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Android has become one of the most popular operating systems used by tablets. Its openness and customizability have attracted masses of businesses who have grown tired of using devices with restriction.

If you’ve been reading business technology blogs in the past five years, you have undoubtedly come across the term “server virtualization”. Large and medium companies see virtualization as a crucial component of a lean organization, and have adopted it en masse. Small businesses are now in the position to take advantage of virtualization and its associated benefits.

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Technology has advanced at a rapid pace over the past 30 years, with many devices moving from physical systems to digital versions, including one of the most useful: the telephone. While the use of landlines is still prevalent among some businesses, many have started to turn to the digital version, Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. VoIP has become the main backbone of voice communication for a growing majority of companies, offering numerous benefits including potentially large cost savings, and decreased maintenance costs.

One issue that’s gaining steam, especially with SMEs, is business continuity planning. Many companies are starting to develop plans so that they can continue to operate through both problems large and small. If you’re one such company, and are stuck at the point where you need to choose between software and templates, we have some advice for you.

Does your company use cloud storage services or peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for the storage and sharing of data? Many businesses are now using both these services in an effort to make work less complicated. But did you know that there are potential issues in relation to recoverability and security of data

Over the past 10 years, Apple has become one of the biggest companies in the world, and as such many businesses have started to use Mac OS X – much to the chagrin of PC users. But it doesn’t have to be so bad: there are some very useful features of Mac OS X that can help improve productivity and make your job easier. These include keyboard shortcuts.

If you have a smartphone, you no doubt use it for more than just SMS messages and phone calls, and with today’s 24/7 work demands, you’re probably using it for the odd bit of work too. The next step is to then use your smartphone, or other mobile device, while at work, in place of or in addition to your normal desktop or laptop

Customer Relationship Management, also known as CRM, is big business. If Customer Relations are managed poorly you will not survive as a business, and to prevent this from happening many companies have been using software like Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Does your organization use Dynamics CRM?

Maps have been integrated with great success into many businesses as a way to provide directions to customers. But what happens when a customer is looking at a map, and would like to know more about the businesses in the area? Before, they would have to close the map, open a new window and search