MattArtley.Online

MSP Pro of 15+ Years, Hosting and wordpress expert, DIY Electronics and Keyboard enthusiast

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About Me

Technical Director, Nerd, Dad, Husband and still collecting titles…

Skills

Good
Bullet_PinkEletronic Device Repair
Bullet_Teal Mac Support
Bullet_PinkFirewalls and Routing (Cisco)
Bullet_TealInfrastructure / Cabling Install
Bullet_PinkHome Cinema / AV Setup and Install
Better
Bullet_PinkWordPress
Bullet_TealVMWare Vsphere/ESXi
Bullet_Pink Hosting
Bullet_TealIRIS / SAGE / Accountancy Support
Bullet_PinkAutotask / Datto RMM
Best
Bullet_PinkSME Support
Bullet_Teal Solution Architect / Network Design
Bullet_PinkFirewalls and Routing (Non-Cisco)
Bullet_Teal Microsoft: Anything
Bullet_PinkAccount Management
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Professional Portfolio Highlights

AJT Managed IT Services LTD

Technical Director, SME Start up

  • Established 2019 by Russell Walker, Joined Feb 2020
  • Grown to £1/mil turnover in 5 years
  • support over 1500 end users
  • support £1/bil organisations
  • 5FTE staff + 2 PT Outsourced staff
  • working towards ISO27001

BHAFC – Amex Stadium & TG

Network Redesign and Install

  • During my Tenure at IT First, Delivered by Focus Group
  • I designed the new public and corporate network
  • Network to support 15000 users
  • 1gb/s and 10gb/s internet lines
  • NAC/PAC = Clearpass
  • Management = Aruba Airwave
  • Switches = All Aruba, ZL5400 and 2930F
  • Over 100 new switches
  • OSPF
  • No-Downtime install and migration

Wave Leisure

Account Manager, Colo and Growth

  • During my tenure at IT First
  • Growth – 8 sites to 17
  • New decentralised corporate network
  • New diverse supplier WAN strategy
  • No expensive comms
  • Redundant and resiliant core network with multiple weighted routes for every production link

Websites

barneysdeli.co.uk

mattartley.online

ajt.support

Personal Portfolio

synthesizers

mechanical keyboards

hi-fi

Blog

IONOS by 1&1 – Honest review

I have been hosting websites for over 10 years and i’ve worked with quite a few providers, and had quite a lot of different levels of “hosting”. Currently I have a few hosting contracts. I have quite a lot of shared hosting, but I’ve also just invested in a VPS – I’m concerned it’s going…

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Sonicwall Gen 7 – Not fit for market

Throughout my career there has often been experiences which have left a bad taste in my mouth. Or clear demonstrations of bad customer service. My most recent, and still ongoing experience with SonicWall I think has put me off selling their stuff for life. I have worked at Gold, Silver and Registered partners. I’ve sold…

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HPE Smart Path… Not very smart

HPE Smart Path may be causing you significant performance issues. You should turn this off if you aren’t using enterprise SSDs. If you build an array it will be on by default, it will bypass your cache and this could give you a significant performance impact. I have an RDS farm for 200 users. They…

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LiteBringer

Got a bit interested in crypto, got a small wallet and read about LiteBringer and thought you’d give it a go? Me too! Here’s my thoughts, opinions and tips for LiteBringer Elevator pitch: If you play idle games on your phone, this might be the game for you – for the most part it is…

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