Tag: Technology

As the IT community sees explosive demand for mobility, collaboration and social networking technologies, Quest Software has put together a list of 10 predictions for technology in 2012.

Julian Smith blogs about whether we’re investing in too many gadgets.

“Imagine the improvement to the bottom line of many SME’s if we cut back the unnecessary spending? And gadgets are a very easy way to start.”

The rise of cloud computing, social networking and mobile applications in the past couple of years has turned doing business on its head. Ordering software on CD and installing it on employee machines is a thing of the past. But for many business owners the sheer saturation of products available makes choosing the right technologies hard.

Rick Mapperson blogs about the risks to business of a heavy reliance on technology.

“Ask yourself an obvious question: ‘If the technology that I use in my business were to suddenly become unavailable, for whatever reason, would it affect my ability to do business?’”

With smartphones increasingly becoming a remedy for boring business meetings, bosses who ban the device need to learn how to better run meetings, according to a corporate behaviour expert.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has expanded its entrepreneur program and introduced better technology solutions to help small and medium businesses grow, improve employee productivity and protect assets.

Businesses should still have cyber security on the agenda as cyber crime continues to be an issue, according to data protection software developer AVG.

Business travel represents the second largest controllable cost for companies. But are you keeping control of what your staff are spending on trips?

BlackBerry® Travel™, a new app that provides BlackBerry® smartphone users with an all-in-one integrated tool to plan, book, manage and share travel activities quickly and easily, is now available in Australia.

Telstra has just unveiled a $600 million, five-year investment to help Australian small businesses move to new digital communications, promising significant cost savings for businesses and more streamlined technology.