Author Archives: Daniel Keighron-Foster
We have moved! Finally!
At Melbourne, we’re a family-run business that puts our staff at the heart of everything we do. Our team is our most important asset, which is why we’ve created a home for our family that reflects our ethos. As you …
On why I don’t like The (Young) Apprentice
9pm Monday evening. As usual, I sit down with my other half and watch Young Apprentice on the Beeb. I don’t know why I set myself up for an hour of raised blood pressure and shouting at the TV week …
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Why thank you :)
Here at Melbourne we’re quite humble and not very good at bigging ourselves up. But when customers send chocolate to say thanks (and it’s not the first time that it’s happened), it reminds me just how fantastic our team is …
We’re hiring Datacentre Technicians!
Have you ever wanted to work in a datacentre? Well now’s your chance! We’re looking for five individuals to form a new 24/7 datacentre team, supporting our operations in our Manchester-based datacentres. Take a look at the job description details …
Introducing the Melbourne Manual
You complained about our knowledgebase (and rightly so)! Well we’ve listened. That’s why we’ve scrapped it and replaced it with The Melbourne Manual. Located at http://manual.melbourne.co.uk, it contains information and guidance sorted by service type. The current set of articles …
Happy 99th Birthday Alan Turing!
Today marks what would have been Alan Turing’s 99th Birthday. During his short life (he committed suicide at 41) he invented the stored program computer, became the first computational biologist and made contributions to cryptography that significantly shortened the conflict …
We actually give a shit…
We’ve been interviewing today for a datacentre team leader position. One of the things that candidates tend to do when preparing for interviews, is have a look around our website. It was therefore really nice to find out that more …
3 Months Half Price on R200 Dedicated Servers
For a limited period, we’re offering 3 Months Half Price on our popular R200 Dedicated Server. That means 3 months from £34.50 per month! The offer applies to the hardware of the server only – CPU, memory, disk – addons …
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New UPS arrival
We’ve just taken delivery of a new APC 100kVA UPS for our Turing House facility. When commissioned, this will give us enough power capacity for another 25-30 cabinets (depending on the amount of power they draw). This gives us both …
Thanks for making our “We Are Ten” party fantastic :)
Well, it’s just over a week since our “We Are Ten” party; the hangovers have subsided so I thought it was time to say a big thank you to all of our customers and friends who helped make our party …
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