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RSS online usageBank Consolidates Online Services to Gain Flexibility and Double Usage to 40 Percent
White Paper After acquiring several banks, Umpqua Bank had five different online banking systems that were expensive to maintain and provided a fragmented customer experience. Umpqua Bank replaced its disparate... [30 May 2009]
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 extent to which... [23 Aug 2007]
E-envoy told: 'More action, less chat'
News The E-envoy has been told he and his department must stop talking and get on with actually delivering government services online. This is particularly critical bearing in mind the trouble UK Online is... [25 Apr 2002]
Students and shoppers leading UK web use
News Just over 60 per cent of Britons are now making use of the internet, according to new EC research that looked into which citizens in the EU 25 went online during 2004. Twenty-eight per cent of the UK now spends its cash... [11 Nov 2005]
"Networked generation" abandon TV for the internet
News The internet now plays a central role in the daily life of the 16- to 24-year-old age group, who watch TV for an hour less a day, listen to radio less and read newspapers less than the average viewer as a result of their... [10 Aug 2006]
One in 10 businesses not online
News Highest levels of usage are found among young people, with three-quarters of those aged between 16 and 24 now online, compared to an average of 47 per cent across all age groups. One in 10 European... [16 May 2005]
Social network sites scuttled by shipping business
News Shipping and tanker agency Graypen has installed web filtering technology across its network to make sure its staff don't spend too much time having fun online when they should be working. But with the increased... [21 Sep 2007]
Old folk cut off from vital online services
News Pensioners are being cut off from many critical online services and from other benefits offered by the internet because of a lack of education and a fear of using PCs. A new in-depth study of people aged over 55 by the... [05 Jul 2006]
Worldwide web growth slows, survey finds
News According to The Face of the Web, a study published on Wednesday by market researcher Ipso Insight, the global online population grew by a modest five per cent from 2004 to 2005, short of the 20 per cent growth rate... [30 Mar 2006]
Wi-fi: How do you eat yours?
News However, when it comes to spending most time online, hotels are a clear leader with the average user spending more than two hours online during the average session. During the past year, wi-fi... [06 Mar 2007]
MasterCard getting tougher on fraud
News He said usage of the channel was increasing and while some consumers had issues with the online environment, the overall perception was positive. The standards, designed to cover methods of gaining... [17 Oct 2002]
Call to scrap levies on European music downloads
News The BSA argues that the rise in online content protected by digital rights management (DRM) technology makes the need for private copy levies obsolete. But online content is increasingly DRM-protected... [13 Oct 2005]
AltaVista's free Net offering: all that glisters...
Comment And with Blair now promising to put everyone online by 2005, the cost cutting needs to start now. James Eibisch, research manager at IDC, believes call charges have not just been holding back the number of people... [07 Mar 2000]
UK plunges down e-government rankings
News The UK has slipped down a rung in e-government league tables compiled by Accenture, which blames the slide on the lack of depth in the public services currently online. While we have a good breadth of service... [06 Apr 2005]
Tracking children: Mobile's next big thing?
News Parents can also check minutes and usage for each phone in the plan online or from their handsets. Aftab said parents interested in a service such as Disney's are the same ones who put their home... [10 Apr 2006]
