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Stressed out? – New Jersey’s the place to Go

Feb 07 2009

Posted by Jon as Announcements, E-Commerce, Family Life, Lifestyle Features, Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel Features

sic1Pressures here, stresses there, and some more of the recession over there, when will it stop? Now what will all the tired souls who are sick and tired of the recession and what it is doing to our economy and people. Why not go out and spend more time with the family, isn't that what you've been working hard for? Need a place to stay that's different? Then you've gotta' try New Jersey's, Sea Isle City which has become one of the best resort towns with the best beaches ...

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Painless Payments

Mar 26 2008

Posted by Jim as E-Commerce

  I expect my credit card bills every third week of the month.  A CityBank bill, an HSBC Classic Mastercard bill, an HSBC Mabuhay Miles Mastercard bill and a Diners club bill.  Why do I have four?  Well, hmmm... that's another story, but at the end of it I completely pay it all off every month.  In summary though, I use one for the 0% interest deals, one to earn extra plane miles, one for all office expenses and one for loyalty reasons.  It was the first card I owned, the first who trusted me to have ...

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Instant Messaging as a tool for business communications: the cons

Apr 24 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce, General Management

We previously wrote on how businesses are adopting instant messaging to complement or even sometimes replace their existing email services as preferred communication means by companies. Yes, it’s great—you get instant feedback from your corresponded; it’s as if you’re talking on the phone rather than writing and sending letters back and forth. Instant messaging is great, and is beneficial for those who want quick communications. But of course, there are also disadvantages to using IM for business needs and for inter-office communications. Privacy – Unless you set your IM client to say you’re invisible or busy, most IM clients would ...

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Instant Messaging: the New Email (part 2)?

Apr 22 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce, General Management, Virtual Office

Companies are appreciating the immediacy of communication via Instant Messaging or IM. While this technology was first thought of as more for personal uses—such as kids chatting with friends, or long-distance lovers chatting and video-conferencing—the business implications have been quick to sink in. Managers could talk to staff in immediacy, whether the latter is in the same building or in another country. Virtual conferences can be held, where more people can join in on the discussion. And IM allows for multiple conversations at the same time, so one can be talking to a client or a colleague, while checking ...

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Instant Messaging: the New Email?

Apr 21 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce, General Management

A decade ago, the use of email for business correspondence was unheard of . Companies were still using fax machines to transmit official messages and informal inquiries to other companies, whether within the vicinity or across continents. Offices used paper-based inter-office memoranda to communicate among staff and departments within the same company. Of course, there were disadvantages to this, including issues in timeliness of message arrival (or circulation) and costs (such as long-distance phone calls). The advent of email changed all that, as messages got more speedily delivered and the response could be received as quickly, too. There were also ...

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Iceland tops world broadband penetration rate

Apr 18 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce

According to research by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Iceland is the country with the highest broadband penetration rate, topping even South Korea, which is usually considered the country with the highest concentration of broadband users. Iceland has 26.7 percent of Internet users on Broadband, while South Korea has 25%. The UK ranked twelfth, with a broadband penetration rate of just 15.9%, just behind the USA, with 16.8%. However, in terms of the number of broadband users, the US leads the pack with 49 million in all. Broadband penetration is correlated with a higher likelihood of people conducting ...

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UK behind in data protection

Apr 16 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business News, E-Commerce

According to a survey conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry among 1,000 respondents, UK companies are falling short in terms of protecting data. The DTI has thus expressed concern about this, in light of the increasing level of e-commerce activities and business conducted online. The risk of client data and proprietary company information being stolen continues to be very high. According to the study, most large companies take an active role in securing data and customer information that it has. However, most smaller companies do not have such a proactive stance on network and data protection. The most vulnerable, ...

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Firms slow to attend to security flaws

Apr 14 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business Enhancements, Business News, E-Commerce

A study conducted for security software firm McAfee indicates that firms are usually slow to implement security patches on their software, with 19% taking more than a week to patch or update for security. The research found out that 27% take two days to update their software, while almost half say they do not protect themselves against security threats. Many businesses do not protect themselves by installing software patches and updates as soon as they are published by the software companies. Hence, hackers can easily and regularly exploit these security holes and do all sorts of malicious activity, such as send ...

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.EU domains selling like hotcakes

Apr 12 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce, Virtual Office

The sale of .EU top-level Internet domains was opened to the public last April 7th (open to European citizens and businesses), and since then the domains have been selling like hotcakes. According to Eunid, the non-profit registry that oversees the operation of the domain space, more than 1.3 million .EU domains have been registered as of Monday, with 700,000 being registered on the first day alone. German users led the pack, owning about half of all .EU domains so far, with about 400,000 domains registered . Brits followed close behind, with 270,000 plus. The rush to purchase domains is brought ...

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CPW planning to offer free broadband

Apr 05 2006

Posted by Gordon as E-Commerce, UK Company Gossip

Mobile phone retail company Carphone Warehouse is rumoured to be planning a free broadband service in the UK. If this rings true, it would spell trouble for the various other broadband providers in the country, and could trigger a price war. CPW is looking into providing the services free to subscribers of its Talk Talk landline service. The country’s broadband market is currently dominated by British Telecom, Wanadoo, AOL and NTL, with several minor players. But with news that CPW might be offering free broadband, this could shake up things in the market, and cause the dominant companies to lower ...

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