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SMEs 'blind' to illegal software risks
News According to a survey of 1,800 businesses across Europe, which was commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), 85 percent of SMEs do not realise they are at risk from viruses and nearly half, 41 percent, "mistakenly believe" there is no...
[April 20, 2007, 12:24]
SMEs don't get their fair share of EU patents
News The study -- which may contain inaccuracies, according to its author -- found that only 20 percent of patents issued by the European Patent Office (EPO) are held by SMEs, with the remaining patents held by larger companies.
[June 9, 2005, 18:35]
SMEs embrace hybrid outsourcing
News According to member research by the IoD, over a quarter of SMEs (27 percent) now operate a hybrid IT department, up sharply from just one percent two years ago. Eighty-five percent of SMEs told the Institute that technology was "critical" in...
[September 28, 2006, 13:45]
SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation
News The complex background information that is required to answer the consultation questionnaire is also a barrier, according to some SMEs. For such an important issue, which has been debated for years, we would expect to see much better information...
[March 9, 2006, 11:55]
SMEs shrug off downturn to up IT spend
News According to a survey of SMEs across the UK, US and Canada by skills body CompTIA, over half of UK small businesses expect they will increase their spending on technology and telecoms over the next 12 months — a two percent rise on 2007 figures.
[November 12, 2008, 6:30]
SMEs don't invest enough in tech
News Most SMEs use web mail and browsing, but they're not at the level they should be to compete with other companies," Courtois added. Customer relationship management applications and software that monitors key business transactions are not being used...
[November 28, 2006, 11:57]
O2 targets SMEs with business-broadband deal
News The Business Broadband offering is targeted at SMEs and, as with O2's Home Broadband service, comes with free 24/7 UK-based support. Mobile operator O2 UK has launched a business broadband service and extended the coverage of its home broadband...
[May 2, 2008, 8:39]
Next virus attack to cost SMEs billions
News The next big computer virus attack could cost the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) £2.1bn, according to research carried out by McAfee Security. The research showed that of the 70 percent of SMEs who said they had received a virus...
[November 22, 2002, 15:41]
BT chases SMEs with triple-play comms
News BT is encouraging SMEs to single-source all their technology needs with the launch of a one-stop shop for fixed-line telephony, mobile services and broadband. The announcement of BT Business One Plan marks an extension to the telco's Business Plan...
[October 9, 2006, 16:55]
Windows Server 'Foundation' for SMEs
Blog Microsoft has made a play for small businesses feeling the squeeze from the credit crunch by launching its Windows Server 2008 Foundation offering for SMEs with 15 or fewer employees. This ‘entry-level’ server platform will be available in 40...
[April 1, 2009, 14:00]
IT megadeals mean SMEs lose out
News The SMEs are left working in a low growth market, fighting for the few small to mid-sized deals or forming partnerships with the larger companies and digging up business together. Small IT suppliers are losing business to the big boys as "megadeals...
[October 6, 2006, 9:20]
ELearning - Helping SMEs Through Economic Downturn
Blog It says: "Train to Gain has ploughed £2.4 million into an advertising campaign in a bid to highlight the importance of training to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the recession. As a matter of fact, there are some good training...
[January 21, 2009, 8:42]
Data retention strategies for SMEs review
Reviews Backup and archiving are activites that many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often either don’t think about, or are ill-equipped to handle. Current backup solutions for SMEs are add-ons that are relatively difficult to use and difficult...
[March 22, 2007, 16:47]
BT launches unified comms system for SMEs
News Unified communication solutions may be the difference between agility and fragility for SMEs in the battle to beat big business and respond to today's demanding consumers," said Bill Murphy, the managing director of BT Business.
[January 23, 2008, 13:49]
Vodafone launches unified comms for SMEs
News Our research tells us that for SMEs, communication is a major expense because of the overlap between mobile and fixed lines, and the complexity of different pricing plans and tariffs. Vodafone has launched a hosted, converged fixed-line and mobile...
[September 10, 2009, 17:15]
Balanced Scorecard Implementation in SMEs: Reflection on Literature and Practice
White Papers However, these findings leave small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in particular, with the challenge of matching the requirement for an improved strategic planning processes with the competitive advantage associated with being a simple" and...
[August 28, 2003, 0:44]
Identify Technologies and Applications Under "Biodiversity" and "Climate Change" (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) and SMEs in 24 Countries
White Papers They also wanted to identify SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) involved in these applications/ activities in 24 target countries. An international management consulting company wanted business intelligence on biodiversity.
[December 1, 2006, 0:00]
Apple targets SMEs with .Mac upgrade
News Despite a consumer focus, .Mac is already proving popular with small businesses: Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice-president of applications marketing said that around one in four .Mac users are SMEs or freelancers.
[September 21, 2005, 9:30]
BT readies social networking for SMEs
News BT Tradespace provides SMEs with a range of templates so they can set up an online presence "literally in minutes". Apart from providing an easy way to set up websites, BT Tradespace enables the linking up of SMEs through social networking.
[April 3, 2007, 9:41]
UUNET targets SMEs with ISDN Net access
News The company quotes figures of 20 per cent of UK SMEs wanting to get online within the next 12 months. Of the 39 per cent of UK SMEs already connected to the Internet, 30 per cent rate email as "crucial" and 30 per cent as "important".
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