Taking the baby to work
There is a growing trend in the US for new mother to be bale to take their babies to works with them, so if this came in over here just how would we all cope?
Well in the states and even in Australia this trend is taking off, with employers providing the facilities that are required, [...]
A real challenge to Office
It would seem that for the first time in around ten years Microsoft’s Office Suite could have a real challenger for supremacy of the desktop. The challenge is coming from Open Office who has been in the ball park for some years, but never really in the game.
When Open Office version 2.4 emerged, it was [...]
Email abuse can damage your wealth
It seems that if you are in the habit of accessing your emails or taking a quick peep at what happening on your favourite social networking site while at work, then you could find yourself getting into deep trouble with your employers.
As in a recent survey of over 300 companies of all sizes in [...]
Mind-bending customer service staff
When you call a customer service centre regarding some sort of problem that you have had with their products or services, the initial response is to rant and rave, but clearly this is not going to get you anywhere at all.
So what do you do if you really want to get your way from the [...]
Microsoft goes for FAST
Microsoft is making a move on the search engine FAST (Fast search and Transfer) it is said that the figures being put around are something I the region of $1.2 billion in cash, the deal will make things in the enterprise search industry which has been dominated by FAST, but there are other players too, [...]
December 31, 2007Office Gadgets that end careers
The office is a place of work, this is how we earn money to pay the rent etc, so when you take the following gifts in, makes sure that you remember that these gadgets can cost you job and therefore you livelihood, so play with caution:
Desktop Warfare Kit - Let battle commence!
Shooting Cubicle Alarm System [...]
AT & T offer security tools to business
Once again AT & T are in the news for all the bad reasons, this time it is to do with the fact that they are offering businesses the same services that they have been offering the security services and large corporations, which is being able to monitor employees, customers and other operations from totally [...]
October 18, 2007Skype Launches Mobile Phone
Skype has been in trouble recently, especially after the system failure a while ago, but as with any great businesses they are planning to bounce back and make their service more accessible and probably a bit more desirable than before.
In answer to the iPhone and Googles look into the mobile market, Skype are about the [...]
The card that opens doors
Your business card can open doors for you, but it can also have the opposite effect if it shows your company or business in a bad light. So it might be a good idea to check out what a good business card should say about you and your business.
Design – should reflect the business that [...]
Free online back up
For business looking to backup data online, there is now a new free service from PerfectBackup who are one of the top providers of this type of service in Europe.
Online back up services are very popular these days as there are many things that can happen which will leave a company without any of their [...]
Bad internet practices costs businesses £31 billion
It’s a sorry state of affairs when businesses cannot be bothered to respond to emails, and not only that it has been estimated that this practice could be costing businesses in the UK around £31.6 billion every year.
In a survey conducted by Vodafone UK, it was found that one in ten workers respond to emails [...]
Free Zoho Business suite available
In competition with the office suite from Google and other applications, Zoho are to make their new version of the office suite available in either free or pro versions. Although both versions are to be free until the company is able to sort the features out on the pro version. It is anticipated that the [...]
August 24, 2007Is a foreign language needed?
With the GCSE exam results out there has been a significant drop in students taking up a foreign language, and the reason given is that having a foreign language skill does not make any difference when applying for a job. The blame for the fall is being laid fairly and squarely on the doorstep of [...]
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