Spill the IT
Spill the IT
Fasthosts ProActive
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.Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fasthosts-proactive/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-kd476eAXQC6VDgPTgpeVQOur Website: https://proactive.fasthosts.co.uk/
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, so we can design a solution and service to support them every step of the way.
May 1, 2024
8 min
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 customer service and sales approach, we explore how choosing ProActive can save SMEs time and money when it comes to their cloud and IT infrastructure.
Mar 20, 2024
14 min
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 proactively. In this episode of 'Spill the IT', our two ProActive 'carebears'  discuss how the personal ProActive approach enabled one customer to launch his new business with a secure, cost-efficient and scalable infrastructure solution structured to enable smooth growth when needed.
Feb 1, 2024
19 min
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?
Dec 13, 2023
22 min
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 Fasthosts ProActive delivered a state-of-the-art data centre focused on being green.
Dec 6, 2023
13 min
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 for our customers.
Nov 29, 2023
13 min
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 commercially. Buckle up, this is fascinating.
Nov 22, 2023
14 min
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 discovery conversation to the skills, security and management concerns businesses face before, during and afterwards.
Oct 8, 2023
20 min
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.
Oct 1, 2023
20 min
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.
Sep 25, 2023
22 min
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