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RSS firmsFirms without broadband 'stuck in ignorance'
News Broadband has improved the way that many businesses operate, but a majority of firms without a high-speed internet connection still don't think it is worth upgrading. Lack of availability was given as a reason by a... [27 Nov 2002]
Avoid .eu domain scams, firms warned
News Businesses are being warned to steer clear of firms offering pre-registration for the new .eu domain names. Jonathan Robinson, director of business development at domain registrar NetNames, said there has been a recent... [28 Aug 2003]
Firms face unlicensed font prosecution
News Fast revealed that it is currently examining the potentially unlicensed use of fonts by two UK firms with a view to taking action against them. But Paul Brennan, general counsel at Fast, told silicon.com that... [11 Sep 2003]
Firms risking IT outsourcing failure
News The Benchmark Research study, sponsored by outsourcing consultancy Orbys, questioned senior execs at 100 UK and global firms with revenues of more than £100m. Orbys CEO David Keighley said many firms are... [17 Sep 2004]
Firms face criminal charges over unlicensed software
News Businesses are being urged to grass each other up as part of a new crackdown on unlicensed and pirate software by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) that could see firms face criminal prosecution. [19 Jan 2004]
Firms still leave security to chance
News Yet despite this the companies claim hundreds of thousands of firms are still leaving their websites open to attack. However, Neil Downing group product manager for PSINet Europe, said in a statement: "With the threat of... [22 Sep 2003]
London firms offered high-speed data link
News Corporates, cable companies, Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms firms in London are to get access to 2.4Gbps data services through the UK's latest telco, IDN, launched today. IDN - which is the second UK... [17 Sep 1998]
Mobile phone firms make recycling pledge
News Mobile phone firms have agreed to help customers dispose of old handsets in an environmentally friendly way as part of a push towards greater social responsibility. By 2005 the European Union will have in place... [13 Dec 2002]
Outsourcing fails to deliver for third of UK firms
News But the survey highlighted the problem many firms face when outsourcing goes wrong. Out of the 150 UK firms 85 per cent said no, with just 15 per cent actually going as far as bringing an outsourced... [18 Nov 2004]
Top director urges firms to wake up to the Net
News Moreover, only 2 per cent of UK firms are worried about the digital economy, compared with 17 to 25 percent of businesses on the continent. UK industry has been harshly criticised for ignoring the potential of the... [10 Mar 1999]
Medium-sized firms top IT big spenders league
News While medium-sized firms are spending 5.4 per cent more on IT, small companies with fewer than 100 employees are predicted to show lower than average growth in IT spending between now and 2008, with an especially high... [27 Jan 2005]
Why Do Private Equity Firms Underachieve Their Planned ROI?
White Paper This paper has made the point that private equity firms have a tendency to overplan but under-execute their value-creation activities. Investors who are the customers of private equity firms, however,... [02 Oct 2009]
E-law may hit UK law firms
News The trend towards cheap, online legal advice will lead to a "massacre" of traditional high-street law firms who don't act quickly to embrace ecommerce, according to Charles Christian, editor of online magazine, Legal... [03 Aug 1999]
Over a quarter of Europe's fastest growing tech firms in UK
News The UK is in the lead when it comes to fast growing tech firms, according to the latest figures from consulting firm Deloitte. To qualify for the ranking, firms must be involved in proprietary technology... [03 Dec 2002]
Utilities firms get data protection guidelines
News Utilities firms are to get an updated set of guidelines on coping with the Data Protection Act. The advisory document comes from the Office of the Data Protection Registrar (ODPR) and will detail the use of client... [20 Jul 1998]
