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White Paper Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is leaning more on their Information Technology (IT) infrastructure but they lack the means to secure it appropriately due to financial restrictions, limited resources, and adequate... [01 Jul 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News The UK's new cyber security strategy will make a particular effort to engage small and medium-sized enterprises, according to a government-funded security group involved in introducing the initiative. [29 Jun 2009]
Is there hope for unified comms?
Comment This is a shame because, with less in the way of administrative infrastructure and resources, the potential benefits of streamlining communications are especially significant for SMEs. So is UC something... [22 Jun 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment Smaller businesses do get a bit of love - the report earmarks £23m to help SMEs digitise more of their business processes. The government's Digital Britain scheme focuses squarely on the consumer. Natasha Lomas asks: so... [19 Jun 2009]
DellEMC AX100 Entry SAN Solution Addresses SME Demands
White Paper To address the data storage needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - to reduce cost and complexity - Dell and EMC have introduced a new entry SAN offering, the DellEMC AX100 Fibre Channel (FC) SAN solution. [18 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News SMEs supplying services to the government would also benefit from the G-Cloud model, with the report saying they "would be able to provide services running on standardised, secure infrastructure without having to incur... [17 Jun 2009]
£23m pot of gold for tech-bamboozled SMEs
News £23m of government cash is to be devoted to getting SMEs to improve their business through IT. The money, which will come from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) along with regional development... [17 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News As a result, the government should tailor the tender processes to encourage more SMEs, the report noted. All major public sector IT purchases should receive the government CIO's stamp of approval before being signed off,... [16 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo He will advise government on how best to help small firms and entrepreneurs and meet with banking executives to ensure that money is being made available to SMEs. Following a week of political turmoil culminating in a... [10 Jun 2009]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile He has recently overseen the introduction of 27,000 PDAs across the company, the implementation of the UK's largest wi-fi network, and the introduction of a number of new customer services such as Mailshots Online which allows... [03 Jun 2009]
Google gives SMEs a better slice of local search
News Google is giving local merchants the ability to access data about how web surfers arrive at a local listing in Google Maps, in hopes of figuring out why so many people in a particular neighbourhood are searching for pizza. [02 Jun 2009]
Android phone for SMEs on the way
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK at the Cloud Expo Europe conference in London, Koolu chief technology officer Jon 'maddog' Hall said the phone is aimed at SMEs and developing countries. Open-phone company... [22 May 2009]
Uni takes supercomputing to the cloud
News There are lots of SMEs who would like to have access to HPC but cost has been a barrier to entry. The service will be offered to SMEs during the next quarter of this year and other universities are also... [11 May 2009]
Naked CIO: It's time compliance quit crippling SMEs
Comment While it is discouraging to see that banks are currently at the forefront of our financial strife, it is still a travesty that for the last decade they have continually squeezed SMEs for the cost of managing and securing... [05 May 2009]
Enticing SMEs- The Online Banking Way
White Paper Five years ago, many banks would have avoided the risk associated with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) as a deliberate strategy. Zoom to the present: corporate banking spreads are down and competition is cut-throat. [01 May 2009]
