Technology

Hiring great people is never easy. I’ve talked a lot about the importance of the relationship between the client and your software developer. But I wanted to turn my attention for a minute to the value of an in-house IT team, and how a trusted developer can support your decision-making process.

‘You only get one chance to create a great first impression’ – we’ve all heard it many times before but for business leaders, making a lasting first impression has been turned on it’s head by the power and reach of social networking.

One of the biggest dilemmas facing CFO’s investing in new software is how to strike the right balance between building solid foundations capable of future updates, and the risk of unnecessary future proofing.

These days it seems there’s an app for everything. We have apps for productivity, apps for information, GPS apps that help us get to places, or to prove to everyone we’re not a Billy no mates by checking in at the pub, music apps, social media apps.

Google-owned Motorola hopes to challenge iPhone with autumn launch of new low-cost, futuristic handsets produced in Texas

Until now the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app had been limited to Blackberry’s own devices, but it’s Canadian developers have announced the app is to be offered as a download to run on rival platforms

With the employees increasingly working with a range of devices such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones, David Sturges, Chief Commercial Officer at hosted desktop company, WorkPlaceLive www.workplacelive.com, looks at how businesses can safeguard their company data.

Whether you are new to the world of web sites and domains, even the internet and e-mails, or whether you are already experienced in this field but just feel you need a little help or re-assurance, here is a company in which you can have total confidence.

The first BlackBerry 10 handset, the Z10 is a thoroughly modern, high-quality smartphone with a strong focus on messaging, but will no physical keyboard and lack of popular apps hold it back?

Like many people in this world, you probably have some sort of electronic device from Apple. One of the coolest products on the market is currently the mini iPad, but most people don’t even know the best things about it! What do you need to know about this technological device to get the most out of it? Read on to find out

In these days of political correctness, it doesn’t seem polite to call anyone a prat. So I’ll start by calling myself one. I’ve made many mistakes in business, and although I may have done better overall than the average, there are still many open goals that I’ve missed and wrong turnings that I’ve taken.

Speak to any CFO and unsurprisingly their biggest concern when commissioning a bespoke IT system is most probably going to be cost. For most businesses, IT sits right up there alongside people and premises as one of your biggest financial commitments; but is it money well spent and is there anything you can do to move your IT systems from a cost to a profit centre?

As technology gets ever smaller, more and more of us are buying tablets with the iPad and iPad mini selling more than many other units combined. However these devices are very easy to damage and this Belkin case offers protection whilst keeping your iPad Mini light and slimline.

Google’s Gmail has provided push notification to iOS users through Mail.app for years, but an announced change has taken effect that will leave users with new devices without push notification in the iPhone’s native mail app.

Money spent online using mobile devices will double with the advent of 4G connectivity, according to research which could boost the British retail sector by an estimated £1.8billion in a year, a new study suggests.

The Dell XPS 10 Windows RT-equipped convertible tablet will truly last all day and most of the night (and certainly cover the longest flight in the world). It has a very small-capacity hard drive, but if your digital life is truly in the cloud, the XPS 10 can totally be the everyday computer that you carry everywhere.

In the current economy, most companies try to cut down on communication costs. With the availability of free advanced instant communications over IP, it’s possible to achieve greater productivity at minimal costs.

The ‘Chameleon’ Botnet, which was created at Imperial College London, is responsible for stealing millions from online advertisers in the UK and US

Businesses are turning more and more to technology to aid them in enhancing their business potential, and those that are still shying away from investing in such money are missing out on increased opportunity.

A new study by Emedia has discovered ‘significant security challenges’ around the way firms are currently failing to protect sensitive information.

Online information storage firm Evernote has asked all users to reset their passwords, following a security breach by hackers.

Chris Barling (chairman of ecommerce software specialist, SellerDeck) has over thirteen years experience in helping SMEs to sell on the internet, and he has become a walking, talking encyclopaedia of ecommerce and here, in an extract of his new book The Insiders Guide to Ecommerce he gives advice on being mobile ready.

Vodafone and Lenovo hope their second-generation Smart Tab will be an option for those wanting a 3G tablet on a budget.

With the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft hopes to challenge Google and Apple for the dominance of the tablet category. Microsoft has described the update as its most radical, and has even produced its own range of computers called Surface, to showcase it, Charles Mayes, Managing Director, DAV Management, looks at the benefits & processes involved in making the change.

In an era of highly advanced business communication proven by the numerous innovations that emerged in recent years, it would be easy to assume that faxing will soon be extinct. While modernisation has indeed made different forms of communication obsolete in the past? Aisling Brennan, from eFax asks whether the fax machine is still relevant.