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Insider security threats: top tips

The recent exposure of insider trading at The Body Shop demonstrates that the greatest security threats to a business can come from within. Martin Baldock, general manager at IT forensics company Data Genetics International, gives his top tips for guarding against the risks.

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Exploding laptops

Hazel Blears made headlines when a laptop containing sensitive files was stolen from her constituency office. Here's how she could have protected the data.

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Digital dictation on the move

There are more and more things you can now do on the move, from catching up with your emails to watching TV. Now that most anachronistic of activities, dictating to your secretary, has been brought into the 21st century.

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Getting away from it all

There comes a point when you need to switch off from the world of work and have a little “me time”. Three owner-managers reveal how they kick back and relax.

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VoIP via your mobile

Technology moves quickly and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is no longer tied to the desktop PC. It’s now possible to make VoIP calls on a handheld device such as a mobile, which saves lugging a laptop around as well as cutting the cost of international calls.

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Desktop virtualisation

One size rarely fits all when it comes to IT, and many businesses are finding they can reduce costs and improve flexibility by adopting desktop virtualisation to bring computing power to their employees.

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Car-sharing: the benefits

It may be the adult equivalent of the school bus, but there are practical benefits to car sharing that may make it an attractive prospect for your business.

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Trailer park stash

Data centres are considered the preserve of a large enterprise that has the scale to justify such a costly piece of high-tech real estate, with specialist power supplies, reinforced flooring, and air and temperature controls.

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Car-sharing: the benefits

It may be the adult equivalent of the school bus, but there are practical benefits to car sharing that may make it an attractive prospect for your business.

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Trailer park stash

Data centres are considered the preserve of a large enterprise that has the scale to justify such a costly piece of high-tech real estate, with specialist power supplies, reinforced flooring, and air and temperature controls.

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Tomorrow’s world wide web

The internet has created opportunities for entrepreneurs everywhere. GrowthBusiness talks to some of them about burgeoning trends in online business.

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How to successfully commercialise and protect new product designs

The UK has come up with more than its fair share of iconic products. Nick Britton talks to product inventors and designers about the sources of their inspiration, and how they have commercialised and protected their ideas

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Sharing at the speed of light

WAN optimisation can make wide area networks feel more local

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How we doubled revenue in a year

Three business leaders reveal how they supercharged their sales