By John Walker on April 18, 2012
As Britain gets set for a year of world class sport, businesses are being urged to take inspiration from our sporting heroes by encouraging competition, following a poll showing many embrace competition at work.
The report, carried out by the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange, shows that the majority of workers agree that winning [...]
Posted in Awards and Accreditations, Business Culture, Industrial Relations, Morale, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Standards, Surveys, The Work Place, Training, UK | Tagged business awards, Caroline Jackson Levy, Mark Christophers, Martin Stiven, National Business Awards, Olympics 2012, Orange, Virginia Bottomley, West Cornwall Pasty Company |
By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile |
By John Walker on March 14, 2012
An Irish inventor has developed a product which can help large supermarket retailers cut carbon emmissions and save money.
Tom Glynn, 55, from Galway Ireland, first spotted the opportunity when he noticed that the retail of ice, the type used to cool drinks at parties and celebrations, was a major problem for the €30m turnover [...]
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By John Walker on February 27, 2012
Super-fast broadband is now available in two more Merseyside communities, BT announced today.
More than 9,400 householders and firms in Childwall, Liverpool, and over 2,300 in Rainford, St Helens, are poised to join in high-speed revolution as engineers complete the local upgrades in the coming weeks.
This latest development will take the number of premises in Merseyside [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Construction, Critical Infrastructure, E-commerce, Electric and Electronic Appliance Retail, Hire and Repair, Electronic Equipment and Computer Manufacturing, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Media and Creative Services, Merseyside, Metal and Metal Products Manufacturing, Product Launches, Real Estate Services, Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, The Work Place | Tagged Allerdale, Birkdale, BT, Childwall, fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), fibre to the premises (FTTP), Formby, Heswall, Lark Lane, Liverpool, Mbps, Mike Blackburn, Openreach, Rainford, St Helens, Stanley, Super-fast broadband |
By John Walker on December 2, 2011
Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2012 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions herald changes in control for IT organizations as budgets, technologies and costs become more fluid and distributed.
This year’s selection process included evaluating several criteria that define a top prediction. The issues examined included relevance, [...]
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By John Walker on November 22, 2011
The UK’s most innovative firms share their business secrets.
Every day across the British business landscape new companies are starting up and fresh ideas are being generated. 2011 has seen a plethora of bolder and better business ideas. These gems can be new products and service ideas or equally new ways to improve existing offerings. The [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Market Research, Product Research and Development, Project Management, Standards, Startups, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, Worldwide | Tagged Anthony Keyworth, British Library Business & IP Centre, Dominic Swords, Everything Everywhere, Henley Business School, Jim Shaikh, Naked Wines, Orange, Rowan Gormley, Steve van Dulken, yoomi |
By John Walker on March 23, 2009
OVF standard offers platform independence in virtualized environments; new white paper helps enable industry adoption
The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the industry organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the release of version 1.0 of its Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard. The updated [...]
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Ofcom looks favourably on Orange/T-Mobile application to deliver 4G services
By John Walker on March 16, 2012
Mainstream 4G mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year, under proposals outlined today by Ofcom.
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone operator running two of the UK’s most famous brands - T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), has submitted an application to Ofcom to use its existing spectrum to deliver 4G services. [...]
Posted in Computer Services, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, E-commerce, Expansion, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Internet Services, Marketing Facilities, Product Research and Development, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Requests For Comments (RFQs), Standards, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Services, Tendering and Procurement Alerts, UK | Tagged 4G, Everything Everywhere, Ofcom, Olaf Swantee, Orange, T-Mobile | Leave a response