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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 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]
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]
Businesses Told To Boost Security
News In a world where customers, suppliers and partners all tap into corporate networks, businesses must provide a secure environment for all of them, Symantec's chief executive urged on Tuesday. John Thompson said that companies need to take...
[February 7, 2007, 8:00]
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 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 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 Warned: Don't Rush Into Web 2.0
News Social networking could turn out to be a costly "white elephant" for businesses that rush to invest in the technology. Businesses are advised to consider certain issues before investing in or developing internal social-networking tools.
[December 14, 2007, 7:45]
Businesses To Lead FMC Uptake
News Fixed-mobile convergence will have racked up 170 million subscribers by 2012 but consumers will lag behind businesses to sign up to the technology. Almost nine percent of businesses will use fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) devices versus just less...
[June 5, 2007, 16:31]
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 Urged To Favour IT Over Cars
News The RAC Foundation is urging more people to consider working from home to cut CO2 emissions, reduce congestion and save businesses money. The RAC Foundation also wants businesses to have fewer conferences and meetings and instead exchange knowledge...
[October 27, 2006, 10:55]
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 Face Data 'explosion'
News Businesses face an information explosion over the next three years as the number of digital images, email inboxes and broadband connections doubles by 2010. Dave Donatelli, executive vice president of storage product operations at EMC, said this...
[May 23, 2007, 10:01]
Businesses Unprepared For IT Disasters
News A third of businesses have no disaster recovery plan in place at all, according to a report produced for AT&T by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), while another third have a disaster recovery plan that has not been tested in the last year...
[May 17, 2005, 16:20]
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 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]
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 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 '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 Biding Time On Vista Upgrades
News Six months after the launch of Windows Vista, businesses remain cautious about Microsoft's latest operating system. When it comes to smaller companies, Jump said it might be a different story "because small businesses behave more like consumers".
[May 18, 2007, 9:57]
