Twitter is abuzz with short stories (no more than 140 characters remember) of delayed trips, cancelled conferences and business meetings foregone. 

It sounds close to living hell. "Shuttle fail - driving off the train, still in Calais. 17 hours since we set off" wrote "asplake", in one of tens of thousands of Tweets from travellers desperate to reach their destinations or to get back home.

 Eyjafjallajökull (any guesses on how that's pronounced?) is pumping ash over Europe, grounding flights and reminding us, once again, that there are alternatives.

Are we the first to use the term Ash-cloud computing -- the realisation that you can get much more done if you avoid airports altogether? IP Visuals is the communications answer, offering hosted teleconferencing and video call services, irrespective of what happens in Iceland.

It's also very easy to say. And unlike Iceland, it won't lead you to heavy debt. Give it a try for free.

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