Unified Comms

Metro Bank threw open its doors in the UK on 29 July with all the razzamatazz expected of a new entrant hoping to make an impact on both the media and prospective customers on its first day of trading. However, for all the glitz and gimmickry, new account holders might ... read more..

Wireless communications infrastructure provider Arqiva has been busy stamping out its credentials in the UK smart metering space. A month ago, Arqiva announced the participation of npower in a smart meter proof of concept in Reading. The proof of concept also involves US-based smart metering communications expert Sensus, which Arqiva ... read more..

Adobes past market strategy has paid off as the evolution of the Web and e-commerce moves in its direction. Going forward Adobe is in a good position to seize the next wave, with an enterprise and monetization focus that will take it closer to the business while still retaining its ... read more..

Cisco is gearing up its Smart+Connected Communities strategy to enable the next generation of cities to compete with each other to attract citizens by offering smarter, technology-enabled, and sustainable ways to live, work, and play. The pace of urbanization is accelerating and could create technology opportunities bigger than the ... read more..

Find out what's hot on the IT agenda at IT Decisions 2010, including the latest developments ... read more..

There is no doubt that technology will provide a major boost for businesses across the country as they begin to emerge from the recession during 2010. Research shows that firms that have harnessed the power of technology have coped much better with the downturn. In the year ahead, as ... read more..

technology convergence IT departments must embrace the personal mobile phone in the workplace If you are an overworked IT manager, with an ever-expanding to do list, Id like to personally thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this article. One reason that you find yourself ... read more..

John Lovelock, Chief Executive of FAST IiS (the Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software), discusses possible threats to the digital economy. The digital economy has received much publicity over the last year, and especially the last few weeks. The Governments Digital Britain Report has led to the Digital ... read more..

Thursday, 25 March 2010 at the Trafford Centre - Management Suite Morning Workshop: 9.15am to 12.30pm Afternoon Workshop: 1.45pm to 5.00pm 'If you are drowning in a sea of emails, this course will supply a lifejacket, life-raft and even a paddle to get you to calmer waters'. Toni Bright, City of London ... read more..

How do CFOs and FDs gain greater competitive advantage whilst minimising their companys costs? The National Computing Centre and ICAEW brought together senior finance executives and industry experts to debate this key issue. In most organisations the economic decision maker for large-scale IT purchases is the FD, CFO or board ... read more..

Keith Mitchell of Replify Ltd looks at how optimisation can create the platform for greater efficiency and productivityInfrastructures in businessTodays technology can affect businesses in many different ways. Deployed properly it can propel a company to greater productivity and profitability with far fewer resources than were required just a few ... read more..

According to Rob Bamforth, lead analyst from Quocirca, It is essential that enterprises adopt a mobile strategy that includes plans for the evolution and continuous improvement of a mobile project.A continuous improvement approach in a mobile project is the key to maximising profitability from your investment in mobility. Continuous improvement ... read more..

As technology trends advance and reliance upon IT infrastructures increases, what effect will this have on the creative industry? With information moving towards the digital domain, Jonathan Morgan, co-founder of software developer Object Matrix, looks at the demise of tape-based archiving and the natural succession of the digital workflow.There seems ... read more..

Mobile phones have now become an essential part of everyday life with more that 40m owned by British residents. Their constantly increasing functionality and the fact that hardly anyone goes anywhere without their mobile means that the information available on both SIM /Handset can determine more about a person's movements, ... read more..

2009 has seen the power of social media reach an all-time high with many of us dedicating our precious time daily to blogs, chat forums and popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Rob Marcus, director at social networking moderation company, Chat Moderators believes that social media is ... read more..

Creating a team far greater than the sum of its individual parts. Effective collaboration and communication is one of the leading routes to business success. Research shows that, over the first years of this century, companies with the most effective communications attained a 30 percent increase in results compared to ... read more..

Paul Phillips provides some answers to this popular question. Networks have become the backbone of many organisations. In the corporate environment, nearly all business applications are dependant on the strength and reliability of the network they deploy. The demands and complexities of delivering reliability and scalability in the 21st Century are ... read more..

The integration of computers and telephony has been debated for years but the actual application of the idea is still developing. By combining voice and data systems, companies can cut costs and provide flexible communications to their increasingly far-flung and mobile workforce. Yet, according to our latest research (page 4), ... read more..

What is the potential for unified communications to deliver new and improved services in the public sector? Mario Devargas outlines the progress made at Bolton Council. What comes into your mind when you hear the term 'unified communications'? Wikipedia has it ... read more..

Unified communications is undoubtedly the hot topic in business communications right now, with a seemingly endless stream of summits, symposia, or conferences in the 2008 calendar. But what's driving all this activity? Is technology leading the way, attempting to impose its impressive capabilities on the business world? Or is the ... read more..

Alex Donnelly looks at the growing unified communications market and highlights how organisations can deliver real business benefits. The art of communication in the workplace is changing as UK workers now have a diverse range of communications tools and applications at ... read more..

Developing and implementing a successful unified communications strategy can deliver major benefits for both the business and its customers, as our two latest cases studies from Yotel and Dreams clearly illustrate. Yotel ... read more..

Mobile computing allows people to use IT without being tied to a single location. Any business with staff that work away from the office can benefit from using it. Whether you or your employees are travelling to meetings, out on sales calls, working from a client's site or from home, ... read more..

A telephone system is a basic requirement for any business, but telecommunications can also be used to enhance efficiency, adopt more flexible working methods and improve customer service. Get the most from your phone system outlines the main types of phone system and line available to small businesses and the ... read more..

Martin Morey is the General Secretary to the UK Mobile Computer Users Group and a consultant in mobile technology.Experience has shown that delivering mobile information and communications to a large, remote, and sometimes agnostic workforce remains a challenge. The following tips will help you ... read more..