A broadband expert has urged the government to keep small businesses in mind when it comes to the rollout of faster services.An article in the Guardian has suggested that Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport, will soon be holding a summit with telecommunications companies to work out a strategy to [...] CONTINUE
A new study has found that many mobile phone providers are not giving enough information to customers on how to cancel their contract.A mystery shopping exercise conducted by the Communications Consumer Panel found that 56 per cent of consumers buying a contract in-store were not informed properly of their rights if they fail to get [...] CONTINUE
Software solutions company SAP has said that it will ensure that it pushed useful data to business mobiles in the future.In an interview with Computerworld, Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president at SAP, explained how, although on-premises software was still the priority, cloud-based services and access from portable devices would become important.He added that making data [...] CONTINUE
Businesses have been told of the importance of data management to compliance with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.The scheme is part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions among private and public bodies and means some companies will have to purchase allowances for the amount of CO2 they emit.Sonny Masero, vice president of ecoSoftware for [...] CONTINUE
More than a third of businesses are still finding it hard to get finance form banks, with lending criteria becoming more restrictive.A survey by the Institute of Directors has found that 33 per cent of the firms that had applied for finance were rejected, with 37 per cent also seeing an increase in the amount [...] CONTINUE
A business organisation has called for more emphasis to be put on exports in order to rebalance the British economy.The latest trade figures from the Office of National Statistics have shown that the deficit has risen from £3.5 billion in April to £3.8 billion in May.While there was a £4.2 billion surplus on trade in [...] CONTINUE
Businesses have been told of the security risks they need to take into account when using the latest tablet computers and netbooks.The recent release of the Apple iPad has seen considerable interest in this area of technology with ABI Research estimating the market will be worth £8.6 billion by 2015.Dan Shey, enterprise practice director at [...] CONTINUE
A new campaign has been launched to increase broadband connections and get everyone in the UK online.The UK’s Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox, has unveiled her Manifesto for a Networked Nation, aimed at getting the 10 million Brits who have never used the internet online by 2012.Writing for the Mirror, she explained how people without [...] CONTINUE
Businesses have been told to make sure their staff are familiar with company policy to make sure they are not affected by any security risks through their broadband connections.According to content security solutions and forensics malware tools provider Norman, cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting social networking tools to spread malware.Dan Raywood, online news editor at SC [...] CONTINUE
The first business mobile phone running on the latest Microsoft operating system could be available in the UK by the end of this year.HTC may release the Gold handset, running Windows 7, in November, according to Omnio, which has previewed some expected releases for the rest of the year.“Rumoured to be the Taiwanese manufacturer’s first [...] CONTINUE
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