INDUSTRY NEWS

Companies encouraged towards remote working

IT managers have been urged to support more flexible working practices, following on from .....

Virtualisation 'to have biggest impact on IT industry'

Virtualisation and virtual working will have the most impact on IT organisations in the .....

Successful self-service BI 'a myth'

In order for self-service business intelligence (BI) implementations to be successful, companies must use .....

Mobile M2M communications set for growth

There is likely to be a significant rise in mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) communications over .....

Environmental risk management 'a growing priority'

Pressure from stakeholders and customers, complex business relationships and the business threat posed by .....

Consumer support services segment emerging

With technology becoming more prevalent among consumers, installation and troubleshooting problems have become more .....

SMEs 'to gain from IT outsourcing'

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) could transform the way that their businesses operate by .....

eProcurement IT spending to grow

Central government agencies and local authorities in Western Europe will increase their IT spending .....

Innovation 'key to IT'

With the current prevailing economic uncertainty, technology leaders feel that they are required by .....

Optical networking market 'growing'

Although it dipped by 12 per cent in the fourth quarter last year, the .....

Browser security virtualisation software released

A security software firm has released a new internet browser virtualisation product that attempts .....

Businesses warned of surge in brute-force SSH attacks

IT organisations have been urged to ensure that their servers are fully secured, after .....

802.11 Bluetooth 'will not harm UWB'

Members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) have announced the development of Bluetooth .....

Global telecoms market set for change

The next five years will see the telecom market change dramatically as a result .....

Social networks 'still pose business security threat'

Despite efforts to make social networks more secure for consumers, enterprises are still faced .....

CIOs 'should lead by example' on software

The Business Software Alliance, an anti-piracy body in the UK, has called on enterprise .....

Mobile operators to 'spend big on fixed-mobile convergence'

With the growing use of mobile broadband services by handsets, laptops and mobile internet .....

ICT industry 'to become borderless by 2015'

The information and communications technology (ICT) industry will become a 'borderless state' by 2015, .....

Most corporate virtual world projects 'failing'

Nine out of ten enterprises venturing into virtual worlds will fail within 18 months, .....

Global services 'close to trillion-dollar market'

Companies will spend more than $746 billion (£384 billion) on external services in 2008, .....

VoIP solutions 'pose ID fraud risk'

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services are now being targetted by hackers, who are .....

Customers 'paying too much for their broadband'

A number of small businesses and consumers could be paying too much for their .....

Online criminals 'repackaging malware'

Internet criminals are more and more choosing to use malware packers to attack business .....

UK firms 'struggling to comply with regulations'

IT professionals working at UK companies are finding it difficult to meet regulatory compliance .....

Most organisations get significant value from IT

A new survey of nearly 800 enterprise executives from companies around the world has .....

Leading firms delivering 'self-service BI capabilities'

Top enterprises are using a mixture of capabilities to achieve improved business intelligence (BI) .....

Retailers 'lacking cross-channel systems integration'

Nearly two thirds of all retail enterprises do not have a cross-channel initiative for .....

Global IT services revenue up 11% in 2007

Worldwide revenue generated by the provision of IT services climbed to $748 billion (£385 .....

Bespoke broadband service to be released

An IT services provider has launched a new broadband platform that allows customers to .....

New communications application launched for SMEs

A new mobile and internet communications application ideal for the needs of small and .....

BPO success 'reliant on advanced metrics'

New research by analyst NelsonHall has suggested that enterprises are changing how they measure .....

Businesses 'must measure mobile working initiatives'

Enterprises are deploying technologies that facilitate mobile working, but they are failing to measure .....

3G spectrum refarming 'could cut operator costs'

In the last four years, WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) – a high .....

Top IT organisations have formal budgeting processes

With the current business climate characterised by change, distributed environments, and tight margins, IT .....

Businesses benefit from master data management investment

Companies deploying master data management (MDM) initiatives are able to improve their customer services .....

UC 'a strategic tool for business growth'

Unified Communications (UC) solutions provide a way for enterprises to improve their business process .....

SMBs must 'use technology to improve flexibility'

Telecoms systems manufacturer Avaya has claimed that small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) lose .....