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Bit of good news (and a flood of bad news) for SMEs
A story in today's Register announcing "three new initiatives aimed at helping small businesses make use of new technology" caught my attention recently, not because of the subject (though it's nice when government finally catches up).

What caught my eye was the list of "Related Stories":

•    IT's so hard, say SMEs (28 June 2006)
•    Irish SMEs bamboozled by technology (30 May 2006)
•    UK SMEs clueless about VoIP (10 April 2006)
•    SMEs urged to adopt flexible working (6 April 2006)
•    E-commerce not relevant, say SMEs (24 March 2006)
•    Small.biz ill-equipped for IT threats (2 March 2006)
•    Small biz owners' stress levels shoot up (20 February 2006)

Based on that list, it doesn't look good for IT in small businesses. Maybe this explains why offshoring is looking so appealing to the SME...

Posted: 14/11/2006 Comments: 0
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