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With the possibilities the Internet of Things offer, customers now expect instant interaction with businesses as well as gratification, no matter which platform they are using. Conscious of this change, businesses are now surprisingly giving prizes away and adding extra benefits to monthly packages. However, despite the access to a …
Read More »Why you should be automating your financial close processes
Would you like to increase staff productivity by 96%? It’s time to drag the often archaic financial close process into the 21st Century. The quicker your financial books can be closed, the more time staff have to analyse KPIs and conduct critical audits. With the IT climate changing at a …
Read More »5 ways resellers can maximise the value of unified communications
Over the last decade the face of business communication has changed irrevocably. Traditional phone systems which used to be managed as a separate entity from the rest of IT have now converged with the arrival of VoIP and unified communications (UC). With the advance of the internet, ecommerce, Wi-Fi and …
Read More »Tech retailers’ fraud checks shouldn’t stop customers using click and collect
Dr Stephen Moody, EMEA solutions director at fraud protection firm ThreatMetrix, shares his view
Read More »GfK on the state of the audio sector
Black Friday influenced audio sales, says GfK’s business group director for CE Nigel Catlow
Read More »A day in the life of: Anthony Tripyear, Regional Director, Northern Europe, StarTech.com
Customer focus is at the heart of StarTech
Read More »5 strategies to increase business productivity and profitability
In today’s cutthroat business climate, the pressure to generate profits quickly is often unrelenting and intense. From accommodating anxious shareholders and contending with new competitors that seemingly surface by the hour to providing good service to a large customer base and maintaining relationships with vendors and business partners, the daily …
Read More »A guide to securing your business data in the cloud
The digital world has changed the way in which businesses operate, with employees now creating and accessing documents in multiple locations and on multiple devices. With this increased flexibility comes the challenge of managing your company’s documents efficiently so that they can be stored safely and accessed easily; a cloud-based …
Read More »The security side of outsourcing
Recently, users of BA’s high-end loyalty programme, its Executive Club frequent flyers, found that they were having problems accessing their accounts. It soon turned out that a criminally minded third party had bought some of the many stolen password files out there on the ‘Dark Web,’ and was using them …
Read More »How to overcome BYOD security risks
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is now becoming the norm rather than the exception for many UK firms, addressing a modern approach to working practices by facilitating heightened flexibility. However, despite the benefits, data security is of course a key associated corporate concern, and CIOs in particular are right to …
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