The average European business, if there is such a thing, has more employees who use IT than do not; around 65 per cent. This reliance on IT is a challenge for those managing end-user devices because these are now distributed widely. ...
04/02/2009 | No remote concern - Feb 2009.pdf | VIEW
The fact that the majority of businesses use Microsoft Office as their main user productivity tool is in part testament to the strength of the relationship Microsoft has with the IT sales channel. For years Microsoft products have been sold exclusively via the channel, and in return for the reassurance that it will not pursue their customers directly the channel has stuck with Microsoft. ...
19/01/2009 | Google goes down a new channel.pdf | VIEW
Even the best laid security plans can be scuppered by inadvertent mistakes by employees. The key to success is to ensure that all are aware of their responsibilities through security awareness training. ...
19/01/2009 | Ignorance is not bliss.pdf | VIEW
There have been a number of reports recently about the death of the desktop PC, which sits in a fixed office and is deserted every day by the average user at around 5:30pm. ...
18/01/2009 | The benefits of remote IT management.pdf | VIEW
Many factors are driving the expansion of IP networks, leading to administrative and management overheads. This article describes the benefits of automating such tasks. ...
16/01/2009 | The mounting address problem.pdf | VIEW
As cloud computing use grows, security will become key to deployments. ...
07/01/2009 | Managing identities in the cloud.pdf | VIEW
Why do companies and individuals spend money on mobile IT hardware - is it the love of gadgets and innovation? Sometimes. Is it peer pressure? Occasionally. Is it because someone told them to? Rarely. The main reason (outside of those in the IT and communications industries and any associated geeks) is to "do something", i.e. run applications for personal or organisational benefit. ...
18/12/2008 | One bad apple of the whole barrel.pdf | VIEW
After so many years of growth in the business use of mobile email through the addictive and apparently ubiquitous BlackBerry, you might have thought the whole issue of the mobile email market opportunity was dead and buried. The market started with the same crowd as for early mobile phones - Quocirca uses the term ‘pink collar' as these early adopters were the lawyers, accountants and city executives buying their shirts in companies such as Thomas Pink's in the financial districts of New York and London. ...
16/12/2008 | More waves breaking for mobile email.pdf | VIEW
The growth in the use of email and other forms of electronic communication between businesses in the last two decades has opened up a whole new area of risk. While there is an imperative to share information to keep business moving, all too often valuable data is getting into the hands of the wrong people. ...
13/12/2008 | Data leaks highlight need for content security.pdf | VIEW
Mobile deployments may well be affected by economic recession, but the commercial reasons that underlie the strong arguments for investing in mobile have not gone away. In many ways the need for even greater cost controls, efficiency and resistance to external shocks tends to increase the value of location flexibility that individual mobility offers. Remote, mobile and more flexible access to IT, at whatever point a business process demands it, still adds considerable value both to organisations and individuals whatever the economic climate. ...
09/12/2008 | Mobility - waving not drowning in 2009.pdf | VIEW
