IT

As more UK companies focus on exports, the amount of time it takes to get paid remains a real barrier to wider participation.

As more businesses invest in surveillance technology to monitor and track employees in the workplace, questions are raised around whether the benefits override growing concerns around digital ethics, and if employers truly understand the privacy implications.

Following the recent news that Microsoft is making licence migration to the cloud more expensive, Alastair Pooley, Chief Information Office at Snow Software, explores how these changes to licensing rules will impact businesses. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a significant change to its licensing terms that would disrupt the way many of…

For many small businesses, data is among the most important assets. Whether it’s a legal firm, a pharmacy or a hairdresser, the ability to access information at a moment’s notice is critical, and the loss of that ability can effectively cripple a business.

Having real-life living and functioning employees has its benefits, but it also comes with a number of setbacks for any business. For example, having to pay a decent wage, dealing with productivity, days off and annual leave, sickness, mental health, regulatory issues, legal employment matters, employers’ insurance and the list goes on. But what if…

By Ian Matthews, Data Evangelist at NGDATA In many big businesses, it is still the remit of IT teams to lock down data and make it secure. But more nimble and forward-thinking companies are pivoting to an approach that unlocks the value in data by feeding it to finance, marketing and operations teams. This fundamental shift in…

Panos Pantelireis, SMB Account Manager at Cloud Technology Solutions, discusses how cloud technology is key to helping businesses expand. In a world constantly adapting to the demands and capabilities of modern technology, the two traits an SMB ought to possess in order to maintain growth is agility and flexibility. Often enough, smaller…

Georgina Reid, Commercial Manager at Encore Digital Media, looks into 10 important lessons she has picked up over 10 years of working in the digital industry - and what you could learn as well. Don’t be afraid of the truth  By this I mean both being truthful and consultative and asking for the same in return. In the early days of…

A warm welcome from the modern lobby… “In a world where customers have likely asked digital assistant Siri to divulge a company‘s history before their morning coffee is brewed, organisations must keep pace with the technological age we’re in and deliver the front-of-house experience customers expect,” says Gregory Blondeau, Founder of ‘proptech’…