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News Not understanding of the needs of SMEs with perhaps only a handful of PCs. IT services firm Blue Screen surveyed 100 SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises) in the UK about their IT support experiences, and compiled a list of the top ten complaints. [06 Feb 2003]
Megadeals spell misery for SMEs
News The SMEs are left working in a low growth market, fighting for the few small to mid-sized deals or forming partnerships with the larger companies and digging up business together.silicon.com Public Sector [05 Oct 2006]
Sage tempts SMEs with free Net access
News Software company, Sage has launched a free Internet access service for its customers in an attempt to encourage SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to invest in ecommerce. But David Errington, chief technology officer at Sage, said it is not... [12 May 1999]
Oftel chief urges SMEs to make most of telco rivalries
News Edmonds, speaking at a business conference at Leeds University, said SMEs are missing out on golden opportunities for lower costs and better connections. Edmonds also cited research that is yet to be published in which Oftel found SMEs are not... [10 Feb 2000]
Leader: What SMEs need
Leader It's no wonder everyone wants to be friends with SMEs. If there's any theme we've encountered, it's that vendors and consultants targeting smaller organisations need to be more sensitive to just how different SMEs' IT wants and needs are to big... [15 Feb 2005]
Avaya sets its sights on SMEs
News The company, through its INDex platform, will provide SMEs with networking and communications applications which large companies are using as tools to help them drive sales results and improve communications. [14 Sep 2001]
Devil's Advocate: What the big guns don't get about SMEs
Comment It looks to coincide roughly with the dividing line between large corporates and SMEs. Martin Brampton has a few ideas. Periodically, the large IT vendors announce to the world they are going to make new inroads into the SME or SMB markets. [01 Feb 2005]
VoIP and convergence still lost on SMEs
News In larger SMEs, 40 per cent of respondents boast a fully converged network. For SMEs of every size, cost reduction was the greatest driver for convergence. The idea of voice and data convergence is still lost on many small companies, nearly half of... [23 Nov 2005]
MPs appease pleased SMEs
News The UK Government has launched an online resource for small-to-medium size businesses (SMEs). Dubbed a 'business dating agency', the site allows like-minded SMEs to exchange information and identify any potential partners they might be interested in. [20 Jun 2002]
£136m merger creates ecommerce service for SMEs
News Providers of ecommerce services to SMEs, Freecom.net and Oneview.net, have agreed to merge in a deal worth £136m. The two companies - which have both floated on the AIM stock exchange - sell services and software enabling SMEs to construct Web... [24 Mar 2000]
Shot in the arm for UK healthcare SMEs
News The three were chosen as the most likely to provide the best environments for UK SMEs to expand due to their IT standards, government initiatives in the sector and the likelihood of the country's market to expand. [16 Jul 2004]
Intel targets SMEs with networked storage products
News Developed by the chip giant's networking business, the InBusiness Storage Station appliance now comes with hard drives of 30GB or 60GB, and is aimed at SMEs for whom file sharing is key. Intel has announced improved versions of its network attached... [15 Mar 2000]
Through the fog... SAP for SMEs
Comment The topic was the new SAP offering for SMEs known as SAP Business One. SAP is one of an elite band of enterprise software vendors, famous for making big money by selling bi systems to big companies. So should we take its small business push seriously? [18 Dec 2003]
Hushmail offers web security for SMEs
News The tool, named HushIdentity, allows SMEs to encrypt their web-based communications traveling under their own privately branded domain name. Encryption specialist Hushmail has launched a web security tool aimed at small to medium sized businesses. [19 Jun 2001]
SMEs get trading boost from B2B site
News Overstockb2b.com will give SMEs the opportunity to buy discounted liquidated goods - anything from scanners to babywear. US e-tailer overstock.com is moving into B2B to tap into the small business market. [20 Jun 2001]
