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In these austere times the efficiency of your business has become even more pertinent and businesses are having to think "out side of the box" to ensure their survival. One option that is becoming increasingly feasible with advances in technology is that of working from home.

Small businesses are ultimately reliant for their success or failure on a small number of individuals so ensuring that they are happy motivated and fulfilling their potential, whilst overheads are minimised, is paramount, and working from home can be a key strategy.

VoIP, or Voice over internet Protocol to give it its full title, is a concept at the vanguard of the telecommunications industry which, if you haven't already heard about, will become an increasingly familiar part of all our lives in the near future. But what is it and how can it benefit small business users?

Interoute are one of Europe's leading Business VPN providers. Their IP Virtual Private Network (IPVPN) service is specifically designed to deliver an efficient, scaleable and reliable way of connecting together your sites no matter where they are located. Based on MPLS technology, this service is available across our complete network and through our connectivity partners can be delivered on a worldwide basis. Many business level connection options are available to you from 3G & DSL to leased lines & Ethernet.

Video conferencing as a tool is proving its worth across many sectors of society from the medical arena to education to personal and social communications, but perhaps the most significant driver in its development is its use and value within business.

Strong business performance relies on excellent communication and complete understanding. Sharing ideas, products and solutions face-to-face is still the most effective route to success. But it's not always possible to be everywhere at once, especially for businesses today, where the pressure to improve performance and deliver more for less has never been greater.

Governments, businesses and consumers alike are increasingly aware of the importance of protecting the environment and companies across the world are taking on the challenge of reducing their environmental impact as Corporate Social Responsibility and government regulations move business towards being more environmentally conscious

Video conferencing as a tool is proving its worth across many sectors of society. So what are the main reasons for business to invest in Video Conferencing.

There are a number of ways that the internet and advancements in internet technology has helped businesses. These include ways that make it easier for businesses whose employees are not always in the office or are in multiple offices. Some of these are outlined below.

Natural disasters, data center outages and pandemics - these are unfortunate words that pop up in the media all too often. Various outside influences can negatively impact business processes and thus interrupt a company's business continuity. These outside influences cannot, unfortunately, be controlled or foreseen by any company. The best solution is to be prepared for any disaster or data center outage.

For those working in business IT there is one term that is sure to be cropping up on your radar more and more frequently; for those who work outside of IT departments you'll be familiar with the ideas behind it - in fact you may be responsible for its prominence - even though you may be less aware of its name. The concept is BYOD or Bring Your Own Device.

Having discussed why it is vital that business information is kept safe and the measures that should be used to do so whilst using wireless networks on the move, the second part of this article focuses on the other security tactics that mobile workers can employ.

Having begun to look at the over arching benefits that video conferencing can offer to business and why these will propel it to greater success in 2012, the second part of this article will consider how the technology is likely to develop in the year ahead.

Video Conferencing looks like it is set to become an increasingly integral tool in the business world whilst growing in all areas of communications in the next twelve months. As the technology offers cost efficiencies coupled with flexibility, it is a case of the right tool at the right time.

For any individual or business looking to set up or move the hosting of their website or IT infrastructure, the number of different options facing them and the jargon used by each hosting provider, can appear bewildering. The idea of managed hosting crops up frequently across the market but unfortunately it has no recognised industry definition...

For those working in business IT there is one term that is sure to be cropping up on your radar more and more frequently; for those who work outside of IT departments you'll be familiar with the ideas behind it - in fact you may be responsible for its prominence. The concept is BYOD or Bring Your Own Device.

The following article aims to provide a brief introduction to the concept of mobile VPN, how it works and its potential applications in business and the public sector.

Having begun to look at the over arching benefits that video conferencing can offer to business and why these will propel it to greater success in 2012, the second part of this article will consider how the technology is likely to develop in the year ahead.

Video Conferencing looks like it is set to become an increasingly integral tool in the business world whilst growing in all areas of communications in the next twelve months. As the technology offers cost efficiencies coupled with flexibility, it is a case of the right tool at the right time.

We are, however, a little more interested in exactly what the VPN ban does, how it impacts the "legit" businesses and what, if there were some smarter ways to have a "crackdown" since a blanket ban really is so 1990s.