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Comms Managers: UK Businesses Need Fibre
News Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access — or next-generation access (NGA) — to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from becoming...
[July 4, 2008, 15:09]
UK Businesses Lagging Due To IT Failures
News UK businesses need to capitalise more on the competitive advantages offered by IT, according to a new report into the "performance code" of successful organisations. A lack of innovation and investment in R&D also characterises UK businesses across...
[July 20, 2005, 17:10]
UK Businesses Warming To Vista
News Vista is set for rapid uptake by UK businesses over the next two years, according to research released this week. Businesses told the NCC that they would adopt Vista — Microsoft's next operating system, which is due to be launched at the end of...
[November 7, 2006, 14:47]
Businesses Hit By Removal Of .uk.co Domain
News It's understood that around 8,000 businesses and individuals used the domain, including Amazon and Priceline. Many organisations were left high and dry yesterday following the disappearance of the .uk.co domain from the Web.
[February 19, 2003, 12:38]
UK Businesses Ignoring The Net
News The research reveals only 36% of SMEs use external email within their businesses and, within this group, only 10% use it extensively. Even in Germany where the Internet is popular you don't see many of these types of businesses using Web sites.
[June 5, 1998, 11:21]
UK Businesses Fear Meltdown From Fire
News Many businesses would grind to a halt if they experienced a fire. Almost all UK organisations would fail to cope with the damage that a fire would cause to their IT systems, a disaster recovery firm claimed on Wednesday.
[October 13, 2004, 15:35]
Microsoft: Fake Software Rife Among UK Businesses
News Michala Alexander, UK head of Microsoft's anti-piracy unit, admitted illegal software use is still rife among medium-sized businesses — generally those with more than 100 employees but fewer than 1,000.
[April 27, 2007, 8:25]
Legacy Systems Still Critical To UK Businesses
News Bob Stream, head of WRQ, said it can be dangerous for companies to get rid of legacy products because they are so important to many businesses' daily operations. Businesses simply need to know how to unlock the potential of their legacy systems...
[October 6, 2003, 17:10]
UK Businesses Lagging Due To IT Failures
Talkback No wonder they lag if the companies invest their hard-earned money in unsecure, outdated and overpriced products from Microsoft. Go 100% open source and see your investment pay off instead.
[July 21, 2005, 12:52]
UK Businesses Lagging Due To IT Failures
Talkback Quite so :) Mind you, even those companies that are still using M$ products could do better in many cases. I know of one instance where management still routinely print off all (and I mean ALL) of their incoming email, read it then file it.
[July 21, 2005, 17:11]
News Burst: Prilissa Virus Hits UK Businesses
News The Prilissa virus spreads in a similar way to the now legendary Melissa virus. It also carries a nasty Christmas day payload that could format a victim's hard drive. Full story to follow. Take me to the Virus Workshop
[November 24, 1999, 11:59]
UK Small Businesses Set To Boost IT Budgets
News Small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK will up their IT budgets by 10.7 percent in 2007, more than twice the rate seen in France and Germany, according to AMR Research. SMEs with less than $250m in revenue will be 2007's big spenders, with IT...
[January 8, 2007, 15:30]
Half UK Businesses Expect Database Problems
News Nearly half of UK companies are expecting their core databases to suffer serious performance degradation over the coming year as business users demand more from them. According to research commissioned by UK software development house Isocra, basic...
[January 16, 2003, 14:13]
Microsoft Brings CRM To UK Small Businesses
News Microsoft has launched its Web-based, small-business-focused customer relationship management product in the UK, but says that customers will not be able to easily integrate the product with their existing applications till March 2004.
[December 8, 2003, 16:15]
UK Businesses Naive About Hacking Threat
News Most small businesses in Britain remain unaware of hackers and Internet fraudsters, says a report commissioned by insurance start-up Clickforcover.com released Monday. Although hacking, viruses and system failures can cost businesses many thousands...
[July 4, 2000, 11:20]
Bundled Offering Twins Broadband And Storage
News UK businesses can get broadband Internet access and secure data backup in a single product, costing just £38 per month. Small businesses are notoriously bad at backing up their data, so for a company that is planning to move to broadband we can...
[May 28, 2003, 14:37]
UK Will Pay £1,000 More For Adobe CS3
News UK businesses will have to pay hundreds of pounds more than their US counterparts for Adobe's creative software, after the software supplier revealed the pricing for Creative Suite 3, launched on Tuesday.
[March 30, 2007, 14:54]
KPMG Warns Of Compliance Skills Shortage
News UK businesses are struggling to meet compliance regulations because of a skills shortage. Sarbanes Oxley and Basel II are just two of many regulations that require businesses to improve their auditing practice.
[October 14, 2004, 14:30]
Oftel Criticises Firms For Failing To Get Wired
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel criticised UK businesses for failing to take advantage of the Internet last week, and at the same time got its facts wrong on the cost of DSL. In a speech at Leeds University, Oftel's director general David Edmonds, claimed...
[February 14, 2000, 16:27]
Microsoft Cuts Vista Prices By 10 Percent
News Microsoft has announced 10 percent discounts for UK small businesses and home users wishing to purchase additional licences for Vista. The programme allows small businesses and home users to install the same edition of Windows Vista on additional...
[March 26, 2007, 14:38]
