The students of The Oxford Academy, an 11-18 secondary comprehensive located between the Blackbird Leys and Littlemore estates in Oxford, are incredible young people. With support and hard work, they will be the entrepreneurs, artists, athletes and leaders of Oxford in the future. Unfortunately, for many of them they come up against incredibly difficult economic circumstances. […]
Back at the start of the first national lockdown, none of us knew what to expect. Most of us packed our laptop and went home to face several months not seeing our friends and colleagues, not able to go gym, not able to socialise or relax in bars restaurants and cafes… it was a strange […]
There is no bigger scope for attack on your organisation than e-mail. We all use it. We all have stacks of it. And we have all fallen for some gimmick or promise. Or not even that, spoofing, where you thought Stuart in Product Development was genuinely asking you out for dinner and so needing you […]
One of the younger members of our team, Joseph Gray is a key member of our IT Support Helpdesk. He is always near the top of the “Tickets Answered” leaderboard and has gone 4 months at 100% satisfaction in our customer survey results. In fact he has only 1 survey against his his 100% record […]
In 100 years from now, when they look back and talk about the top 3 IT legends: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and James Dell. There may be some debate about the order. This week’s Planet Hero is the one and only James Dell. Firstly James, Why IT? I remember distinctly my Mum and Dad […]
You’ll often hear her coming before you see her! Farah has been with Planet just over a year and recently landed in her natural position of Voice & Connectivity Services Manager. SIP, VoIP, FTTC, FTTP, PSTN, ISDN, ADSL, GEA, EFM, UC… she can spell them all! This week’s Planet Hero, Farah Nazir-Chapman ? Firstly Farah, Why Telephony? […]
Look up! What’s that? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Mike Hedges at the top of the sales leaderboard! Mike has been the Planet IT Salesperson of the Year for 2019, 2018, 2017… I could go on. However, this is his greatest achievement, being named this week’s Planet Hero! So Mike, let’s […]
At the core of Planet IT, is our award-winning IT Support Helpdesk. Made up of a team of over 30 top class engineers, they keep our client’s businesses functioning. At the head of this powerhouse team is Stephen McCrann, this week’s Planet Hero! Ok, let’s cut straight to it – Over 6 weeks in June & July, […]
Meet The Planet Hero’s – Lauren Carey, Renewals Manager LOZZA!!!!! ? This month’s Planet Hero is the reigning Queen at Planet IT. She has never missed out on a Planet Award, smashes targets EVERY month and never, EVER, says no to a night out. Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Lauren Carey ?… Firstly Lauren,How did you end […]
I don’t even want to imagine a Planet without Aga! If you want something done… ask Aga… it gets done. In the 2nd Meet The Planet Hero’s feature, we talk with Aga Ulanowska, our HQ Office manager. Aga has been with us for 5 years and has seen lots of changes and exciting growth in that time. […]
