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Businesses say they won't pay for 3G
News European businesses may be excited about m-commerce but they are not prepared to pay extra for 3G, according to research firm GartnerGroup. A survey published today reveals that less than a quarter of businesses across Gartner's European customer...
[February 21, 2001, 6:15]
Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
News More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft technology are "exploiting" Windows XP, compared to just four percent for Vista, according to research by the Corporate IT Forum (Tif). The operating system (OS) that most people appear to...
[October 2, 2008, 7:37]
Businesses may be forced to fund e-crime unit
News Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a national police e-crime unit under the current proposal being considered by the Home Office. It follows a suggestion that the Policing Central E-crime Unit, proposed by the Association of...
[March 18, 2008, 7:24]
Gartner: Businesses must manage IT risks
News Businesses must recognise that failing to handle IT risks puts them at a competitive disadvantage, according to analyst firm Gartner. While IT has become increasingly central to business success, many businesses have not adjusted their processes...
[September 17, 2007, 17:01]
Businesses embrace remote working
News In a research report into the 21st-century workforce, analyst house Quocirca predicted: "In the future it may make sense for businesses to have more numerous small locations near to centres of population, to reduce commuting and be closer to...
[March 14, 2008, 7:53]
Businesses warned of profiling dangers
News Businesses and police have been warned of the dangers of profiling by the information commissioner Richard Thomas. Thomas said that businesses risk "a public backlash" against the building of customer profiles and a loss of public confidence.
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Businesses reap rewards of e-government
News Europe's citizens are still getting a raw deal when it comes to e-government -- although businesses are now able to take advantage of an increasingly sophisticated array of online services throughout the European Union (EU).
[February 7, 2003, 13:52]
Businesses Put Their Weight Behind Web-Enabled Apps
White Papers The interesting thing is that Quocirca's research shows many businesses are now web-enabling such critical business applications directly and not just as a plug-in to a portal. Portals are the most common application being web-enabled, which is...
[February 21, 2009, 0:24]
Businesses wrestle for control over IM
News Gurle's comments, made during the Instant Messaging Planet conference here, highlighted the crossroads facing instant messaging -- a technology once considered a fad for teenagers but now deemed a powerful communications platform for businesses.
[February 26, 2003, 8:01]
Police: Businesses must reveal e-crime
News Businesses must tell the police when they fall victim to e-crime but are often too embarrassed to do so, according to a high-ranking police officer. Police can help by giving e-crime victims advice but businesses and consumers need to come onboard...
[August 20, 2007, 10:00]
Businesses unaware of web-domain changes
News Two-thirds of businesses are unaware they will be able to use their own name in place of domain extensions such as .com, .org, or .net when internet domains are liberalised next year, according to a survey.
[June 9, 2009, 15:53]
Businesses increase spending on mobility
News Analysts have discovered that businesses are becoming more and more willing to raid their piggybanks to spend on mobility, particularly at the smaller end of the market. Small businesses, by contrast, favour the more bread and butter mobile...
[June 26, 2006, 16:45]
Businesses probe benefits of Second Life
News Businesses are unsure about the benefits of using Second Life, with many still just experimenting with the virtual world to discover its true value. But as start-up costs for virtual world projects are relatively low, the main thing businesses need...
[April 28, 2008, 9:38]
Businesses slow to move to SP2
News Microsoft has urged businesses running Windows XP to upgrade their machines to take advantage of added security features, but only a quarter of XP corporate machines have been upgraded to Service Pack 2, according to a new study.
[April 4, 2005, 9:10]
Businesses have 'no appetite for Vista'
News Businesses feel a move to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system isn't worth the effort yet, due to compatibility issues and it offering too few benefits over XP. Almost a year after the businesses version of Vista was released, it seems uptake...
[November 29, 2007, 7:57]
Businesses failing to benefit from IT
Talkback It only fails to benefit those businesses that regard IT as a kind of status symbol, converting a PC, for example, into an expensive but unnecessary replacement of a reliable but outdated typewriter. But if one is making use of appropriate IT...
[October 10, 2006, 2:41]
SAP: Businesses to adopt 'collaborative' SOA
News SAP has said collaborative working through service-oriented architecture technology represents the future for businesses. Kagermann explained that, in the current economic climate, businesses want to "innovate quickly and scale up profitably...
[May 20, 2008, 8:39]
Businesses failing to understand Web 2.0 risks
News Web 2.0 applications help people collaborate, which, as businesses, we would be foolish to look away from. At the same time, we have to be clear we are not introducing risk into the process; our businesses are based fundamentally on trust.
[February 1, 2008, 8:03]
Businesses warned against consumer-class PCs
News Businesses have been warned they risk higher costs if they buy cheaper consumer PCs in favour of business-class systems. Some businesses buy consumer-class PCs and laptops for company use due to their lower initial cost, but analyst Gartner has...
[December 4, 2007, 14:09]
Businesses reject SaaS as core platform
News Despite the cost savings software-as-a-service (SaaS) promises to provide, some businesses believe the on-demand delivery model is not suitable as a platform for core enterprise-class applications. Kraft Foods, for example, is unlikely to operate...
[May 21, 2008, 14:51]
