EU Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding has commended Digital Britain's broadband proposals, but warns that Europe as a whole must have a unified broadband strategy for economic recovery.
In the Digital Britain report released last week, Lord Carter confirmed that he was looking for all UK households to be connected with a speed of at least 2Mbs, as well as a broadband tax to make sure that Britain got next-generation broadband networks.
Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/612109/eu-says-broadband-key-for-economic-recovery
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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Building Britain's Digital Future: Government Unveils Action Plan for the Digital Economy
The Digital Britain Final Report is one of the central policy commitments in the Government’s Building Britain’s Future plan and draft legislative programme.
* Digital Economy central to industrial strength and competitiveness
* Communications Infrastructure critical for future economic growth
Read more: http://pressitt.com/smnr/building-britains-digital-future-government-unveils-action-plan-for-the-digital-economy/124/
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* Digital Economy central to industrial strength and competitiveness
* Communications Infrastructure critical for future economic growth
Read more: http://pressitt.com/smnr/building-britains-digital-future-government-unveils-action-plan-for-the-digital-economy/124/
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Saturday, 23 May 2009
Small businesses in the UK are wasting more than £7bn on unnecessary IT equipment
Ignorance of new technologies is driving many small firms to invest in traditional server technology in the often false belief that it offers the cheapest and most secure access to business files.
Few companies are examining the true cost of server computing or looking at alternative options, such as cloud computing, which could save their businesses around £1,500 a year.
"Just a few phone calls or some limited web research can give you an idea of the upfront cost of buying a new server but not enough companies are aware of the longer term investment required," said Dan Conlon, founder of humyo.com.
"We have developed an equation to enable small businesses to work out the true cost of server-based computing in order to help them weigh up whether it is the best, most cost effective option for them."
For more information visit www.humyo.com
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Few companies are examining the true cost of server computing or looking at alternative options, such as cloud computing, which could save their businesses around £1,500 a year.
"Just a few phone calls or some limited web research can give you an idea of the upfront cost of buying a new server but not enough companies are aware of the longer term investment required," said Dan Conlon, founder of humyo.com.
"We have developed an equation to enable small businesses to work out the true cost of server-based computing in order to help them weigh up whether it is the best, most cost effective option for them."
For more information visit www.humyo.com
www.ukba.co.uk
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The internet will help companies survive the recession
One in five small and medium-sized companies believe that the internet will be the most important tool in helping them beat the recession, according to research conducted by Easynet Connect.
The survey of 225 SME IT managers also revealed that 74% of small businesses use the web to grow their company profile and over 50% believe that the web would put them on a level playing field with bigger companies.
"The critical difference between now and the recession of the early 90s is the internet, which could easily be the most important tool in helping small businesses through the current down turn," said Chris Stening, managing director of Easynet Connect.
"The internet has meant that businesses are much better equipped this time around. In the early 90s we were a world away from e-commerce, online marketing, or having a mobile workforce, let alone using cloud computing or holding video conferences with customers on the other side of the world."
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The survey of 225 SME IT managers also revealed that 74% of small businesses use the web to grow their company profile and over 50% believe that the web would put them on a level playing field with bigger companies.
"The critical difference between now and the recession of the early 90s is the internet, which could easily be the most important tool in helping small businesses through the current down turn," said Chris Stening, managing director of Easynet Connect.
"The internet has meant that businesses are much better equipped this time around. In the early 90s we were a world away from e-commerce, online marketing, or having a mobile workforce, let alone using cloud computing or holding video conferences with customers on the other side of the world."
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Monday, 2 March 2009
Recession Insights - Mobility & IT
One of the more striking findings of the research is that businesses that have invested strongly in IT infrastructure are currently showing the highest levels of performance. In particular, investment in mobility, thus optimising individual productivity in a climate where staffing levels are being reduced, appears to be emblematic of the ability to plan strategically and weather the vagaries of the economy.
Businesses that are fully enabled for remote and mobile working said that they are more than twice as likely to review their business plan on a monthly basis compared to those firms that have enabled none of their staff for mobile working (34% compared to 16%).
In general we found also that SMEs that have fully mobile workforces are 10% less likely to have been hit by the slowdown and are also 60% more likely to forecast turnover growth compared to SMEs that do not enaAble mobile working.
These figures are symptomatic of the fact that SME are all too often overlooking the most valuable asset of all – their employees.
The upshot is that 45% of SMEs do not believe they have equipped their workforce with the technology to reach their full potential. Only 37% of SMEs say that their workforce are fully equipped to work where and when they want, while just 4 out of 10 say that they provide the training and career development to maximise their workforce’s potential.
In a recent survey for communications company Aavaya, 92% of UK workers said they would find it attractive to work for a company that offered flexible working and 78% said they would consider changing jobs for the chance to work flexibly. Without the requisite tools, understanding and investment to thrive or survive, SMEs ignoring these sentiments risk losing their most unique proposition – the human talent that had previously been attracted away from the corporate world to seek a more exciting and fulfilling working life.
Extract from: A Guide To Plain Sailing Through The Recession - Plantronic
s - www.plantronics.com.
The full guide can be downloaded here: http://www.sme-guide.co.uk/
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Businesses that are fully enabled for remote and mobile working said that they are more than twice as likely to review their business plan on a monthly basis compared to those firms that have enabled none of their staff for mobile working (34% compared to 16%).
In general we found also that SMEs that have fully mobile workforces are 10% less likely to have been hit by the slowdown and are also 60% more likely to forecast turnover growth compared to SMEs that do not enaAble mobile working.
These figures are symptomatic of the fact that SME are all too often overlooking the most valuable asset of all – their employees.
The upshot is that 45% of SMEs do not believe they have equipped their workforce with the technology to reach their full potential. Only 37% of SMEs say that their workforce are fully equipped to work where and when they want, while just 4 out of 10 say that they provide the training and career development to maximise their workforce’s potential.
In a recent survey for communications company Aavaya, 92% of UK workers said they would find it attractive to work for a company that offered flexible working and 78% said they would consider changing jobs for the chance to work flexibly. Without the requisite tools, understanding and investment to thrive or survive, SMEs ignoring these sentiments risk losing their most unique proposition – the human talent that had previously been attracted away from the corporate world to seek a more exciting and fulfilling working life.
Extract from: A Guide To Plain Sailing Through The Recession - Plantronic
s - www.plantronics.com.
The full guide can be downloaded here: http://www.sme-guide.co.uk/
www.ukba.co.uk
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