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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 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 Are Benefiting From Unified Communications
White Papers In past, technological advancements have provided businesses with numerous new and convenient ways of communicating. As a result, businesses in many different industries are now seeing the benefits. However, at the same time, this proliferation of...
[March 7, 2009, 0:25]
McAfee: Businesses 'leery' of Vista
News Vista uptake is unlikely to increase dramatically during 2008, according to security vendor McAfee, who said that businesses are "leery" of upgrading from current Microsoft operating systems. One reason businesses have not been keen to upgrade to...
[November 19, 2007, 13:31]
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 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 unaware of dangers of online crime
Blog A report published by CIFAS on Monday has revealed that one in five businesses has been a victim of an internet scam. According to the report, a recent survey of 44 UK businesses carried out by Equifax showed that there seemed to be a lack of...
[October 13, 2009, 11:12]
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]
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 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]
Businesses hit by BT fire
Talkback It is not only businesses in the North West that are hit. We are an international company based in Hampshire and have broadband access provided by North West based Total Web Solutions. Our business depends totally on the internet and whilst we can...
[March 29, 2004, 20:33]
DTI: Businesses should curb Internet misuse
News Internet misuse by staff affected a majority of large businesses in the last year, according to a government report, while even some small companies reported hundreds of email abuses per day. Businesses were warned their reputations could be...
[March 27, 2006, 15:30]
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]
Gartner: Businesses should ban the iPhone
News Integrating mobile devices and other tech into corporate IT networks, while maintaining security policies, has become an increasing problem for businesses. But because the iPhone is a new device, and Apple doesn't have a history of building secure...
[June 28, 2007, 12:57]
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 urged to plan for Digital Britain
Blog Nigel Brown, the lead for resilient telecommunications strategy at the Cabinet Office, told ZDNet UK at the Infosec 2009 conference on Tuesday that businesses should perform risk assessments to think through possible threats and opportunities...
[April 28, 2009, 17:05]
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
News Businesses with a presence in Asia which wish to protect trademarks have been advised that they should consider registering for .asia domain names. Businesses in Asia or who do business with Asian companies may consider registration," said Lesley...
[October 8, 2007, 17:38]
Businesses 'don't trust traditional antivirus protection'
News The majority of European businesses are bracing themselves for a barrage of computer viruses which they fear are going to increase in frequency and destructive potential over the next decade. Three-quarters of businesses surveyed said they believe...
[July 7, 2004, 12:40]
Businesses urged to address VoIP threats
News Spam, phishing and denial of service could all soon be threatening VoIP services, and businesses need to take steps now to ward off the danger. As VoIP products and services become more widely used by businesses, analyst Ovum has warned that while...
[November 13, 2006, 14:01]
Businesses urged to tackle mobile-working issues
News As the trend for flexible and remote working marches on, businesses need to develop a coherent strategy for delivering applications to an increasingly scattered workforce, according to analyst house Butler Group.
[October 4, 2007, 8:28]
