Keep on running: Protect your data and stay in business
Most small firms don’t have a business continuity plan – if this applies to you, you should look at building one around a simple but powerful managed cloud data backup system.
Tag: Data
How bosses make sure business decisions are rooted in data, rather than based on instinct
Today, everything is driven by data. Whether it’s analysing quarterly sales figures or using a fitness tracking app, reviewing inventory information or scrolling through recommended music on iTunes – data permeates both work and play, our jobs and our personal lives.
The future of identity and access management in your business
Access and identity management as a concept and solution set has gone from little known to a must-have throughout the past five years, and here’s how it’s set to change in the future.
Insurance fraud detection has to become a science, not pot luck
By Emil Eifrem
A recent £2m insurance fraud ring was uncovered by pure accident – and for Emil Eifrem of Neo Technology, that’s almost as worrying as the crime itself.
Top tips for SMEs: Making IT relevant to your business
By Rob Ashworth
There’s no doubting SMEs are vital for boosting the UK’s economy, driving growth and ensuring employment. However, to continue this success, SMEs need to keep up with the technology available, truly embracing IT.
Companies that safeguard data privacy will reap rewards
By Jon Fell
It is important that companies making use of customer data seek to build trust by ensuring people are made aware of how their data is being used, inviting their consent through rigorous and ethical data collection processes.
Government should be using data to help solve digital skills gap
By Tom Gatten
Earlier this month Tech City published Tech Nation 2016 – the most accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the UK’s digital economy in existence. The report highlights some pretty impressive stats.
A desk liberation that has led to a legal security nightmare
By David Meyer
Lawyers have been increasingly liberated from their desks thanks to digital software, with convenience and affordability the main benefits, but security management was named as the biggest challenge facing legal IT departments – especially in small and medium-sized practices.
Lifting the lid on the potential of rewards-based crowdfunding to power innovation
After Real Business was granted exclusive early access to a report looking at the impact of reward-based crowdfunding both in the UK and around the world, we quizzed its lead author Barry James about the scope of his statistics and the impact crowdfunding could have in the future.
The impact of bad customer address data
By Jim Conning
Customer information is the valuable, intellectual property and lifeblood of any organisation – yet almost two thirds of companies admit customer data is fundamentally flawed.