In today's global economy, small business networking is about reducing your operating costs. Reacting quickly to changing markets and customer needs. Being prepared for the future.

The loss of IT was the most commonly reported business disruption in the 12 months to January 2009 - with 40 per cent of respondents saying IT issues had disrupted business.

Cisco slashes the price of Unified Communications solutions - IP phone systems, phones and applications NOW more affordable

As economic uncertainty deepens there is renewed business focus on cost-cutting which can be a boon to IT, particularly in the areas of outsourcing, consolidation, sustainable IT, managed and hosted services. 

Of about 950 people who said they had lost or left their jobs during the last 12 months, nearly 60 per cent admitted to taking confidential company information with them, including customer contact lists and other data that could potentially end up in the hands of a competitor.

 Changing human behaviour is the key to data security success.