Apple seeks settlement with battery maker after alleged poaching
Apple has asked for more time before responding to a lawsuit from A123 Systems, claiming a potential resolution of the matter is being discussed by both parties. It follows a lawsuit pushed by A123...
View ArticleEmployees improvise with bring your own cloud
The Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) phenomenon highlights an important deficit in most enterprise IT mobile efforts. Mobile workers are signing up for personal cloud services to get their work done,...
View ArticleManaging your people growth strategy
Once you have hit that accelerator pedal it’s all systems go in terms of expanding your business. You don’t need us to tell you that nobody can predict exactly how fast this growth will be but those...
View ArticleAmazon launches $25,000 robot competition that could see jobs at risk
Amazon has announced a robot competition that will see the winner scoop $25,000 and could ultimately put thousands of employees out of work. Inventors are tasked with creating a robot capable of...
View ArticleA true digital workplace
Digital technology has already significantly transformed our personal lives and the way we work. This is not only apparent in the physical office layout, but also in the structures and processes that...
View ArticleFacebook promises minimum wage and paid leave for contractors
Facebook is implementing new employee standards to guarantee better conditions for its contracted workers. The new proposal will see anyone who performs “substantial work” for the social network but...
View ArticleAdult content and dodgy apps: How UK employees are putting their firms at risk
Viewing pornography in the workplace is just one of the cyber security risks employees in the UK are exposing their companies to, according to a recent global survey by Blue Coat Systems. [see_also]...
View ArticleWhy your employees are the weakest link when it comes to security
The explosive growth of personal mobile devices, the huge shift toward cloud applications and the impact of the Internet of Things have been the catalysts for true ‘business without walls.’ [see_also]...
View ArticleThe insider data hack: A legal perspective
Data security is a critical risk area for businesses of all sizes. Yet one aspect of a company’s data security strategy that is often considered in less detail is the threat posed by employees – the...
View ArticleRobots proving more efficient than humans in Chinese factories
It looks like the days of employees being replaced en masse by robots could be closer than ever, after a Chinese factory cut 90 per cent of its staff. Even more worrying, the Changying Precision...
View Article4 essential tips to protect against the rise of software-based IP theft
When we think about information security, the tendency is to focus on stolen customer data, fraud and malicious software attacks. While these continue to be concerns, right now there’s increasing focus...
View ArticleBusinesses are over-confident when it comes to data breach defences
A new piece of research has raised further worries about data breaches, and specifically, the perception gap between the number of businesses who believe they’ve experienced a breach, and the actual...
View ArticleUK businesses risk cyberattack by leaving dormant accounts open
UK businesses are waiting too long before terminating dormant accounts, according to the latest research, leaving themselves at the risk of a cyberattack. A YouGov poll found that while 58 per cent of...
View ArticleInside attacks: The rogue administrator
Today, one of the most challenging cyber predicaments that organisations are faced with is that of the insider threat and how to protect against it. Whether it’s an employee that’s financially...
View ArticleHR teams are going crazy over employee forms
Human resource teams consider themselves the most ignored people in the business, and now they have written proof of that idea. According to a new research from Adobe, HR teams are going bonkers over...
View ArticleSeeing IT – The potential
The strength of any organisation lays within its people. Without good people that are firmly committed to the values of the company and driven by a desire to deliver, any business will struggle to...
View ArticleEmployee ideas are rarely taken seriously
A third of ideas which might have boosted business ROI (return of investment) never make it to the boardroom, a new report suggests. According to the report, entitled The Guide to Becoming an EveryDay...
View ArticlePC design important for employee satisfaction, survey says
Do you want satisfied workers? Give them a well-designed PC, a good and secure mobile device, and let them work when they want to, where they want to. Those are, in a nutshell, the results of a new...
View ArticleEvery other employee retains network access after leaving
Almost half of people (49 per cent) that had left a company (or have been fired) retained access to their former company’s network, and some even use it, according to a new study. The study,...
View ArticleBrits are ‘obsessed with work’, and that’s not a good thing
One might think that having a ‘work-obsessed’ nation might be good for a country’s prosperity, but quite the opposite seems to be true. That is, according to a new research by cloud-based identity and...
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