre facility in the event of a prolonged power outage.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCY5eoi33aV-am0mzhIsWswgyj4DlV_LfIdNVNpvPLYBBzO4iA7uaIaHtGLxBfG0tFCDr3PL4HZ7NJhCwicPzF6cXSC21IeFiBOSi8Q5Fpm719ZiZSX3ATcA83xx2nqnh0QI4VfYrtEkME/s200/15042010138.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470448154856321634" /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUldQ2bB1oIidjun2yL9V9Ux62S27iZq1MTyJrPSXNn28dhMafkP5nQn9HgFbuQrZ1AVsRbKu3pJBpgRZ6XylGvji3Qy6ZayYF2Pl-716532Ypfj9Qf6aT7w1TRZB43grS5ciIya-qakH/s200/10042010121.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470448075948404322" /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZQubVr-Db2HDP-wBlCvAZFA3xdlV0HNQ6KiuBt9LVvRpKToOmTVnGD3b224e7ZMBfanKCuzVP-x7GckFxeCtX0t-xWtc4e-4SsO1MOs5hzx26vFskiP_cidK2VrrjUaodUCf8xpuKVRx/s200/10042010120.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470447866785609202" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-14450346275128325682010-01-18T14:07:00.002+00:002010-01-18T14:15:29.949+00:00Additional Connection - Lower LatencyToday BT have just completed installation of their tail circuit to provide additional connectivity to our NE5 Datacentre. This connection is provided directly to Telecity Harbour Exchange 6/7 (HEX6/7), and compliments our existing diverse connectivity to Manchester.<br /><br />Between Christmas and New Year, Virgin Media also completed splice work on our primary connection to Manchester, which reduced our round-trip latency to 4ms to Manchester. The additional connection to London should provide round-trip latency in the region of 8ms to London from Newcastle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-965756185691720932009-09-11T13:29:00.008+01:002009-09-11T14:21:15.821+01:00NE5 Datacentre - Newcastle<p><br /><table border="0"><br /><tr><td valign="top"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW5F_oDTzMTf8TG2iwQFrftgekCtbOU9-X9Wnw43jxS5RTHm-ZEUs_mK4bX-f9MoQQWCMfIZbiDLkhNkfg_l8JMBG7DetMxsVeQ2TsxH7PoKNa-p4rONBMoR_GXWCW_TA5l2-6-3KmyJI/s1600-h/10092009002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380196100825765058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW5F_oDTzMTf8TG2iwQFrftgekCtbOU9-X9Wnw43jxS5RTHm-ZEUs_mK4bX-f9MoQQWCMfIZbiDLkhNkfg_l8JMBG7DetMxsVeQ2TsxH7PoKNa-p4rONBMoR_GXWCW_TA5l2-6-3KmyJI/s320/10092009002.jpg" hspace="5" /></a><br /><br /></td><br /><td valign="top"><br /><br /><br />It's been a while since we posted on here and I pleased to announce that our NE5 Datacentre is ready for business! The first customers started putting equipment in the facility early in the week.<br /><br />I'm pleased that we'll now be able to offer quality colocation and hosting in the North East at a realistic price - unlike many of our local competitors.<br /><br />I've included some photos below. The facility features Inergen gas fire suppression system, N+1 UPS, on-site diesel generator, diverse fibre connectivity, and N+1 cooling. Cost effective Internet Bandwidth/Transit is available, and Ethernet connectivity is also available to Manchester (IFL2 / Telecity) facilities, and London facilities.<br /><br />Space is available from 1U to full racks, just drop me a line if you would like a visit or more info!<br /></td></tr></table><br /></p><br /><br /><table border="0"><br /><tr><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D8_HWVjF5j6sriwl_oLwMpg36GngOeJLKqy7Lyrei4zon4Zaw3-I9k_wVezRJ4tRuE0yCU9vu5qrSzF5U4cWZSlDO6eqZTrj4DsH-q79jrgI0mIOFJBsStCN-wO6YkiHl1FtrGad1px_/s1600-h/10092009005.