Every home and business today has some type of network linking devices and services together. Speed, connection quality, and device support combine to make the difference between a seamless network and a flakey mess.
Phone systems are no longer tied to a single monolithic provided. Some current systems require nothing more than a smartphone app with internet access. While others have dedicated local hardware that is more extensible and flexible than legacy systems. (Typically much less expensive as well).
Modern VoIP systems allow for remote workers, or any offsite worker to be part of a single phone system.
It is easier than ever to connect locations wirelessly. The key essential for WiFi connection is line sight works best. With a WiFi connection there is no extra mobile network expense. So whether you need to link the main house to the shed or a paddock kilometres away with careful planning and perhaps and elevated location or two it is usually possible to create a network that will reach. If monitoring and information gathering is not the priority, we can recommend and/or work with other specialists to create a whole package.
More than a decade ago we installed an 11km wireless link connected to a camera that could pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) so that the grazier could monitor a bore and tank remotely. It proved to be invaluable and today the next generation has been deployed across the properties thousands of hectares.
Backing up data is vital, just ask someone who has lost a critical file or two. While you can arrange for this to happen through the interwebs, it may be more helpful to have a local storage option (which can also link to an online provider). Then regardless of connection you can still maintain access to your data. Here at Flodine we have mobile phone packup synced to provide local image and file storage/backup.
Technology today spans many areas. We have been working in this space for many years and know first hand that knowledge is vital but trust is critical.
If we don’t know the answer to your question with will say so and seek to find a solution if possible, reaching out to others who might have specific skill sets.
Registering a domain in 1998 was a very novel concept, however today it very commong.
A website is only one part of a complete online presence today, yet it is easy to overlook. Many aspects of having an online presence for your business, organisation or event link back to a website as a foundation.
Working with WordPress and also custom coded sites, we are able to create simple brochure like sites right through to complex custom e-commerce solutions.
Owning your own “domain name”, allows you to have a more professional email address plus the abilty to create your own website.
Here at Flodine we can assist with every asspect of site creation, from domain name registration, email and webhosting, online email account setup and configuration.
Open Broadcast Software Studio (OBS)® allows for multiple visual inputs to be combined and rearranged “on the fly” into a single video stream output, as either a virtual camera output to software such as Zoom®. This permits both projection output and also local camera capture to be combined/overlayed.
For almost 20 years Rob has been using this professional editor to create clips for presentations, promotions and online reels.
This powerful editor allows video, images, graphics and audio to be woven together to create impacting visuals.
It is always intriguing that the time required to create a short clip seems to be inversely proportional to the the target length.
It is possible to create a copy of some of the outputs from the OBS software stream mentioned above, this allows for them to be rearranged for use in a different setting. e.g. a short takeaway for a FB reel.
