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Cost-cutting tops CIO priorities

Comment Office insights…   Flexibility the key for women in IT   Workers, wi-fi and coffee shops: The perfect blend   Wanted: Women must save IT industry   Long-hours tech culture hits morale  ...

Tags: cio agenda

[18 Apr 2008]

Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future

News Office insights…   Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch   Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT   Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts? By 2012, at least one-third of spending on...

Tags: it, laptop, internet, smart phones

[14 Apr 2008]

'Dull' jobs cuts as companies turn to the cloud

News Office insights…   Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch   Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT   Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts? Most IT departments want to be flexible and...

Tags: jobs, it, cloud

[08 Apr 2008]

Is your network performance getting you down?

News Office insights…   Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch   Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT   Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts? The research also found performance problems are...

Tags: voip, security, network

[01 Apr 2008]

'Counsellors' to keep vendor-client marriages sweet

News Office insights…   Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch   Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT   Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts? The report says the VMOs can also help focus...

Tags: bpo, ito, outsourcing

[27 Mar 2008]

Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever

News CN, which is due to reach almost 10 million Brits by the end of 2008 provided it doesn't slip behind schedule, will give a boost to broadband services by enabling cheaper and more flexible offerings, said Point Topic.

Tags: broadband, speed, fat pipes, connection

[01 Feb 2008]

Brits suffering fat pipe rage

News Meanwhile, more than one million Brits are spending at least six hours setting up or troubleshooting their service, with one in five having to contact their provider at least three times to resolve problems.

Tags: fat pipes, broadband, speed, survey

[25 Jan 2008]

Brits are web addicts of Europe

News The UK's web fans are spending nearly a day and a half online every month - more than internet users in the rest of Europe or the US. According to an internet activity study by comScore, the UK has the most active online population in Europe, with...

Tags: google, web

[04 Jun 2007]

Ker-ching! Europeans to spend €100bn online

News Europeans are spending ever more money online with research out today suggesting the total spent online during 2006 is likely to hit €100bn. According to Forrester Research we're spending more on travel websites than any other ecommerce sites.

Tags: ecommerce, forrester

[10 Jul 2006]

Brits shun TV for web

News Brits spend more time surfing the web these days than watching TV, research conducted for Google has found. According to the entertainment regulator, Brits watched less television last year than the year before as 2.2 per cent of 16- to 24-year...

Tags: tv

[08 Mar 2006]

Brits double online spend to £40bn

News Most of those spending virtually were business - homes accounted for around a quarter of all online sales last year, paying out £11.4bn. Web spending looks set to continue apace, with analysts predicting that European consumers will give e-tailers...

[22 Nov 2004]

IT tops R&D spend

News In the UK, the sectors spending most on R&D are pharmaceuticals/biotechnology (39 per cent) and aerospace/defence (12 per cent). The IT hardware, software and telecoms sectors spent a total of $102bn on R&D internationally in 2003 - more than any...

Tags: research and development, r&d, nokia, ibm

[25 Oct 2004]

Credit card-mad <strong>Brits</strong> turn to internet for <strong>spending</strong> fix

Credit card-mad Brits turn to internet for spending fix

News Brits can't get enough of bashing their credit cards - the UK as a whole is now over £1tn in debt - and it seems the internet is helping send spending soaring. While spending on credit cards one of the most popular uses of the internet, keeping...

Tags: credit card, shopping

[09 Aug 2004]

Brits go mad for online shopping

News For the first quarter of 2004, Brits spent more than double the amount compared to the comparable quarter in 2003. UK online spending continues to soar and shows no sign of slowing, according to the latest figures from credit card giant Visa.

[01 Jun 2004]

Users spending more on mobile bill than electric or gas

News Mobile users boosted their spending this year as the phone became central to their lives. Average monthly outlay by prepay customers jumped 14 per cent to £24.27 this year with users on contracts pushing their spending up by 16 per cent to £44.18...

[26 May 2004]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04

Round-Up We may not be able to land a craft on Mars at less than twice the speed of sound (Beagle 2 is probably even now still ploughing on through the core of the Red Planet and the Round-Up predicts it will burst out the other side in about three days...

[09 Jan 2004]

Cost-conscious <strong>Brits</strong> won't flock to 3G

Cost-conscious Brits won't flock to 3G

News After spending a total of £22.5bn acquiring 3G licences in the UK, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Hutchison 3G are under pressure to launch successful and lucrative third-generation mobile networks.

Tags: wireless, mobile, 3g

[01 Apr 2003]

You can keep the <strong>Brits</strong>: Who won the ISPAs?

You can keep the Brits: Who won the ISPAs?

News And while it may not have offered the glitz and glamour of the Brits, master of ceremonies and Robot Wars presenter Craig Charles, along with most of the audience, seemed happy with that fact. I'm so glad I'm not at the Brits.

[21 Feb 2003]

Europe gears up for an electronic Christmas

Europe gears up for an electronic Christmas

News Brits are using the web to stock up on Christmas pudding and Brussels sprouts, as groceries top the list of e-tail categories, with an E199m (£124m) disbursed on digital delicacies. Vulgar socks and tasteless ties seem to be selling well on the net...

[07 Dec 2001]

<strong>Brits</strong> embrace ecommerce

Brits embrace ecommerce

News The telecoms, utilities and retail sectors are leading the charge, with financial services and distribution also spending an increasing amount of time and resources developing ecommerce. Research conducted for the CBI by the London Business School...

[27 Feb 2001]

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