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What is home automation?

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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It doesn't take a university degree or a deep understanding of socio-economics to work out, that by combining two words together like home automation , that home automation must have something to with automating a residential dwelling.Read More »What is home automation?

Using Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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Frequently connecting to multiple servers or computer workstations over a Remote Desktop Connections, introduces problems of trying to remembering various connections details, credentials and settings.… Read More »Using Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Install skype on ubuntu

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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Skype is a very popular business communication tool for users worldwide. The chances are If you are conducting business internationally, the majority of your contacts… Read More »Install skype on ubuntu

What are HomePlug Adaptors?

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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HomePlug adaptors, or Powerline adaptors as they are also referred too, have been around since 2001, radically simplify home networking. HomePlug adaptors are a computer… Read More »What are HomePlug Adaptors?

10 things to install ubuntu 14.04 LTS for business use

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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Ubuntu 14.04 – Trusty Tahr – is the latest Long Term Support release of ubuntu from Canonical, this means that this release has 5 years… Read More »10 things to install ubuntu 14.04 LTS for business use

What is a smart home?

A dwelling incorporating a communications network that connects the key electrical appliances and services, and allows them to be remotely controlled, monitored or accessed

Why choose HomePlug for your home network

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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HomePlug or PowerLine is a computer network technology, which uses special network adapter plug which implements a filter to transfer a network signal over your home's existing electrical infrastructure.

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What is a HomePlug Network

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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HomePlug networking technologies (sometimes referred to as Powerline networks or Ethernet over Powerline) is a technology that enables high-speed networking over domestic powerlines. It allows… Read More »What is a HomePlug Network

HomePlug the ultimate Do-it-yourself networking technology

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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If you’re anything like me, you are not known for your Do-It-Yourself capabilities. In fact the only tools that have ever crossed my hands are… Read More »HomePlug the ultimate Do-it-yourself networking technology

HomePlug powerline networking adaptors buying advice

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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One of the biggest issues experienced by most independent professionals when setting up a “Work from home” office, is finding a room in the house… Read More »HomePlug powerline networking adaptors buying advice

FIX : Skype for Ubuntu crashes

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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If you’re experiencing issues with Skype while using Ubuntu here is a quick fix. 1. It is best to remove your previous installation. sudo apt-get… Read More »FIX : Skype for Ubuntu crashes

5 tips for effective work from home

Gary Woodfine
Gary Woodfine
Technical Director at threenine.co.uk
Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services,enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
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Many freelancers, independent professionals and over the last decade or so more and more corporate employees are choosing to work from home. Many make the… Read More »5 tips for effective work from home

What is BYOD ?

In this post we address a popular question being asked by many Small and Medium Enterprises, What is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and why should we care? This post is a first in a series of posts that willl aim to provide detailed information for the CIO and CTO’s with all information about implementing and maintaining a BYOD strategy in their organizations.