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Why there’s nothing quite like Logcheck

Anyone who has been to a techie conference in the last few years will know there are lots of log management tools out there, but none have filled the space Logcheck has in our hearts servers. Logs are our bread and butter. They store details on everything that happens on any server; each request to […]

#FoodbankAdvent 2018 – Reverse Advent Calendar

Dogsbody Technology have once again taken part in #FoodbankAdvent 2018 – The Reverse Advent Calendar, and this year we went bigger and better! On the 5th December 2018 Dogsbody Technology donated over 150 items (over double of last year!) weighing over 76 kg of food and non food to our local Farnborough Trussell Trust Foodbank […]

2018 Christmas Shutdown

After a busy 2018, Dogsbody Technology will be taking some time off to celebrate the festive season. Our Christmas opening hours are: Thu 13 Dec 2018 – Office Closed after 16:00. Fri 21 Dec 2018 – Office Closed after 13:00. Mon 24 Dec 2018 – Office Closed. Tue 25 Dec 2018 – Public Holiday. Wed […]

Hackathon – Image Recognition Slackbot

Our internal hackathons give us extra opportunities to play with software and carry out quick projects we can’t usually justify sinking time into. A while ago we built our Slackbot, it’s a bit of fun, from providing inspirational quotes to tracking who’s made the most cups of tea. It’s well on it’s way to doing […]

Introducing Dogsbody Internal Hackathons

hackathon noun     informal     /ˈhakəθɒn/ An event, typically lasting several days, in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming. Dogsbody Technology love to attend hackathons, whether they be online or the middle of a field near Wales.  In the past we have attended Over the Air, Hashcode […]

How will the Ubuntu 14.04 EOL affect me?

On April 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 reaches end of life (EOL). We recommend that you update to Ubuntu 18.04. Over time technology and security evolves, new bugs are fixed and new threats prevented, so in order to maintain a secure infrastructure it is important to keep all software and systems up to date. Operating systems are […]