European Commission Promotes Use Of Free Software

The European Commission has adopted a set of software purchasing guidelines that promotes the use of free, open-source software. See the full story in the New York Times.

Online Networks Increasingly Used To Publish Business Information

The amount of people who use online networks to distribute business information continued to increase in 2010. For more information go to: http://mashable.com/2011/01/13/social-web-participation/

Time To Make Your Business Server Free?

The great range of free (and very low cost) facilities now available on the Internet means that many businesses will no longer need to invest in costly servers, software and the associated IT support. 2011 will be the year when more and more businesses make use of free resources to save money and give themselves a competitive edge.

A recent article by Joe McKendrick - Rise of SFA, the 'server-free architecture' - gave some examples of how even software development companies had become server free. It's time to start thinking about how your business can slash IT costs, because your competitors may already be on the move in this area.

Cloud Computing - The State of Play.

Many of the best free business resources are hosted in the Internet "cloud". But what exactly is this cloud? This article from the Economist provides a great overview of the state of play with computing clouds.

http://www.economist.com/node/17797794

 

Firefox Becomes Europe's Top Internet Browser

Microsoft's Internet Explorer overhauled for the first time in a major market. For more details see Reuters article at : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70324F20110104