Sunday, September 05, 2010

Bytesize 2009

The Beauty’s in the Break Down

HARDWARE
Laptops and PCs

Untitled-1 With most things in life, it’s what you put into something that makes the final product a winner or a total disaster.
 

Where the Action Is

HARDWARE
Mobile devices

bs09mobile1 Making sure you’re always in touch with your business is hard at the best of times. Over the past year or so, mobile phones have grown from being something you just make calls on to an office in your pocket.
   

All Systems Go

SOFTWARE
Operating Systems

bs09operating1 The years come and go and the bells and whistles are added and removed according to end-user reception, but when it comes to operating systems for your small business, it still boils down to three choices: Windows, Macintosh or Linux.

 

Smaller Requires Bigger Thinking

SOFTWARE
Business Applications

bs09bussapp1 It may have taken a while for the big vendors to catch on, but the past couple of years have seen a growth in the number of large developers who have cottoned on to the fact that while many smaller businesses aren’t massive employers, that doesn’t mean they’re not sophisticated users of technology.
   

Give me the Good News

COMMUNICATIONS
Telecommunications

bs09comm1 Frank Moore Colby may have been onto something when he wrote: “Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible”, but the ability to communicate with one’s customers, suppliers and colleagues remains vital to any successful business.
 

Your Information Exchange

COMMUNICATIONS
Data services

bs09data1 You know it – information and its exchange is essential to your organisation.
   

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Contents

Hardware


Laptops and PCs
The beauty’s in the break down
Mobile Devices
Where the action is
Servers
Not just for the big fish
Storage
No longer a grudge buy



Software

Operating Systems
All systems go
Business Apps
Smaller requires bigger thinking
Security
Yes, they are out to get you

Communications



Telecommunications
Give me the good news
Data Services
Your information exchange
Networks
From the LAN to the WAN and back again
Web Services
Take your pick

 

Case studies


HIPCC, the instant call centre from Telkom
Telkom – the communications link in Northlink
Mine the skills gap
Telkom brings the Kou-KammaMunicipality up to speed
Wired to the Hilti
No problem too unheard of
Extensible, scalable, future-proofed
Telkom makes a winning connection for Educor


Company profiles


Changes and challenges: How the technology landscape is evolving for SMEs
In or out? Why SMEs should consider outsourcing their IT requirements

Your office in your pocket
Benefits of Hosted Services for Small Businesses