Category: Technology

UK small businesses could be spending an extra £30.8 million every day1 by leaving computers on standby, according to new research from energy company E.ON.

One of the UKs leading VOIP providers Coms plc has today launched a VoIP telephone service that enables Apple iPad users to make and receive telephone calls over their internet connection.

T-Mobile and Orange are joining forces with Vodafone and O2 to develop a “wave and pay” system on network handsets.

As part of a new approach to its business range, Epson has unveiled a range of new single and multi-function printers designed to lure small and medium-sized businesses away from laser printers with the offer of high quality output, durability and cost and energy efficiency with a new range of inkjet alternatives.

Leading entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den favourite James Caan, is offering advice to those looking to follow in his footsteps and those building up SME’s with his ree to download “Business Secrets” app.

Nearly a quarter of small British businesses are using or trialling tablets at work, according to recent research published today.

Shopping cart abandonment continues to rise despite retailers’ best efforts to curb the problem, according to new research.

British workers spend five hours every week stressed out… because of technology. A new study has showed that more than a third of workers reckon technology makes their blood boil more than anything else.

The saying “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” the best way to describe the relation to the IT infrastructure of today’s businesses which rely increasingly upon electronic communications, Internet access and shared data. Given recent high profile security lapses we asked Gary Smith of Prism Total IT Solutions who advises business owners on data security to offer some tips to making sure your business is safe

Interested in tablets, but are a BlackBerry fan instead of Apple? Well, the 7 inch Blackberry PlayBook has finally been unveiled for all users around the UK with an official release date on June 16.

The recent web start-up, Letter.ly, has had to move its service to the domain Letterly.net after being shut down by the Libyan war. So will other .ly domains like the hugely successful bit.ly, used by many UK businesses be affected?

The IT security company Symantec has teamed up with, ex-dragon and entrepreneur, James Caan to provide UK entrepreneurs with advice on how to manage and protect their information assets, so they can stay focused on running their business.

T-Mobile has announced four new business pay monthly phone plans, tailored to the specific needs of small business. The mobile phone network operator claims to be the only network to offer a 6 month plan with a free phone to business customers in the UK.

British SMEs are increasingly turning to friends and family to get advice on IT purchases and to solve their IT issues, according to research published today. The trend of ‘matesourcing’ has seen more than 1.3 million small businesses turn to mates and loved ones to help them with their IT issues in the last twelve months in a bid to cut costs, yet almost half have found it has led to further IT issues.

Portable storage devices and some iconic items of stationary are among a list of the most endangered office products compiled by a panel of experts who assessed historical and current sales data to anticipate which products are headed for extinction in 2011.