A no-nonsense guide to social media for small and medium businesses. We have all heard so much about the importance of social media, but it can be hard to know where to begin using these tools for your business. This guide cuts through the hype and shows you concrete uses of social media for your
The future of work is mobile. Liberated by the internet and new mobile solutions, more and more businesses are embracing flexible working arrangements in which employees work from wherever they want. Smart businesses utilising flexible working know that it’s no longer about the hours you work—it’s about results. These businesses are freeing themselves and their
Apps have become critical to small businesses’ success Small businesses are increasingly using apps in their daily operations. According to a recent survey, nearly three-fourths (72%) of small businesses are using apps on smartphones or tablets for their business and 38% report they could not survive—or it would be a major challenge to survive—without apps
Small and medium businesses are implementing video conferencing systems faster than ever—faster even than large businesses, with 58% surveyed saying that they plan to use video conferencing more extensively within 12 months. They cite reduction of travel as the most important benefit of video conferencing.
Talk just got cheaper Thanks to the Internet, you no longer have to invest in expensive business PBX phone systems or pay handsomely for long distance calls. Internet phone systems can provide you with the same features you are accustomed to at a fraction of the cost. And they can go even further, enhancing your
Devices can ‘talk amongst themselves’ Technology jargon is often confusing and complicated. And more often than not, the only people that understand the terminology are the people that coined it to begin with. For example, take the term Unified Communications (UC). If you say it a few times and really think about it, you’ll probably
No matter the size of your business, protecting and ensuring reliable access to your data is essential to day-to-day operations. Yet according to IDC, 60 percent of small to midsize businesses (SMBs) perform only local backups, and 15 percent don’t regularly back up their data at all. How would you rate your business when it
When you have limited resources to keep your IT operations running smoothly, maintaining a streamlined IT infrastructure can be a real challenge. This is where many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) find themselves today. Are you one of them? If so, virtualization can give you cost, reliability, and agility benefits, but it can also present
Performance deficits and the high costs associated with purchasing and maintaining servers were the catalysts for Munich Airport’s transition from UNIX to Linux® systems. With its Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure, the airport has gained significant cost and performance advantages compared to the previous UNIX solutions.
In 2005, after observing the insurance industry’s growing awareness of and interest in Linux, Travelers began testing the viability of deploying Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® in its datacenter. It wasn’t long before senior IT management declared Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the strategic Linux-based server operating system for the organization going forward.