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BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers

News It is still being actively marketed to SMEs and large businesses, both in the UK and abroad, but we have scaled back on our [consumer] marketing," the spokesperson said. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more…

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

Banking hack attacks routers, warns Symantec

News Parsons said this was "a simple hack", and advised SMEs to change default security settings on routers, and educate users about clicking on suspicious links. Security company Symantec has warned of an attack involving the subversion of routers.

Tags: router, banks, hack, request

[25 Jan 2008]

Intel launches modular-server building tools…

News Intel has launched a set of modular-server building blocks for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and resellers to incorporate into servers designed for SMEs. The worldwide offering provides the first set of building blocks based on blade...

Tags: server, intel, channel, blocks

[15 Jan 2008]

$12bn tech spend for UK SMEs in 2007

News Rising technology costs saw SMEs in the UK spending $12bn on IT last year. SMEs upped their IT spending by eight per cent in 2007, with increased outsourcing of IT among small businesses, according to a study by Access Markets International Partners.

Tags: sme, business, retail, it spend

[14 Jan 2008]

Are you paying too much to keep the lights on?

News SMEs suffer the most. The vast majority of UK companies are overpaying for telecoms, electricity and gas services. Nine out of 10 businesses are overpaying for these core services, according to a survey of more than 300 organisations by utility...

Tags: telecoms, energy, electricity, money

[11 Jan 2008]

What's swallowing your IT budget?

Comment Small is beautiful when it comes to making the IT budget sing, with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) being more efficient and innovative with their tech spend. For SMEs this figure stands at 56 per cent.

Tags: sme, it budget, training, reducing

[18 Dec 2007]

Where next for broadband Britain?

News But he said this is an issue that is likely to trouble small businesses before it annoys consumers - as SMEs might feel they are losing a competitive edge for accessing and competing in global markets where fibre deployments have - or may...

Tags: ngn, nga, broadband, fibre

[22 Nov 2007]

Customer Relationship Management - Integration for a Customer Centric View

whitepaper Today's small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) see a need for automating their front office sales and customer relationship management (CRM) tools to their back office accounting and financial systems.

Tags: crm software, centric, enterprises, customer relationship management

[08 Nov 2007]

Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...

Comment SMEs just want to grow Growth is one thing & frequently bad for SMEs. No more cash? Is cash costing you three days per year? This is rubbish! Anybody else find it not-strange-at-all that this study was by none other than VISA!

Tags: government, home office, mobiles, apple

[01 Nov 2007]

SMEs just want to grow

News A report from BT Business reveals almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of SMEs believe the government could do more, compared to just seven per cent that think ministers are already doing all they can.

Tags: government, bt, sme, categories

[29 Oct 2007]

SMEs in dark over data protection

News Only 22 per cent of SMEs surveyed are aware the Act requires them to keep customer information accurate and up to date, according to research commissioned by the ICO.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants...

Tags: information, compliance, smes, data protection act

[11 Oct 2007]

IBM does SME product range

News The company says SMEs have product-needs that are different from large businesses, because they often lack relevant IT skills in-house. IBM cites statistics from consultancy firm AMI Partners, which predicts IT spending by SMEs will grow by 10 per...

Tags: network, ibm, sme

[08 Oct 2007]

Photos: UK WiMax rollout

Photo Freedom4 - the new name for Pipex Wireless - will initially target SMEs with the rollout of its symmetrical WiMax service, which it claims will operate at speeds of more than 10Mbps and will have a range of up to 10km.

Tags: wireless, wimax, pipex

[05 Oct 2007]

Pipex reveals nationwide WiMax plans

News Freedom4 - the new brand name for the Pipex Wireless division - will initially target SMEs with the rollout of its symmetrical WiMax service, which it claims will operate at speeds of more than 10Mbps and will have a range of up to 10km.

Tags: sme, pipex, wimax

[05 Oct 2007]

BT's latest buy all about SME

News Bill Murphy, the managing director of BT Business, said: "Lynx Technology is a very impressive IT services business, with a proven track record of understanding and meeting the needs of SMEs. BT has bought another UK-based IT services company, Lynx...

Tags: sme, it services, bt

[02 Oct 2007]

Telecommunications Provider Offers Hosted Messaging Service for Small Businesses

whitepaper Telenor wanted to maximise its strengths as a global provider of broadband and mobile phone services by offering a hosted e-mail solution for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It worked with Microsoft and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner...

Tags: application servers, hosted, microsoft exchange, mobile phone

[28 Sep 2007]

Small firms snub videoconferencing

News There is still little demand for videoconferencing technology among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a senior BT executive. But Lindsay said while SMEs increasingly also have a green policy, most approaches are based on...

Tags: sme, videoconferencing

[05 Sep 2007]

Guangdong Telecom Builds Flexible Service Platform

whitepaper The company developed an SOA-based information service platform for SMEs using Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware. Guangdong Telecom Co. Ltd.a subsidiary of China Telecom Corp. Ltd.provides domestic and international fixed...

Tags: middleware, telecom, providers, service platform

[05 Sep 2007]

Staff blamed for SME security breaches

News IT managers in small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) blame their fellow workers for online security breaches - despite the fact many SMEs still don't enforce web usage policies. The survey also reveals 23 per cent of SMEs have web security...

Tags: employee, it manager, breach, security

[23 Aug 2007]

Is outsourcing too expensive?

News A Datamonitor survey of 500 UK SMEs (companies with 10 to 100 employees) found that while outsourcing may have advantages such as freeing up employees to work on other business issues, only 25 per cent of smaller businesses have embraced it.

Tags: telecoms, bt, sme, outsourcing

[16 Aug 2007]

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