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380196621585018498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D8_HWVjF5j6sriwl_oLwMpg36GngOeJLKqy7Lyrei4zon4Zaw3-I9k_wVezRJ4tRuE0yCU9vu5qrSzF5U4cWZSlDO6eqZTrj4DsH-q79jrgI0mIOFJBsStCN-wO6YkiHl1FtrGad1px_/s320/10092009005.jpg" /></a><br /></td><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-DWwXsV679jXCO8twlsPHC1uKk3AkdIg9DgcyPyPuwmym6QF6yJmiLgyU7krvyIVc_9uzsE3RNfZ8agCtlOigc1i26fnEEleWbPYYkNvsIh04RFb5nhh8LUQEvsMeGfKVnbTdehZEjuq/s1600-h/10092009001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380196618863297730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-DWwXsV679jXCO8twlsPHC1uKk3AkdIg9DgcyPyPuwmym6QF6yJmiLgyU7krvyIVc_9uzsE3RNfZ8agCtlOigc1i26fnEEleWbPYYkNvsIh04RFb5nhh8LUQEvsMeGfKVnbTdehZEjuq/s320/10092009001.jpg" /></a><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EryBfHFt7vG3FLlm5YgCjlz1YSWGf2DBTPaeS7Z6z1u_fxsAwjCsjngedhnlYecyK6KFLBvXzLg9hkx3SaKDdqrTEsLmnrdd4UqI89l0jYsIy5TN895uK7pvAbymBsCg3ky-LRQzkZXU/s1600-h/10092009015.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380196636182846866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EryBfHFt7vG3FLlm5YgCjlz1YSWGf2DBTPaeS7Z6z1u_fxsAwjCsjngedhnlYecyK6KFLBvXzLg9hkx3SaKDdqrTEsLmnrdd4UqI89l0jYsIy5TN895uK7pvAbymBsCg3ky-LRQzkZXU/s320/10092009015.jpg" /></a><br /></td><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRAaO4YPLmIijxoiWbVFXf3P4V9cus4jr6ZCLISiyy-udEpZwz64Ra8azQo70d04oYxhT8aRezvmKEqknw5onP2FyI6k8OXJjbWYcnKDvudJZV5KieVpM09kDpubXTHZGlBxwz-mLcLJb/s1600-h/10092009014.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRAaO4YPLmIijxoiWbVFXf3P4V9cus4jr6ZCLISiyy-udEpZwz64Ra8azQo70d04oYxhT8aRezvmKEqknw5onP2FyI6k8OXJjbWYcnKDvudJZV5KieVpM09kDpubXTHZGlBxwz-mLcLJb/s1600-h/10092009014.jpg"></a><br /></td></tr><br /></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-28580148352790393642009-06-18T21:00:00.002+01:002009-06-18T21:10:50.575+01:00Datacentre: UpdateWell things are coming along quite nicely... This week has seen the decorators finishing most of the walls. The main room looks so different from a few weeks ago with the flooring in and painted walls.<br /><br />More power kit turned up today, along with our electrical contractors WM Engineering to discuss cable runs with our cable team (most of the cable work is being done in-house).<br /><br />We had a visit from a Project Engineer at Tyco who are installing the Inergen Fire Suppression system to finalise pipe runs and take final measurements.<br /><br />Next worry will be early next week when the Air Con indoor units arrive on Tuesday, turns out they won't fit in the buildings lift and they weigh 250kg each, so it's going to be a hell of a job to get them up the stairs! And I wanted Tuesday off!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-28321819654953530042009-06-17T10:34:00.005+01:002009-06-17T10:45:44.306+01:00Arrival of our UPSSince our last post we've been getting everything sorted for the arrival of the various systems needed to make the data centre safe, secure, and resilient. The anti-static flooring has now been laid and we have taken delivery of the first installment of our UPS!