Sep 7th, 2010
An ‘intelligent solution’ designed to provide the tools to migrate legacy applications to Cloud platforms has been launched.
CIMTrek is a new international software company based in the UK, which has been established to provide the tools that help end user organisations understand the magnitude of the migration journey.
The new venture has developed the tools that [...]
Sep 7th, 2010
Small companies from across the UK are being invited to submit a two-minute video to pitch for a share of £600,000 of government funding to kick-start the development of new technology.
Businesses have until only 16 September to submit their video pitch for the competition, which is being run by the Technology Strategy Board, and people [...]
Sep 6th, 2010
It seems physical books aren’t not consigned to history – yet! A survey of over 1,000 US and UK users by news navigator OneNewsPage found Amazon’s Kindle scored strongly over Apple’s iPad as an e-reader.
Although OneNewsPage’s users admitted the iPad was “more compelling” than the Kindle because of the iPad’s multi-functionality, if it came to [...]
Sep 3rd, 2010
Industry figures interested in bringing greater transparency and trust to doing business in the Cloud, are being asked to join the Governance Board of the Cloud Industry Forum.
The recently formed self-regulatory body was established to promote trust and to work within the sector to develop a public facing Code of Practice to standardise and certify [...]
Aug 31st, 2010
While network-attached storage (NAS) provides many advantages for small-midsized businesses (SMBs), it also presents many challenges. In addition, Buffalo Technology might not be the first name you think of when it comes to direct attached storage solutions. So, can the Austin, Texas-based company deliver when it comes to managing and protecting critical businesses information?
What is [...]
Aug 24th, 2010
Data centre managers rejoice. 2bm has launched the iMeter, an advanced environmental and power monitoring solution designed to help businesses monitor and reduce power consumption in the data centre.
Uniquely, iMeter can be implemented without a complete re-fit and whilst allowing normal uninterrupted operation.
The reduction of excessive power consumption is becoming a major government initiative – [...]
Aug 24th, 2010
Business phone systems company Cloud Net has launch what it’s calling the “first mobile connectivity solution for the iPhone and iPad”.
The Cloud Net Mobile PBX provides users of Apple’s devices with a set of VoIP-for-business features, including a full hosted virtual PBX (switchboard).
New users of the service will be able to keep business and personal [...]
Aug 18th, 2010
LogMeIn has updated Ignition for iPhone/iPad. The popular remote access application now boasts a hybrid approach to controlling and interacting with remote computers via the iPad’s touch display. Blending touch and point-and-click controls, it gives users the ability to naturally interact with Windows or Mac-based interfaces on the iPad.
The update also supports gesture-triggered swiping [...]
Aug 17th, 2010
DASCOM has announced the launch of its renewed T2000 range of industrial dot matrix printers, re-engineered to print even clearer and barcodes, graphics, forms and character sets in an Ethernet environment. The six new printers also include Intelligent Graphics Processor (IGP) support.
The new versions of the Tally T2150, T2250, 2265+, T2280+, T2365 MC and T2380 [...]
Aug 17th, 2010
Despite pressure mounting to comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements, online-only retailers are leaving their high street competitors behind in the race to meet the standard.
According to figures issued by Visa earlier this year just nine per cent of the UK’s Level 1 retailers (those that handle more than six [...]
Aug 17th, 2010
A recent survey shows that the use of streaming services make people listen to more music. The survey also suggests that the range of music listened to increases, while users discover more artists and bands than they did before.
“It’s natural that music habits change when people have easy access to millions of songs. Streaming is [...]
Aug 16th, 2010
RIM has released the next version of its free BlackBerry server software that wirelessly synchronises BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft Exchange and Windows Small Business Server.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software allows users to wirelessly connect BlackBerry smartphones to the corporate network at no charge and without compromising security. It uses the same robust security architecture of [...]
Aug 16th, 2010
Central Desktop, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) collaboration platform provider, today announced the availability of its cloud-based Microsoft Office collaboration tool, Central Desktop for Office. The new product claims seamless, real-time integration between Microsoft Office and the cloud to “radically improve” the way users collaborate on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Once installed, Central Desktop for Office adds [...]
Aug 16th, 2010
MindManager, a Web-based app for visually organising and managing information and ideas, has reached version 9.
MindManager is designed to give information workers the resources they need to see the big picture and all the relevant details needed for analysis and planning, within a single, easily-edited view. MindManager 9 claims a “quantum leap forward” by greatly [...]
Aug 16th, 2010
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the BlackBerry Curve 3G, an addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones. The BlackBerry Curve 3G supports high-speed 3G (HSDPA) networks around the world and promises “exceptional” communications features.
“The majority of people in the worldwide mobile phone market have yet to buy their first smartphone and the [...]
