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The Blackberry Curve 8900

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY smartphone packed with the latest features.

The striking 480 x 360 - pixel screen offers crisp-on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a sleek new twist on a classic style, the Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and […]

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Interesting stories on remote working from aroud the web.

Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
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Find out more about remote working, whether you are about to embark on a remote working operation or are looking for new techniques and technology to improve your existing virtual business

Businesses increase the amount of remote working but fail to secure their devices

Over three quarters of businesses have regular remote users among their workforce, yet only 27 per cent implement the proper security procedures.

According to a recent survey, 77 per cent of businesses have a quarter of staff who regularly work remotely, but only nine per cent use hard disk encryption for removable storage devices.

Due to this statistic, the majority of corporations are left dangerously exposed to the risk of a serious data breaches.

However, the survey also shows that organisations recognise the need to address the issue, particularly with a growing amount of remote workers.

The survey revealed approximately 47 per cent of respondents plan to purchase a remote working security solution in the next year with disk encryption (24 per cent), network access control (22 per cent) and media encryption (13 per cent) being the most popular applications.

Security has always been a reason for organisations not to implement remote working policies; however, with the rise of solutions to combat this problem, it seems that organisations will start to focus on the obvious benefits that remote working offers.

Find out more about remote working technology at the Interchange Group.

As featured in SC Magazine.