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovNe6slPtRptkggiPH_64EYDxyhho0gN4rhWkKMh_Je_3ok0YjYvwwV-e2nvNpCJ6_RC9cdHFRtA3On8QeuEMWEusC-jByB1dbkl-8YUmAlXfXUViQ09yEl32I0UaT1p9TFcgo_zCi2U/s1600-h/11062009173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovNe6slPtRptkggiPH_64EYDxyhho0gN4rhWkKMh_Je_3ok0YjYvwwV-e2nvNpCJ6_RC9cdHFRtA3On8QeuEMWEusC-jByB1dbkl-8YUmAlXfXUViQ09yEl32I0UaT1p9TFcgo_zCi2U/s320/11062009173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348229708869929554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnyTShqurkjM0qBW12zt7srsAW8WI5uU72FvnTo1Q4VcLdKeDb3tVRyWU7lnjrFkQMQiukcwTq4qXuyRtpLNELIyyEZW6f2g716sbbJAPfCHTTXCNplUnqt9j9g1TRnTRW6OzTsLATww/s1600-h/11062009175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnyTShqurkjM0qBW12zt7srsAW8WI5uU72FvnTo1Q4VcLdKeDb3tVRyWU7lnjrFkQMQiukcwTq4qXuyRtpLNELIyyEZW6f2g716sbbJAPfCHTTXCNplUnqt9j9g1TRnTRW6OzTsLATww/s320/11062009175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348228539822221714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-znddTbP2sMk1G-NrZioR9l1xdscz_YAVkOCT-H19wmbQx12vUCvc_Q2pTYOueRpLpmGEROjBn70fR6hLxakOlqzfDwc7V4LgWOEugcBnzeQIL81O9MtS7znpeR3Gi25iyPRnys9gio/s1600-h/11062009179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-znddTbP2sMk1G-NrZioR9l1xdscz_YAVkOCT-H19wmbQx12vUCvc_Q2pTYOueRpLpmGEROjBn70fR6hLxakOlqzfDwc7V4LgWOEugcBnzeQIL81O9MtS7znpeR3Gi25iyPRnys9gio/s320/11062009179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348228546822651714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We have also started to take delivery of other parts of the power distribution system, so before long we can get everything installed and tested. It is nice to see a lot of progress being made internally.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-34463168301526516492009-03-17T13:23:00.003+00:002009-03-17T13:38:12.369+00:00Cable Installation - NE5 DatacentreWork has taken a little longer than expected due to some unforseen problems with the trench work. But things are progressing once more. We are awaiting a date for the new power cable to be energised, once this is done then we are ready to proceed with the fit-out.<br /><br />Here are a couple of further photographs of the cross road ducts being laid and the power cable being pulled into the trench.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT1NSILtPY9brct_H-Q8i1dW0b8898ShyphenhyphenLxwcLdUgUhLVruJUvZY-018-7ugompxR7rAewcaFSrCtZo1XavV_1IZY5LnyiBb4x1MrfUnP4hz6NGyLEPzJ4MItORAmYxX5kTVpg6KR7i4/s1600-h/01032009114.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT1NSILtPY9brct_H-Q8i1dW0b8898ShyphenhyphenLxwcLdUgUhLVruJUvZY-018-7ugompxR7rAewcaFSrCtZo1XavV_1IZY5LnyiBb4x1MrfUnP4hz6NGyLEPzJ4MItORAmYxX5kTVpg6KR7i4/s320/01032009114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314147389938622482" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GvyMwCs2dZsgeEOuDJa3Iv8tcxFv2-b0x_M00NHJsbYHlZ8A5NYOQ-TVuSasV7MJEYkeck-e4JybjiIj-u9VxciPGd9qmfdtw8rRppmsMJf7KZI3HUDgZ5G-P5qebh-eD5JHVZqN8vA/s1600-h/02032009169.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GvyMwCs2dZsgeEOuDJa3Iv8tcxFv2-b0x_M00NHJsbYHlZ8A5NYOQ-TVuSasV7MJEYkeck-e4JybjiIj-u9VxciPGd9qmfdtw8rRppmsMJf7KZI3HUDgZ5G-P5qebh-eD5JHVZqN8vA/s320/02032009169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314147400142146594" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-1122852065163638452009-02-25T18:33:00.004+00:002009-02-25T18:50:06.308+00:00Why a blog?It all started with a passing comment by Iain a few weeks ago.. Wildcard is undergoing some major changes in the coming months, centralising around the development of our NE5 Datacentre just outside of Newcastle.