Nominet, the non-profit organisation responsible for administering domain names (the easy to remember address for websites) has announced proposals for a new .uk domain. Currently all businesses using a UK-based domain get an address like abc.co.uk or xyz.co.uk, but under … Continued
IT consultancy Cap Gemini published results last week which show that not only is Cloud computing gaining acceptance, but that implementation of the technologies is no longer seen as an “IT” decision. According to the report, which surveyed 460 organisations … Continued
The Cloud has made it possible for companies to radically change the way they do business. It allows staff to access corporate systems around the clock using their laptops, tablets and smartphones, in order to provide customers with service better … Continued
Computing and IT have historically been seen as male dominated professions, with women only accounting for around 20% of the workforce. However, figures released in 2010 show that attitudes are slowly changing and more women are taking up roles in … Continued
IT industry analyst Gartner has made several predictions regarding the future of virtualized desktop computing which provide encouraging reading for any business considering adopting such technologies. Among the headline quotes from Gartner were: By 2013, 40% of all corporate desktops … Continued
Continuing economic uncertainty has led to many smaller businesses merging or creating stronger links with other companies, in order to ensure survival. One of the key outcomes required of such operations is to integrate internal IT systems to allow for … Continued
If your business is looking to move key computing functions into the Cloud, you will need to take major initiatives to prepare staff for the changes involved. Most of the issues surrounding Cloud adoption ultimately come down to educating users … Continued
For businesses in the Western world, it is easy to forget that ours is not the only keyboard layout in existence. However Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic keyboards (among others) are all in common use elsewhere in the rest of the … Continued
Guest Blog by Colin Kelly As a lover of gadgets and technology I’m ashamed to admit I didn’t really understand ‘the cloud’ at first. Now I’ve seen it in action first hand and the only thing I can’t get my … Continued
In conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, global computing giant IBM has surveyed 572 business and technology executives from across the world to gauge how their companies use the Cloud. Each was asked how their organisations are currently using Cloud … Continued
