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The internet takes central position in most organisations’ marketing strategy today, however the more active we all are, the more saturated the market it and more suffocating it seems. The upshot of this means that advertisers now have to be a little more creative and work a lot smarter (and be more relevant) in...
The role of a Project Manager is a role of variety – every day roles include: scheduler, budget analyst, occasional relationship coach and more! As we have discussed in previous posts, many organisations are less than clear on a Project Managers role – however even less are clear on the different methodologies that can be...
British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has ramped up its attempts to curb transport emissions after becoming the first company in the world to incorporate “closed-loop” natural refrigerant trailer units for its delivery vehicles. The first unit of three is expected to arrive this year and will be used for everyday store deliveries As part of a...
Created in 2012, the Catalyst Centre at the University of Southampton Science Park is fast becoming one of the south’s most sought-after destinations for aspiring science and technology start-ups. Since its inception, the business incubator has helped many fledgling businesses launch and flourish. Now in its fifth year, successful applicants get six months of...
Agile Projects – As we have previously discussed making projects “Agile” has made it to the executives list of annoying buzzwords. The concept is bandied around in an attempt to try to explain how the business will deliver rapid working solutions in response to business problems and opportunities. In order to deliver what the business...
A rogue (AP) access point is a wireless access point that has been installed on a secure network without explicit authorization from a local network administrator, whether added by a well-meaning employee or by a malicious attacker. To make a point, a firewall supplier installed one of these (a rogue AP) at the recent RSA...
Workplace burnout is a global issue, ever increasing workplace demands, low levels of perceived control and lack of support are just a few factors found to contribute to its rise. In order to stay afloat in this fast-paced, electronically connected environment most of us fall back on multitasking as a method of tackling heavy workloads....
It’s not just start-ups that make catastrophic mistakes. Established Organisations do too and although they try to learn from these disasters, there is a tendency to make similar mistakes again and again. Consider NASA, an organisation employing some of the nation’s brightest minds. In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded – and by now, we...
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging service, has turned on end-to-end encryption for its 1 billion users globally. This monumental move was announced on Tuesday in a blog post by company founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton: “From now on when you and your contacts use the latest version of the app, every call you make,...