<br /><br />The past few months for us have been tough, meeting after meeting, plan after plan, many sleepless nights, along with a lot of distraction.. but now we are finally begining to see things taking shape. I woke up at 6am on Monday (the day our contractors began the civil works) actually really excited that things had started (sad as it is!), but I think that's what business is about, getting excited, and seeing what you have achieved.<br /><br />Anyway back on track, why a blog... We wanted some way of reflecting on what we are doing, mainly for our purposes, but also thought others may be interested. As things develop we will keep this blog up to date.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-14692870937598555152009-02-25T13:26:00.006+00:002009-02-25T18:33:10.547+00:00Power Installation - NE5 Newcastle Datacentre<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LspcIIbuOtKqbZqVkrR_ZFky1Dl7ITObqr-WO4YrKyEdMo9MqwbOfrpTkg0kurdtNM7b4LnQgMtxrNM8Th94Vq6_1LL34yW7y2kx3KpM03Y2uXduAE1I7F0HkSKNqnmVb-pbjCb9Enl-/s1600-h/25022009105.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306728641530631346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LspcIIbuOtKqbZqVkrR_ZFky1Dl7ITObqr-WO4YrKyEdMo9MqwbOfrpTkg0kurdtNM7b4LnQgMtxrNM8Th94Vq6_1LL34yW7y2kx3KpM03Y2uXduAE1I7F0HkSKNqnmVb-pbjCb9Enl-/s400/25022009105.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdBfZr671Ee2IAfGqH1WKGMQ_AcDcjdiolwTxUDiRxlogBQW-X5iIT9k18nbsftmdd3qjwfn3TuJMmb-KcrljVyYVDthT1QFAT_RA1pPJTcuR648KXDnT_chIxwzXvBNNcKKmLCuAhmeM/s1600-h/25022009106.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306728339753099426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdBfZr671Ee2IAfGqH1WKGMQ_AcDcjdiolwTxUDiRxlogBQW-X5iIT9k18nbsftmdd3qjwfn3TuJMmb-KcrljVyYVDthT1QFAT_RA1pPJTcuR648KXDnT_chIxwzXvBNNcKKmLCuAhmeM/s400/25022009106.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><div></div><div></div><div>More photos from the civil works taking place to facilitate the installation of the power cabling from the substation to the NE5 Datacentre in Newcastle upon Tyne. Top shows on-site works by our Civil Engineering Contractor Roadtech in the rear car-park. Bottom shows trench works about 100 yds up from the site.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070630500338736389.post-25731450723060859852009-02-23T11:28:00.004+00:002009-02-23T13:21:33.509+00:00Work begins on our Newcastle NE5 data centre!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhoUINeeCJvJgnBq3dbjUqJjTiVEif7i056uJKKXdDdF8ocBU-wvJxc6kvitALvXxz990Ed5fNhVBVe-qEvefpzmPFp08AK2k5Xexfv1xLhRqyzi3Oh3nSjBeU9QoNpW9zVIhKQjSqok/s1600-h/23022009154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhoUINeeCJvJgnBq3dbjUqJjTiVEif7i056uJKKXdDdF8ocBU-wvJxc6kvitALvXxz990Ed5fNhVBVe-qEvefpzmPFp08AK2k5Xexfv1xLhRqyzi3Oh3nSjBeU9QoNpW9zVIhKQjSqok/s320/23022009154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305953672434573730" border="0" /></a>Today saw the begining of work on site to install the new power supply for our Newcastle NE5 data centre. Contractors began dig work this morning ready for installation of a new underground power cable running from the site back to the nearby substation. Last week work was underway at the substation to install a new transformer ready for the increase in supply.<br /><br />When completed this will provide us with the 600KW of power required when the data centre is at full capacity.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0