REVIEW: IRISCard Anywhere 4
REVIEW: Adobe Captivate 5
REVIEW: Buffalo TeraStation WSS
REVIEW: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
REVIEW: Microsoft Office Web Apps
REVIEW: Intuit QuickBooks 2010 Premier
REVIEW: FileMaker Pro 11
REVIEW: Apple Mac Mini Server
REVIEW: Symantec Backup Exec 2010
REVIEW: Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Sep 6th, 2010
Gmail vs. Yahoo! Mail vs. Hotmail
Ever since the dawn of time mankind has an insatiable urge to communicate with one another. It seems that ultimate loneliness is no communication at all. From the early days of smoke signals to bongo drums to messenger boys mankind has found better and better ways to stay in communication. Communicating over vast distances became a [...]
Sep 1st, 2010
To Stop A Hacker, You Need To Think Like A Hacker
Hacking is nothing new; in fact, if you search “how to become a hacker,” you will get web-pages of self-help guides and step-by-step instructions. However, there is a new and serious issue related to this pastime: the criminal fraternity that is using it to make money— serious amounts of it. There is an extensive black [...]
Aug 5th, 2010
71% Consumers Prefer Marketing Contact By Email, Telemarketing Most Disliked Form Of Contact
A UK survey has revealed that e-mail is the most preferred way for consumers to be informed of new products. The survey, conducted in London by smartFOCUS, found that 71% of respondents selected e-mail as their preferred choice for new product offers and notifications, easily outpacing social media (21%), SMS (5%), direct mail (3%) and [...]
Aug 2nd, 2010
72% British Workers Admit To Using Work Internet For Personal Use During Lunch Hour
Results from an independent survey reveal that a majority of British workers (72%) spend their lunch hour online: shopping, banking, catching up with the latest sport or chatting to their friends on e-mail or Facebook. Star commissioned the research amongst more than 1,000 workers after noticing that the network bandwidth usage for business [...]
Jul 22nd, 2010
Business Collaboration Software: A Merging Of Minds
The best ideas are sparked through collaboration. But how can a writer in Chicago brainstorm with another in London? Or how can Mary, a software engineer in Silicon Valley, collaborate on system design with James, a database designer in Manhattan? The answer lies in business collaboration software. Desktop sharing is one such form of software, and [...]
Jul 20th, 2010
REVIEW: Apple Mac Mini Server
Apple servers are, traditionally, large, expensive and complex to manage, limiting their appeal to bigger companies with deep pockets and plenty of in-house expertise. However, that’s no longer the case, following the introduction of a much cheaper and simpler Apple server platform based on the same hardware as the Mac mini desktop. What is it and [...]
Jul 14th, 2010
Business Collaboration Software: A Merging Of Minds
The best ideas are sparked through collaboration. But how can a writer in Chicago brainstorm with another in London? Or how can Mary, a software engineer in Silicon Valley, collaborate on system design with James, a database designer in Manhattan? The answer lies in business collaboration software. Desktop sharing is one such form of software, and [...]
Jul 2nd, 2010
Brits Are Email Addicts: Not Even Holidays Get In The Way Of Work
Brits are a nation of working e-mail addicts, and not even a relaxing holiday abroad can tear us away from logging in. Holiday season is upon us and you’d be forgiven for thinking a well-earned break is an opportunity to switch-off. Sadly, not according to Unisys: 84% of Brits e-mail from holiday and 20% view and [...]
Jul 1st, 2010
Mobilising Enterprise Applications In A Fragmented World
The mobile enterprise has experienced incredible growth in the past two years. Most IT departments are supporting mobile e-mail — and not just for executives, salespeople and field technicians. Extending your IT systems onto the mobile platform is a necessity brought by the quickly changing demands of enterprise mobility and has the potential to change [...]
Jun 17th, 2010
REVIEW: Microsoft Office 2010
Virtually synonymous with desktop productivity tools, Microsoft Office is not just the market leader, it’s the one product that nearly every user has on their PC. Not content with that situation, however, Microsoft continues to develop the product, with Office 2010 the latest implementation of its number one desktop best seller. It’s being updated furiously, but [...]
Jun 10th, 2010
Rising Security Threats Driving IT Budgets Up
Security is always at the forefront of any CIO’s mind, and two new studies this week have demonstrated why once again. Deloite’s 2010 Financial Services Global Security Study reveals that 70% of UK financial services firms have increased their security budgets in the last 12 months. The top strategies receiving funds are identity and access [...]
May 19th, 2010
REVIEW: HTC HD Mini
Smartphone vendors shipped 54.7 million units in the first quarter this year, up 56.7% from last year, according to research firm Gartner. Within that same time period, Google’s Android OS surpassed Windows Mobile and Linux to become the fourth most popular operating system on smartphones in the first quarter. Android, which is on around 10% of [...]
May 19th, 2010
Plenty Of Spare Storage Capacity Up In The Cloud
“Terabyte storage? That’s so last decade Darling. This year’s black is the zettabyte.” For us luddites still mourning the loss of the 1.44MB (2.0MB unformatted) disk, the thought of the zettabyte is truly terrifying (although pretty handy for Scrabble). The zettabyte is equal to 1 billion terabytes and according to IDC, in its [...]
May 18th, 2010
REVIEW: Google Apps Premier Edition
Messaging and collaborative working are key applications in any business, but they don’t have to be hosted in-house with a growing number of cloud-based services available to meet such needs. The advantages are fairly clear cut, starting with fast deployment and no need for local servers or desktop applications, apart from a browser. Maintenance is simpler [...]
Apr 26th, 2010
Public Crave Technology To Improve Access To Local And National Government Services
Recent Omnibus polling indicates that a clear majority (77%) of the UK population approve of government investment in IT to improve their access to services. Approval is marginally higher still amongst the 55+ age group, confounding the view that online services are viewed more favourably by the young or so-called ‘early adopters’. 42% of respondents, while positive, [...]
