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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]
Recycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Gavin Whatrup, group IT director for advertising and marketing agency Creston, said: "We either reuse it within the group, for low level tasks, or use repurposing companies, to collect, recondition and ship to either national or international... [18 Feb 2008]
Dell sees the future - and it's mini!
News He said: "Some companies have come up with low-cost, tiny notebooks and suddenly it's taking off because there is a form factor for each usage. While mobile workers drive demand for smaller laptops, other laptop-user categories have emerged too... [08 Feb 2008]
Intel super skinny chip in demand
News The new laptops should be out shortly, according to sources familiar with the companies' plans. The chip fits into a package that's significantly smaller than the garden-variety package Intel uses with its notebook chips, and it uses less power... [01 Feb 2008]
Software sector 'worst performing in UK'
News Delays or discontinued negotiations were the biggest reason for the warnings, with most coming from smaller companies as a result of over reliance on too few products or customers. The research by Ernst & Young covered all listed companies in the... [16 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Global outsourcing is predicted to grow by 8.1 per cent this year as companies turn towards smaller contracts. More companies are favouring smaller deals and splitting services between several providers and countries, the Gartner report found. [10 Jan 2008]
What's swallowing your IT budget?
Comment Research from the Bathwick Group has found smaller companies are not only increasing their IT budgets at a faster rate than the rest of the market but they also use up a smaller proportion of their budget than their more cumbersome rivals for... [18 Dec 2007]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News Larger IT services companies such as EDS and IBM may see revenues fall away, the report said, as banks opt for smaller contracts. As the UK banking sector steadies itself in response to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, IT suppliers will be pleased... [11 Dec 2007]
Windows Vista - why you shouldn't skip it
News For some companies it's a tempting option - but they need to consider it carefully or they could be end up feeling some pain down the line, according to analyst group Gartner. It said companies have "significantly delayed" the start of their... [07 Dec 2007]
Businesses warned over consumer tech 'bargains'
News She said the premium companies pay for business systems "reflects the real value" they offer in terms of reliability, ongoing technical support and stable platform development. Fiering told silicon.com smaller businesses are more likely to go down... [03 Dec 2007]
