IT providers in the UK are noticing a serious discrepancy between optimal billable time and reality. In a new Autotask survey, just over 46% of UK IT companies said the optimal target for billable time is 70% to 90%, and another 16.5% said it should be 90% or greater.
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OpenPeople payroll software users report 99.9% success rate for RTI online submissions
Apr 17, 2014
New figures released by HMRC reveal that organisations which use OpenPeople payroll software from Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced), are recording success rates for Real Time Information (RTI) submissions ahead of the national average.
Technology is healthcare's biggest driver of change but executives fear impact on R&D
Mar 27, 2014
European healthcare executives (51 per cent) predict that over the next three years technology platforms will have the biggest impact on their business models, however they are wary that in driving rapid change the biggest areas at risk are 1) technology itself and crucially 2) R&D.
Ignore finance and retail – IT is where the jobs are at for young graduates, says tech entrepreneur
Mar 26, 2014
According to a recent report, UK graduates still rely on the financial and retail sectors for employment. However, leading IT businessman and founder of Cloud Specialists, ANS Group, Scott Fletcher, says the technology sector must not be ignored by young people.
Are the sands of time running out for sandboxing?
Mar 12, 2014
By Sam Hutton, CTO, Glasswall Solutions.
Ever received a message that the file you are desperately waiting to receive has been quarantined? If so, you know the frustration of sandboxing.
Business leaders feel most threatened by IT hazards
Mar 05, 2014
A new report published by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), in association with BSI, has revealed that IT-related threats are continuing to provide the greatest concern for organisations, ranking above other threats such as natural disasters, security incidents and industrial disputes.
Resellers' supply chains balloon as customers demand increasingly complex IT solutions
Feb 26, 2014
Major IT trends such as BYOD, mobility and cloud computing are putting pressure on resellers' supply chains as they are required to engage with significantly more suppliers in order to meet their customers' demands for increasingly complex IT projects.
Frost & Sullivan: Smart manufacturing emergence to drive demand for M2M Communication
Feb 25, 2014
The manufacturing sector has traditionally implemented a range of wired networks to automate plant floor operations. However, emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) systems such as short-range wireless and long-range cellular networks are evolving into choice solutions for factories of the future.
What will drive the next wave of retail innovation?
Feb 20, 2014
By Manish Grover, Senior Director at Mindtree Ltd.
Are there some lessons retailers can learn from the United States? According to Retailing Today, integrated retail or omni-channel commerce paid off handsomely for US sports clothing retailer 'Finish Line'. They attributed their strong quarter performance to their strategies in omni-channel commerce and research shows that 37 percent of US shoppers preferred to shop both online and in store.
IT departments look for greater simplification and cost efficiency for 2014
Jan 29, 2014
Companies are pursuing innovation as their major IT priority for 2014, with a significant increase in the number of IT professionals viewing their role as collaborative and proactive, as opposed to reactive. This is according to a new study from The Corporate IT Forum (CITF), a leading representative body of large corporate IT users, including retailers such as McDonalds, manufacturers such as Volkswagen, and HM Revenue & Customs.
