Bio
Dave Mitchell is a IT consultant and freelance journalist specialising in hands-on reviews of computer networking products . He has a fully equipped network testing lab based at the Newhaven Enterprise
Dave Mitchell is a IT consultant and freelance journalist specialising in hands-on reviews of computer networking products . He has a fully equipped network testing lab based at the Newhaven Enterprise Centre which delivers in-depth product reviews. His company, Binary Testing Ltd, also provides an independent testing and product validation facility for industry and clients include Hewlett Packard, Kingston Technology, Computer Associates, Sony, NetSupport and Websense.
Dave writes for a wide range of IT publications and web sites and has had reviews and articles published in the U.K, U.S, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Spain, India, New Zealand and Australia.
Prior to becoming a freelance reviewer, Dave worked for 21 years operating and managing a wide range of ICL and Unisys mainframes within the pharmaceutical, services and corporate financial sectors.
Specialist areas
Dave Mitchell specialises in supplying hands-on reviews of network products to key IT publications and his testing lab at the Newhaven Enterprise Centre is probably the best equipped in the UK as it can test any product that can be connected to a network. Products regularly tested and reviewed include network servers, FC SAN and IP SAN disk storage arrays, NAS appliances, network infrastructure products such as routers and switches, network security products, wireless APs, monitoring and security devices, IP surveillance and communications equipment and network printers.