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Royal Free Hospital Trust Choose SAP for IT Overhaul

Dan Rodgers — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:54:34 +0000

The Royal Free Hospital Trust in North London has selected SAP Business Objects as its new IT system after a rigorous selection process. The main driver behind selecting SAP was to improve the data reporting systems currently produced by the Hospital. Over 750,000 visitors per year pass through its doors and a variety of data [...]

Easy Ways To Secure Your Work Mobile Devices

Dan Rodgers — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:01:55 +0000

Businesses are increasingly providing their employees with mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets these days. Gadgets such as the iPad and iPhone are more popular than ever but few businesses are giving any thought to security. With so many devices and such open networks, just how safe is your company data. In most [...]

Top 5 Tips for Tech on Holiday

Dan Rodgers — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:41:00 +0000

Here’s my Top 5 Tips for taking Tech on Holiday. 1. GET INSURANCE, and double-check it, and then check it again. Being the sensible chap I am I knew it was a smart move to get Insurance, particularly as I was taking an array of pricey tech gadgets, including a £839 laptop, Kindle and my [...]

Java Flaw Found for Hacker Exploits in Web Browsers

Dan Rodgers — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:27:28 +0000

Web security firm FireEye has announced that internet users should disable Oracle’s Java software while utilising web browsers, due to the discovery of an inherent flaw in Java version 7 that allows hackers to gain access to personal computer systems and wreak havoc. FireEye announced on its blog that the Java hack used the programme [...]

Sony – Xperia™ Tablet S

Dan Rodgers — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:30:33 +0000

The Sony Xperia™ Tablet S is a rather cool new tablet. Using Google's Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich this neat little device has a lot to offer for home entertainment. The tablet has some nifty apps to let you control your home entertainment systems such as changing channel, controlling volume, source inputs and [...]

Nominet – .UK – A great place to be

Dan Rodgers — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Viral video by ebuzzing Choosing the right domain is a key part of being successful online, a unique and descriptive name and choosing the right TLD can make a big difference to your success. Millions of UK businesses are dependant on their online presence and turn over many more millions in Great British Pounds all [...]

6 Tips to Save Time on your Social Media

Marcela — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:23:58 +0000

You could literally waste hours of your day on any one social media site, let alone the various sites that today’s business world expects you to have. Every where you look these days you’ll find ads leading you to Facebook or Twitter. Social Media is now indelibly linked with search marketing. So how can you [...]

Top 5 iPhone Accessories

Dan Rodgers — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:44:09 +0000

As the most popular smartphone on the market, iPhone owners are treated to some of the best phone accessories available. However, the range of accessories is vast, and it can be difficult deciding which are useful additions to the iPhone, and which are just novelty items with little practical use. The following list contains essential [...]

Australians vs. the iPhone

Dan Rodgers — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:11:10 +0000

In the last few years Australia has seen a marked increase in the number of Android phones being sold and used throughout the country, whilst at the same time there has been a definite decrease in the number of iPhones sold. Have Australians fallen out of love with the darling of the technology world so [...]

Worldwide Social Media users Top 1 Billion

Dan Rodgers — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:52:32 +0000

According to the International Telecommunication Union, there are now over 1 billion people in the world who actively use social media. Of course, it will come as no surprise that Facebook tops the chart as the world’s most popular social network with over 900 million active users (Though differing opinions on what constitutes “active” could [...]