THE Federal Government has launched a guide to registering a website address in a bid to make the process of registering and protecting an Internet domain name easier for small business operators.
In the third part of WA Business News’ outsourcing series Julie-anne Sprague examines the different ways to obtain outside technical support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
FEW businesses these days are immune from software and hardware hiccups.
THE outsourcing of programming requirements is becoming more common as companies move towards better quality applications and faster, cheaper delivery.
THE Federal Government’s E-commerce Expert Group will review consumer protection issues in relation to the increased use of m-commerce (mobile commerce) by businesses.
LOCAL electronic engineering commercial and operational services company Atamo heads to Sydney next week in an effort to secure new commercialisation ventures.
In the first of a series on IT outsourcing, Julie-anne Sprague examines who’s bidding for the major contracts.
MOST local IT outsourcing companies agree that government contracts account for a large slice of work in Western Australia.
IT research firm META Group envisages good growth for its services in WA and has appointed a full-time regional WA manager, Geoff Large, who is charged with developing the group’s presence in WA.
ACHIEVING real cost savings and improving staff efficiencies through the implementation of communications technology can be as simple as updating the phone system.
Managing a mobile workforce takes work, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
THE successful operation of a mobile workforce demands careful management of a company’s human and technical resources.
THE home has become a favoured work site, whether on a full-time basis or for the flexibility it can offer.
ABS statistics for the year 2000 say that 20 per cent of people worked in their own home or a home other than their employer’s or client’s home.
COMPANIES often spend thousands of dollars registering a domain name but many remain unaware that it can be lost overnight through simple administrative errors.
ONE of the big movers in the IT sector this year will be the mass adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, according to technology analyst groups.