Smartphone Review Nokia E72 Unified Communications on the move

The E72 is Nokias latest smart phone and is designed to offer an alternative to the venerable BlackBerry Bold 2.

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The Smart Phone Wars - Will the Empire Strike Back ?

The Smart Phone Wars rage on with the big five lining up for the ultimate prize. So who will dominate business mobility in 2010?

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The new iPhone OS 4 to bring Unified Communications to existing iPhone users and push the limits of mobile networks

The latest iPhone operating system – iPhone OS 4 has been released in beta 3 to developers in preparation for the forthcoming launch this summer and contains some exciting new capabilities with dramatic ramifications for the mobile networks.

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Fibre Broadband for UK Businesses this year and how it is possible

It may be possible to deliver 100mb fibre optic broadband to many businesses this year using the UK’s existing broadband infrastructure.

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Hybrid Cloud Communications - How Telecoms Resellers can turn their CAPEX based Businesses into OPEX based service operations

Telecoms Resellers who want to sell the new Cloud Based Communication Services have a challenge - how they turn their mostly CAPEX based business models into an OPEX based service business without destroying their cash-flow in the short term.

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The Big Broadband Strain - How Unified Communications Services could bring the UK's Networks to breaking point.

Company broadband networks and even the core UK internet will soon come under increasing strain if the forecasted explosion of Unified Communications services comes to fruition.
Unified Communications services usually contain several integrated features like Instant Messaging, Presence, Desktop Sharing and Video Conferencing and it is the latter that will create a new problem for service providers, carriers and businesses as they struggle to manage the bandwidth demands of real-time video conferencing.

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Announcing Unified Communications Hybrid Cloud at UC Expo London

On the 10th and 11th of March at the UC Expo, Olympia, London UK, Outsourcery will be announcing its Unified Communications product portfolio 

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Using Presence to control the Split Personalities of the Smartphone and render the Desk Phone redundant

Smartphones are the fastest growing type of communication device within the business and home and as this growth continues we will see the smartphone being combined into a single device and used for both Business and Personal use.

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The Hybrid Cloud - The New Way to Leverage Business Telecom Assets

Cloud Computing changes the model for businesses consuming IT and Telecom services. The premise being that you no longer need your in-house servers and should move the software and services they provide to the more scalable Cloud model – but there’s a rub.
 

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iPhone OS 4.0 announcement expected - but will it fix the flaw ?

Following on from my last blog about the iPhone’s current fatal flaw for business, information is currently circulating that the iPhone OS version 4.0 will be announced by Apple on the
27th  of January and this new version may allow applications to run in the background.

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The iPhone's Fatal Flaw for Business

Ever since Apple released iPhone support for Microsoft Exchange it was obvious that Apple had its sights firmly set on businesses adopting the iPhone. For a consumer, the iPhone is a remarkable device, indeed I have been using the iPhone in anger for several months both for home and business use.
For home use, the iPhone is almost flawless and I don’t really need to sing its praises. However, it was using the iPhone in business mode that I realised it has a fatal flaw and one which Apple as I understand it, does not intend on solving.

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Review of BlackBerry Bold 2

I've been using RIM's latest phone - the BlackBerry Bold 2 for 24 hours and already it is designated as my next permanent smart phone.

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The Impact if Fibre-Optic Broadband was widely available to the UK Home and Business

If Fibre-Optic broadband was deployed in  the UK the average home and business would have at least 100MB of synchronous (same speed up and down) Internet connectivity. High-speed Fibre-Optic Broadband will support advanced Cloud Based Internet Services and these Cloud based services are "Game Changing"  for the UK for a number of reasons.

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UK Broadband for SMEs - Not Fit for Purpose ?

It’s a fact that UK Businesses need good quality broadband to remain competitive and efficient in today’s digital and global marketplace.
But the fact is that in 2009, the UK’s small to medium sized business population still have big problems with broadband. Its availability, quality, speed, cost and suitability and this in turn affects their ability to do business.

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Windows 7 Connects with the Cloud

Windows 7 becomes SaaS (Software as a Service) Friendly allowing SMEs to take full advantage of lower cost cloud services that are now available in the UK.

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Optimising Remote Workers - Introducing CRM Mobility for SMEs

Business Mobility applications costs  big money to develop, install and maintain and were, until now, the sole domain of the large enterprises.

 

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How SMEs can leverage SaaS automation to out-perform the corporates

SMEs can improve and grow their operations even in the toughest ecconomic environment using the latest technologies within their companies. I'm speaking from experience; having built my first heavily automated business during a recession in 1996.

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The Power of Presence - The Future of Telecoms

Presence is the intelligence hub of future telecommunication systems and when Presence is placed in the Cloud - the rammifications for the Telecomunications industry are huge.

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BlackBerry Storm Smartphone Review

 

The Blackberry Storm 9500 is RIM's first touch screen device and is exclusive to Vodafone.

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The BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone review

The Blackberry Curve 8520 represents RIM’s attempt at an entry level smart-phone and is a good deal cheaper than the other level Blackberry smart phone models – save the Pearl which doesn’t have a full qwerty keyboard – so discount than one.

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