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RSS smaller companiesScottish Water splashes out on tech
News General manager for IT at Scottish Water, David Brown, said the contracts provide a rounded package of benefits from exploiting the capabilities of "some of the most innovative companies in the business". [28 Apr 2008]
Improving Resource Management with In-House Financials
White Paper However, a solution was needed to help manage cash flow for the new companies. To stay afloat in today’s competitive world, one large European company decided to break up into smaller organizations that would operate under one business umbrella. [10 Apr 2008]
'Dull' jobs cuts as companies turn to the cloud
News Back in 2005, analyst Gartner predicted that by 2010 IT departments in medium-sized and large companies will be 30 per cent smaller than they were in 2005. HP claims IT departments should be prepared for some churn and upheaval in coming years as... [08 Apr 2008]
Open source to go mainstream, says Gartner
News Gartner assumes the pseudo-open proposition will hold sway but companies change. Licensing is only a slice of the total cost, but historically, companies have only bought as many licences as they can afford. [07 Apr 2008]
Small Companies, Big Benefits From B2B
White Paper Tools exist to help companies develop B2B strategies and identify effective technology solutions, and solution providers exist to meet most budgets and resource levels. While getting started can seem intimidating, smaller firms can start realizing... [03 Apr 2008]
Small Business Webcast: Why an IT Partner Might Be Your Company's Best Friend (Level 100)
White Paper Topics include taking a long-term approach to IT, why smaller companies encounter challenges in securing IT partners, how to be a good IT client, and what qualities to look for in an IT partner. Locating and retaining the proper technical resources... [27 Mar 2008]
Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News The new company would use network spectrum and assets from both companies to form a US wireless network using WiMax. According to unnamed sources, the companies are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be... [26 Mar 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Joe Kraus, Google's director of product management, said in a joint statement from the three companies: "OpenSocial has been a community-driven specification from the beginning. Major players like Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace and Plaxo, along with a... [26 Mar 2008]
SMEs not exploiting web potential
News He said although internet penetration in UK is actually relatively high, it is more for personal than business use and smaller companies in particular are failing to exploit its potential. But he warned that with the current concern about the... [25 Mar 2008]
Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines
News But will the companies hit the right price point to attract customers? Other companies, such as Aircell, which uses a network of some 92 antenna towers across the country to transmit wireless signals to planes flying above, and Row44, which... [13 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News A spokesman for Intellect said: "In the technology sector SME access to public contracts has been a real issue, particularly in the National Programme for IT [in the NHS], and Intellect has been working to improve the situation for smaller companies. [12 Mar 2008]
We need more tech training, says small business
News The association, which has 12 million member companies, had organised the event to remind European governments of the importance of e-skills training for smaller European businesses to remain competitive. [09 Mar 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News Regarding take-up, Illsley said companies will want to see customer case studies and may wait for problems to be ironed out by the first service pack before deciding to take it up. He also suggested significant take-up will happen when companies... [26 Feb 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment These are big companies, although Yahoo! Yet once their road to greatness is established, few companies achieve genuine innovation. Most large companies, whatever the rhetoric, are simply not very good at innovating. [20 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment IT departments are going to be surprised by what companies like Amazon are doing with their web services," says Robertson referring to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Simple DB, and Elastic Compute Cloud. [19 Feb 2008]
