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  SkyFox technology solutions is a new company, striving to fill the gap in IT service area for small business by providing excellent service, on time and on budget. We understand how important small business can be, and as such we dont just do whats needed, but also provide advice based on your situation and business plan. Most of all, we do it so you can understand; not in geek speak.
  
  

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  Small business owners should not need to worry about the computer system; it should run as promised and save the business money, not cost more. Thats what we aim to achieve; increased productivity and profitability for your business.

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History

I started in computers with the family’s first computer, the Atari 2600. We loved that machine, so much we broke joystick after joystick on the old game 'pitfall'.

My father was always interested in computers, and we used to make trips to the local computer shows with him, as such when the commodore 64 was released it wasn’t long before we had one. Back in those days we used to get the Commodore magazine, which would feature a program you could enter yourself by typing the 100's of lines of code in to the machine. Usually these didn’t work; in fact very, very rarely did any of them work. However, it started the real intrigue to what was behind the machine.

While we grew up (my brother Sean and me) my mother was working long hours, so we'd do a lot of after school activities; we did Judo one year, Calligraphy another. This year, since we just got the Commodore 64 mum decide to enrol us in to computer class. The only thing mum didn’t realise at the time was the course wasn’t a 'how to use a computer' it was in fact a 'how to program a Commodore 64' course.

However, my brother and I being only young at the time took the knowledge in without considering it. It wasn’t too long before we had both expanded on our skills and understood the basics behind the computer.

Limited by the Commodore 64 it wasn’t till we had our first PC compatible computer that we could really use programming to be useful. My very first own PC was a XT running at 8 MHz with 640kb of RAM, 2 5 1/4" low density drives - each storing 720kb of data. The machine was upgraded with EGA before the machine was replaced with a 386SX.

My 386 was a very well used machine, over time getting upgraded from the 1MB to 4MB of RAM (which cost approx $200 back then!). The internal hard drive was a 5 1/4" 20MB, but wow, the speed! (Compared to the painfully slow floppy drives).

On the 386 I developed my QuickBasic skills, which was very similar to the Commodore 64 Basic.

Years went by and it wasn’t till Doom came out that I went in search of another upgrade, specifically for Doom. I got myself an IBM DX3 75Mhz and had 16MB of RAM with a Cyrus Logic video card - oh what a beast, it was able to run Doom in full screen! Wow. It was truly amazing how far computer had come over those years, but it was only getting better.

At the end of my Year 12, which I completed at Strathalbyn High School, I attended TAFE at both Mount Barker and Onkaparinga. During this time my brother and I made one of the first full flash animation webpage for an Adelaide based entertainment and equipment hire business.

I started my working career with IT Warehouse, back in 2002. I became the head technician at the city store after working 2 days of work experience. Over a 4 year period I learned a lot from IT Warehouse; mainly skills with a customer focus and how to serve mass numbers while keeping clients happy. By the end of the 4 year time spent at IT Warehouse I had highly developed technical skills and prided myself in my efficiency and great service to customers.

I departed IT Warehouse for Falls Creek where I managed a small supermarket, Snowland. After the snow season I returned to Adelaide where I 'fell' into work with Sotek Information Systems.

Sotek taught me a lot, as the main customer was small and medium sized businesses; the main difference between home user and business is that the business can’t afford to be without the computer - the home user isn’t normally happy to be without, but they can be without it. If a business server goes down, normally business stops, they can’t afford that.

Having learnt a lot from my experiences I decided to take the jump into my own business, and started SkyFox in December of 2007. (A side note; SkyFox was my gaming alias, which was originally taken from the Commodore 64 game by the same name).

As I look to the future, I expect to work hard and provide my customers with the IT experiences they expect.

- Brian Slater

Written 6th Jan 2008