IT training news archive - October 2011

IT industry news: Firms 'will increase their use of cloud-based VoIP'
Cloud-based voice over IP (VoIP) solutions will become a common sight in the work environment, according to an expert.Dave Dadds, deputy chairman of the Federation of Communication Services and managing...

IT industry news: Firms 'can learn a great deal from social media'
Companies in the UK using social media among their workforce will see positive outcomes, according to Jon Callas, chief technology officer at Entrust.Mr Callas also said the use of social media in the...

IT industry news: Identity fraud 'a threat to businesses'
Businesses and individuals are not immune to the growing threat of identity fraud and they should be actively tackling it, according to Neil Munroe, chair of IFCAG."The general problem is not going...

IT industry news: Rural areas 'in need of superfast broadband'
Rural areas are more urgently in need of superfast broadband than towns and cities since the old copper network installed in those parts of the country was not built to carry data, according to Chris Marling,...

IT industry news: Britain 'has biggest e-learning industry'
Britain has the largest e-learning industry in the European Union, with more than 400 companies specialising in e-learning for the corporate learning market alone, according to David Patterson, director...

IT industry news: Firms and IT 'have merged'
The IT section of a company is now an integral part of a business as the lines between the IT department and the rest of the firm have blurred, according to James Peel, product manager at Opsview.  "It's...

IT industry news: E-learning 'to be impacted by consumer technology'
The rising popularity and expansion of mobile technologies will impact the way people embrace e-learning in the future, according to Dr David Guralnick, president of the International E-Learning Association...

IT industry news: Companies 'should implement more energy efficiency measures'
In order to save between 15 and 20 per cent on energy costs companies in the UK should look into implementing more energy efficiency measures, according to Peter Job, chief executive officer at Cambridge-based...

IT industry news: BlackBerry blackout 'will test fan base'
Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian-based maker of BlackBerry smartphones, will see who its hardcore customers are following last week’s blackout, which left many across the world without its...

IT industry news: Electronic formats 'can boost firms' efficiency'
The efficiency of UK companies can improve significantly if they adopt electronic formats, according to Raz Godelnik, co-founder of Ecolibris.net.He said companies can usually find all sorts of software...

IT industry news: Companies 'should ensure a good relationship with cloud computing providers'
So-called Service Level Agreements, or SLA, are particularly key when securing a cloud computing contract "because so many companies can go directly to the internet and just pick up services and sign...

IT industry news: Firms 'must take a closer look at the way they use IT'
Companies in the UK must take a closer look at the way they are using IT assets in an effort to become more environmentally friendly, according to Andrew Boddington, director of marketing at Return on...

IT industry news: Changes in IT 'can make your firm sustainable'
Substantial changes in technology and behavioural shifts can make a difference in to the sustainability of a business, according to Peter Job, chief executive officer at Intergence Systems, a company that...

IT industry news: Cloud computing 'can help manage servers better'
Cloud computing solutions may help companies in the UK manage their servers more efficiently, according to Phil Wainewright, UK vice-chairman for EuroCloud.The expert said some of the previous solutions...

IT industry news: iPhone 5 'could have had a negative impact on businesses had it gone ahead'
Companies in the UK should be aware that the reported launch of Apple's iPhone 5 could have had a negative impact on their corporate networks had it gone ahead, according to Nigel...

IT industry news: E-learning 'positive for companies'
E-learning solutions can provide a variety of benefits to businesses in the UK, according to David Guralnick, president of the International E-Learning Association (IELA).He said there are traditionally-cited...

IT industry news: Entertainment industry 'doesn't do enough to tackle piracy'
The law is not enough to tackle piracy in the UK and the entertainment industry needs to address what consumers want to deal with it, according to Ernesto Van Der Sar, founder and editor-in-chief of TorrentFreak."Copyrigh...

IT industry news: The tablet 'will kill PCs'
PCs will suffer as a result of the increasing popularity of tablet devices, according to JP Rangaswami, salesforce.com's chief scientist and technologist."I haven't used a PC for maybe a decade,...

IT industry news: Broadband speeds 'should be regulated more'
More should be done to regulate broadband speeds, as the current regulations still leave a lot of confusion, according to Michael Phillips, product director at Broadbandchoices.co.uk.His comments emerged...

IT industry news: Choice of cloud solutions 'will be more complex'
The choice of cloud computing solutions for businesses will depend more on their circumstances, according to Seth Robinson, one of the authors of the CompTIA second annual Trends in Cloud Computing...

IT industry news: Internet users 'should guard themselves against virus'
People who use the internet must be more aware of the threats they face, according to Amit Klein, chief technology officer of Trusteer, a provider of secure web access services.?"It is about education,...

IT industry news: Smartphones 'will lead the revolution on payments'
Consumers are rapidly embracing the use of their smartphones to make payments and this trend is set to continue, according to Simon Curtis, SVP strategic sales and business development for YES-Wallet.com."Consumers...

IT industry news: Small businesses 'cannot exploit Twitter's ad platform yet'
Small companies in the UK looking to exploit Twitter's advertising capabilities may still need to wait for the platform to grow further, according to Kimberly Maul, an analyst at eMarketer."Twitter...

IT industry news: Firms 'must get a grip on cloud computing'
Companies in the UK must monitor the way staff uses cloud computing to make sure the service is being deployed in an efficient manner, according to James Peel, product manager at Opsview, an open source...

IT industry news: Firms 'most promote all mobile platforms for flexible IT'
Companies in the UK most adopt a series of different mobile platforms in favor of old-fashioned operating systems in an effort to develop flexible IT solutions, according to David Akka, managing director...