Comms / IT
NBCN inclusive solution
Published January 16, 2008 at 10:41 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Everything you need for one fixed monthly payment
Businesses that feel overwhelmed by choice and variety in the telecoms market are being offered a simpler way of acquiring business telephony equipment …
BT Bringing it all back
Published January 16, 2008 at 10:35 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
BT, is predicting a rise in homeshored contact centre advisors as businesses attempt to meet the conflicting requirements of an increasingly demanding customer base and the need to make cost …
The art of science
Published October 17, 2007 at 4:17 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
This stunning photo is featured in The Art of Invention, a new exhibition at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Virginia. The atomic-sized image shows a structure …
Brother debuts colour laser technology
Published October 17, 2007 at 3:55 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Brother has launched the first colour laser printers and all-in-ones to be based on its own technology. Previous Brother colour lasers have used alternative print engines….
Wireless email for everyone
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:58 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Wireless email is no longer the preserve of the business elite, but is quickly spreading through all levels of business and to consumers, Gartner claims in a new report.
There are …
Blackberry Thinprint
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:40 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
The new version of ThinPrint’s Content Beamer for BlackBerry includes Explorer-like functionality that enables BlackBerry smartphone users to perform work that previously required a notebook computer.
For example, it makes it …
Mobile Working
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:39 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Automation increases field agent productivity by one third
A new study by Spectrum Consulting suggests that field service engineers could increase their productivity by as much as 30% simply by automating …
Sun Launch Eco Kits
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:37 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Against a backdrop of rising energy costs and rapidly escalating power consumption in datacentres, Sun has launched a suite of Eco Kits and virtualisation solutions that it claims can help …
All in one monitor and thin client
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:36 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Samsung has introduced a range of thin client monitors for organisations utilising server-based computing.
The devices combine an LCD monitor, a built-in thin client CPU and network module in a single …
Pano logic - Green computing
Published October 17, 2007 at 2:34 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Virtualised desktop reduces TCO by 70%
Pano Logic describes the Pano device as the first true virtualised desktop. Designed specifically for server-based desktop virtualisation, the Pano device has no CPU, memory, …
Wind powered mobile phone charger
Published August 13, 2007 at 4:18 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
There are loads of solar mobile phone chargers, but the Orange Mobile Wind Charger is the first wind-powered device. Designed to provide off-grid charging in wet and windy conditions, the …
Lucky Gym
Published August 13, 2007 at 3:17 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Toshiba Information Systems has celebrated the workplace smoking ban by converting its company smoking room into a state-of the-art employee gym kitted out with £30,000 worth of equipment.
Toshiba won the …
New BT Phone box
Published August 13, 2007 at 3:07 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
BT has unveiled its first new payphone design in 20 years. Developed in conjunction with advertising firm JCDecaux, the payphone has a public phone on one side and six scrolling …
Published August 13, 2007 at 3:03 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Why it’s best to talk not type
As email replaces spoken communications as the main form of contact between business people, Plantronics is warning of the pitfalls of email use and …
Published August 13, 2007 at 3:00 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
Give us a breakout room
They may have been a staple of the best office designs for 10 years or more, but, according to MWB Business Exchange, breakout areas are still …
The £35 PC has arrived…NComputing
Published August 13, 2007 at 1:38 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
NComputing has introduced a low-cost, energy-efficient device that enables up to 10 people to share the use of a single PC.
Instead of having a PC on every desk, all you …
Thin Client computing
Published August 6, 2007 at 12:12 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
A number of factors are combining to boost the appeal of thin client computing. James Goulding reports
“A perfect storm” is how Simon Schouten, Sun desktop business development manager, describes the …
Green networks
Published July 13, 2007 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
PlasmaNet is introducing a diskless PC network as a cost effective, green computing solution for SMEs. The network operates in a similar fashion to thin clients but without the performance …
Sat Nav alarm
Published July 13, 2007 at 2:42 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
The Personnel Tracker from Satamatics combines satellite tracking and alarm functions to help protect individuals in dangerous and remote locations.
The Personnel Tracker is housed in a …
IT Support
Published July 13, 2007 at 2:35 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
More than one in three small and medium-sized businesses (36%) face IT problems every day, with one third wasting more than 20 hours a month trying to resolve them.
Although 69% …
