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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 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 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 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 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]
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]
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".
[December 12, 1997, 16:52]
SaaS software-management tools target SMEs
News SMEs who may have felt priced out of the market for software project controls can now get hold of these tools with prices starting at US$18 per user per month," said Eddy Pauwels, director of product marketing at Serena.
[March 4, 2008, 14:09]
Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
News In addition, 49 percent of SMEs experience power supply failure on PCs that are older than three years, compared to only 11 percent for machines with a shorter lifespan. Hard drive failure also affected 33 percent of SMEs with older PCs, compared...
[June 29, 2009, 10:46]
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]
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]
ComputerWeekly - Simplified Systems Management for SMEs
White Papers How do people take the complexity out of systems management, to make it easy enough for Ssmall and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) to use? There are lower-end products around such as Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold, those that scale through the mid-market...
[March 1, 2009, 0:24]
Five years ago: Compaq to square up to Dell for small SMEs
News Compaq's decision to target the very small SMEs could tread on the toes of its retail partners, who traditionally sell to the very small companies as well as the SoHo customers. First published 21 March, 1997.
[March 22, 2002, 6:31]
HDS targets SMEs with storage system
News Hitachi Data Systems on Tuesday unveiled an entry-level storage system designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manage their data more easily. Targeted at SMEs with fewer than 1,000 employees, as well as enterprises with...
[October 22, 2007, 12:08]
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]
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]
HP launches four systems for SMEs
News The Lights-Out systems are intended to complement the HP blade systems for SMEs intoduced last year. HP has announced four ProLiant server systems aimed at the small to mid-range market that have a range of options, including a "lights out...
[January 14, 2008, 16:04]
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]
Analyst: Microsoft aiming Dynamics CRM at SMEs
News Since CRM is how you deal with contacts, that should be done through the same interface," said Barnes, adding that for many SMEs, a full CRM suite may not be on their to-buy list in the first place. In terms of features, Microsoft Dynamics CRM may...
[April 22, 2008, 12:27]
