Spill the IT
Welcome to the Fasthosts ProActive Podcast: Spill the IT. Each episode, we'll sit down with some of the amazing ProActive team and chat through their experiences of the ups and downs of IT infrastructure management in small businesses. There's always plenty to chat about.
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Episodes
34 episodes
No more surprises, transparent pricing guaranteed
In this episode Graham, Dan, and Frank delve into the importance of service and price transparency in managed IT services for SaaS and e-commerce businesses. They discuss how Fasthosts Proactive positions itself as a partner to its clients, ens...
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22:35
Business as usual with effective onboarding
In this episode Graham, Frank, and Gary explore the intricacies of customer onboarding and migration in IT infrastructure. They discuss the challenges customers face when transitioning from hyperscalers, emphasising the importance of personalis...
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Season 2
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20:24
Avoiding grey clouds in the world of SaaS - Part 2
In this episode Graham, Dan, and Gary dive into the intricacies of cost awareness in SaaS businesses, exploring the evolving pricing models, the importance of reliability versus cost, and the significance of observability in managing cloud infr...
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Season 2
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32:25
Avoiding grey clouds in the world of SaaS - Part 1
In this episode the team discusses the complexities of cost management in SaaS and e-commerce businesses, exploring how cloud infrastructure impacts expenses and the importance of architectural decisions. They also examine the cultural shifts r...
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Season 2
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27:41
Autoscaling - What are the Downsides?
Graham, Gary, and Dan dive into the concept of autoscaling for IT infrastructure, exploring both its advantages and potential downsides. While highlighting the benefits, such as cost efficiency and resource optimisation, they emphasise the comp...
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Season 2
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26:33
Transacting online and ready to grow – now what?
Our team discuss their experiences working with Ecommerce businesses from start-ups to market leaders and the unexpected and potentially hazardous lessons in business continuity and scaling we’ve navigated through with our customers. For SMBs t...
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Season 2
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20:45
Looking ahead for SaaS businesses
Giant hyperscalers offer auto-scaling positioned as a business enabler so why don’t we offer it? Our team discuss the recent auto-scaling disasters in the press for SMBs and why our approach is to create a bespoke design for their end state tha...
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Season 2
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21:11
The World is Getting Big in the Window
CEO Simon Yeoman takes us deeper into the sustainability ethos of Fasthosts ProActive from our Tier IV data centre in Worcester. What does the future look like and how prepared are we?
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21:44
ProActive Customer Stories – Aurora Insights
Forensic investigator business Aurora Insights talks to us at our Data Centre in Worcester about the evolution of their business, its specialist services and the impact they have on complex and important industry standards and consumer experien...
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20:55
ProActive Customer Stories - Xentian Group
Specialist EDI integration experts Xentian Group reveal some of the complex challenges and exciting solutions supply chains globally and very locally experience, As an SMB this podcast opens your eyes to the innovation and support available tha...
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25:21
Fasthosts Partner Programme - what’s in it for you?
Fasthosts Partnerships team walk us through the journey our Partner Programme has taken since it’s inception. Revealing the benefits both commercial and financial that our Partners enjoy and the variety of businesses who find value in joining t...
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Season 2
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11:55
Ready for a new revenue stream?
Our Partnerships team reveal our new Refer & Earn programme for businesses who work with other businesses. From developers to consultants many B2B businesses support others and witness their IT infrastructure, performance and growth issues....
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Season 2
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20:48
ProActive Customer Care: Insights from Our CEO
Our CEO, Simon Yeoman talks about the customer care and onboarding process businesses can expect when they choose Fasthosts ProActive. From initial discovery to onboarding and beyond, we get to know our customers’ unique needs and challenges, s...
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8:44
Why Choose ProActive? A Personal Cloud Service for SMEs
In this episode of ‘Spill the IT’, our Solutions Consultant, Gary Bliss, and BDM, Tom Thompson, dive into what separates Fasthosts ProActive from the competition. From our transparent billing and clear cost structure, to our highly personal cus...
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Episode 18
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14:54
Case study: How ProActive's personal service supports SME success
Our personal service is one of the main things we pride ourselves on, and it's also one of our biggest differentiators. Most businesses don't have the ability to observe network bandwidth, CPU utilisation and memory resources or manage them pro...
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Episode 17
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19:30
Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security
Our very own Information Security Manager CJ talks about bringing employees with you on a journey to better business security and makes the surprising connection between security and tiling floors - but hey, who doesn’t love a good analogy?...
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Episode 16
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22:52
Data centres and sustainability: Is it really possible?
The impact of data centres on the environment is a hot topic, with many people wondering whether data centres and sustainability can go hand-in-hand. In this episode of 'Spill the IT', CEO Simon Yeoman sits down with us and discusses how Fastho...
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Episode 15
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13:17
Data centre certification: How it impacts the bottom line
In this episode of 'Spill the IT', Simon Yeoman – CEO of Fasthosts ProActive – explains why data certification is so important, especially from a commercial point of view for SMBs, and tell us what our Tier IV certification uniquely delivers fo...
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Episode 14
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13:48
Data centre networks: A deep dive into Tier IV data centre technology
In this episode of 'Spill the IT', our Head of Data Centre Fabrics, George Daly talks to us about our Tier IV data centre technology, what the massive migration between data centres entailed, and what that means for SMBs both technically and co...
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Episode 13
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14:54
How to migrate to the cloud - The ProActive approach
In this episode of 'Spill the IT' we're joined by our Lead Architect, Head of Systems Engineering and CEO, Simon Yeoman, to talk about application migration to the cloud from their highly-experienced perspectives. From managing a great discover...
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Episode 12
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20:14
Containerisation in IT infrastructure: A deep dive
In this episode of 'Spill the IT', our technical team takes a deep dive into the topic of using containers, managing them and the important things businesses should be keeping in mind when deciding to adopt this complex solution.
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Episode 11
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Corporate social responsibility: Why it matters and the ProActive approach
In this episode of 'Spill the IT', our CEO, Simon Yeoman, dives into the topic of corporate social responsibility including our own CSR commitments, practices and future plans.
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Episode 10
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22:38
Resource Optimisation in IT
Gary's back on 'Spill the IT' to tackle the subject of resource optimisation in IT, and unpick the challenges businesses face analysing data to make it meaningful - boldly claiming we're like the VAR of the IT World.
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Episode 9
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16:48
Don't let IT mishaps interrupt your beauty sleep
Business owners need that beauty sleep. Protect it at all costs! 'Spill the IT' tells you how to do just that.When you’re a Fasthosts ProActive client, our experts become your experts, putting that experience to work building and mainta...
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Episode 8
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14:23
How MSPs help SMEs manage business continuity
Our Head of Technical Operations, James, joins the 'Spill the IT' team to highlight what's critical for SMBs to focus on with either on-prem or hybrid infrastructure to keep the lights on, and how MSPs can help make that happen.
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Episode 7
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