Lawrence Jones on Routines April 2011. In a candid interview UKFast's founder and managing director Lawrence Jones talks about his first job, the responsibilities of UK business owners and politicians. The entrepreneur also offers his advice on how businesses can become the best in their industry.

Lawrence Jones on Inspiration April 2011.

What is life like as an entrepreneur? Lawrence Jones, managing director of UKFast, talks about inspiration, motivation, and balancing home and business life.

Lawrence Jones on Business April 2011. Running a successful business demands energy, optimism and the ability to spot talent amongst employees at every level.

It's predicted that consumers' awareness of "green" products and services will grow over the next few years and businesses that ignore their environmental impact will lose out. UKFast's latest round table discusses the various aspects of sustainable IT that businesses should be aware of.

The panel consisted of Dave Carter, Manchester Digital Development Agency; James Cole, Sudlows; Jill Partington, Keep Britain Tidy; Steven Glynn, Sustainable Change Cooperative; Paul Harris, UKFast; and was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

We're fast developing into an "always on" society that relies on constant access to the web. And businesses are demanding more and more from an online presence, increasing the pressure on data centres. Can those requirements go hand in hand with a more sustainable IT industry? UKFast's Round Table guests voice their views.

The panel consisted of Dave Carter, Manchester Digital Development Agency; James Cole, Sudlows; Jill Partington, Keep Britain Tidy; Steven Glynn, Sustainable Change Cooperative; Paul Harris, UKFast; and was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

How big a concern is sustainability for the IT industry? Can businesses afford to put environmental affairs at the top of their agendas?

A panel of experts in sustainable IT debated the issues at UKFast's March Round Table.

The panel consisted of Dave Carter, Manchester Digital Development Agency; James Cole, Sudlows; Jill Partington, Keep Britain Tidy; Steven Glynn, Sustainable Change Cooperative; Paul Harris, UKFast; and was hosted by Jonathan Bowers for UKFast.

A load balancer works by distributing web traffic to two or more servers to help reduce the load to a single server, improving server load distribution and minimising the risk of downtime.

Dedicated backup systems are ideal for clients with large amounts of data that needs backing up in a certain way or at a certain time.

UKFast offer dedicated backup systems that can be hosted by the company but controlled independently by the client if preferred.

CTM stands for Capacity Threshold Monitoring and is a feature provided exclusively by UKFast.

CTM issues alerts to the client and the UKFast team at their chosen level of memory or disk space to ensure that service affecting levels are never reached.

Whether you have a dedicated or shared exchange service, webmail allows you to connect to your email from wherever you are.