News Archive
Ebusiness news archive from January 2008
| E-Business Breakfast - Business Transformation The e-evolution is gathering pace across global markets - and HIE Moray is keen to help the local business community raise the wire and whet your apetite for growth and development. If you're hungry for more, book a free place at our special e-business event and over breakfast, you can enjoy the wit and wisdom of two experienced speakers. | |
| Free places on entrepreneurs' course - apply now If you see yourself as a seriously ambitious entrepreneurial b2b business, this is a fantastic opportunity to hone your skills in high-value sales management through sponsored participation in a highly interactive, high quality seminar and workshop led by world renowned serial entrepreneur Ken Morse, senior lecturer and managing director of MIT’s Entrepreneurship Centre. | |
| Domains the name of the game About ten years or so ago when a lot of companies were making their first steps onto the online world, domain names were being snapped up aggressively. Many purchases were speculative or have now become surplus to requirements for one reason or another. But instead of letting these pieces of internet real estate quietly expire, why not try auctioning them off instead? | |
| The write stuff to drive traffic The simplest solutions are invariably the best, we are often told. But does that axiom hold true for the small to micro-sized company trying to maximise their online presence and return on investment? | |
| Tourism Innovation Day 08 The growing reliance on technology by the tourism sector is the theme for Tourism Innovation Day 08 next month. | |
| Trainers test new techno feedback In an age where technology makes virtually anything downloadable, a group of business trainers in the Highlands and Islands have become some of the first in the UK who are using it to chalk up some powerful results in customer satisfaction. | |
| Paying offline being pushed as way to boost web sales An estimated 18 per cent of web users shy away from online shopping due to security fears over payment. But a new offline payment method may well be what entices them to change their mind. | |
| Pipex in network suitor rumours Pipex, the web hosting and internet access company with a significant number of small business clients on its books, is on the verge of announcing the buyer of its access network. | |
| New free Lotus Notes tool launched January 2008 is becoming a popular month to launch new free tools on the web. | |
| Blackberry makes leap into VoIP Out of the office today means taking the office with you. And buying a digital device that has only one trick up its sleeve is also becoming more of a rarity too. | |
| Free trial of BT expenses application Keeping tabs on your and your employees’ expenses can be a right pain, especially if left until a lengthy time after the event. But one web-based solution being touted by BT may be the answer. | |
| Free suite of SMS web tools launched Continuing the tool theme, CardBoardFish, a global supplier of SMS text messaging services, has launched Webmaster SMS Tools, a free suite of SMS applications for websites, social networking profiles, blogs and more. | |
| Trend scanning for 2008 After the buzz of the Christmas rush and the post New Year sales, now is a good time to set our sights on the horizon of 2008 and see what is coming our way online this year. | |
| Non-BT line broadband checking The Broadband Resource web site, formerly samknows, has updated its broadband availability checking to allow non-BT customers to get more accurate results. | |
| Is it a phone, is it a games console? Very soon seeing people holding conversations with their Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) will not be nearly as daft as it sounds. For Skype has just announced a deal with Sony to allow PSP owners to make phone calls over the net using the free Voice over IP software. | |