benefits

Sun to tout green tech to the G8

News Sun will showcase its thin client technology at the G8 conference this week in an attempt to highlight the environmental benefits of using more efficient PCs and utility computing strategies. Despite pushing the thin-client model since the early...

6 July 2005, 10:47

Customs criticised for £100m spend

News Customs & Excise has spent more than £100m on online systems without a clear idea of their benefits. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised HM Customs & Excise for spending millions on its e-government programme without being confident...

22 June 2004, 10:25

Fixed-line broadband will prevail - analyst

News Budde predicts that a fully developed "wireless broadband communications medium" could provide benefits of cheaper access, faster implementation and flexible configuration, stressing that there are many technologies within the wireless realm.

17 June 2004, 8:55

Survey: Bosses ignore IT and networks

News Telefonica claims that this means that the companies in question will miss out on the benefits of technologies such as broadband -- the implication being that IT staff can't always be trusted to make the correct decisions on their own.

19 May 2004, 7:35

What the future holds for corporate voice telephony via WLAN

News They must carefully weigh the benefits of providing this voice support against the extra cost it entails. Organisations must carefully evaluate whether the potential benefits of IP telephony via WLAN outweigh the extra cost.

28 June 2004, 11:05

Government must put more forms online - watchdog

News Making forms available electronically could minimise the burden of form-filing needed to access benefits, ranging from pension credit to attendance allowance. In addition to promoting e-forms, the committee is also urging departments to make the...

29 June 2004, 11:25

Eco-buildings saving plenty of green

News Better health of building occupants, among other benefits, is prompting more designers from all industries and government agencies to construct green buildings, panel members said. Other benefits of high-performance buildings include higher resale...

31 October 2005, 15:07

Ofcom ready to carve up spectrum

News Our approach is designed to maximise these considerable benefits for UK citizens and consumers as a whole. We can expect the benefits of the digital dividend to include more choice, fresh competition and technological innovation.

Tags: consumers, tech, research, benefits

17 December 2007, 8:50

Dell opens a design centre in Singapore

News The Singapore location offers other benefits too, according to Dell. Being close to our supplier base lets us reap the benefits of streamlined sourcing and distribution, translating into value products at competitive pricing to customers in...

4 May 2005, 8:42

Intel upgrades Centrino wireless chipset

News The enhancement will deliver many benefits to users. We were keen to bring the benefits of the product [to our customers] in a suitable timeframe. Intel will embrace the upcoming high speed wireless LAN standard 802.11n with an upgrade to its...

3 October 2006, 9:00

Mobile phone charger to be standardised

News Verkama, director of portfolio planning for Nokia's technology platforms division, said the decision would have wide-reaching benefits for the industry and consumers. Nick Allott, chief technical officer for the OMTP, agreed that manufacturers...

Tags: connectivity, mini, industry, nokia

21 September 2007, 9:34

Siemens makes a million bringing computing home

News This salary sacrifice benefits the employer, which doesn't have to pay national insurance contributions on this amount. The employee also benefits financially, as they have effectively bought a PC using gross income rather than losing some of that...

16 April 2004, 16:45

What to do when your job is outsourced

News The outplacement benefits proved very useful, Kaluzny explained, as employees were teamed with a job counselor to review strategy, progress, and tips on the job search. I feel that our group was overly optimistic that cutting costs [and] not...

5 May 2004, 14:00

Intel's roadmap quickly reworked

News The benefits of increasing clock frequency are beginning to be offset by the liabilities of heat dissipation," Brookwood said. Intel engineers probably determined that they could get more benefits, both in terms of performance and power consumption...

10 May 2004, 8:15

Who needs a 64-bit PC?

News There are some performance benefits to running 32-bit software on 64-bit chips, but the primary advantages emerge when 64-bit chips are matched with 64-bit software. One of the main benefits of 64-bit computing is that a computer can store data in...

7 March 2006, 10:25