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May 2007

 

Spam hitting small companies exploded in 2006

New study finds that the amount of spam hitting smaller companies' email servers shot up by a third in 12 months.

 

The study of 400 SME's found that in January 2006 only 64% of emails sent to companies were identified as spam. This figure increased to 85% in December 2006 with the upward trend set to continue.

 

Contact us on 01383 722757 to discuss a spam filtering solution for your company.

May 2007

 

IT global carbon emissions 'the same as aviation'

 

Global IT use pumps out around 2% of world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation, says analyst Gartner.

 

The 2% estimate includes in-use PCs, servers, cooling, fixed and mobile telephony, LANs, office telecoms and printers. The figure also includes the energy used in the production and distribution of large volume devices like PCs and mobile phones.

 

Contact us on 01383 722757 to discuss how your organisation can be greener and benefit from a more cost effective IT solution.

April 2007

 

British workers waste time on irrelevant cyber surfing

 

Workers are "wilfing" through cyberspace according to research carried out by YouGov.

 

2 out of 3 British web users lose significant portions of their time to irrelevant net browsing, according the study.

 

Wilfers lose 2 working days a month to aimless browsing.

 

Contact us on 01383 722757 to find out how much time and money a Web Filter can save your business.