Businesses Boosted By Broadband
Posted: 08th Oct, 2004 By: MarkJ
The Institute of Directors has reported that over four out of every five businesses have reported productivity increases thanks to the adoption of broadband, with 61% sighting additional cost savings:
Respondents listed a number of examples of the benefits of broadband, including business transformation, improved communication with field workers and the ability to do jobs they simply couldn't do four years ago, says Jim Norton.
But security is still an issue. While 89 per cent of respondents have a firewall installed and 96 per cent use a virus checker, only 76 per cent keep them up to date.
'This is still a significant issues so we will go round our members saying this is not difficult but you must keep it up to date,' said Norton.
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Respondents listed a number of examples of the benefits of broadband, including business transformation, improved communication with field workers and the ability to do jobs they simply couldn't do four years ago, says Jim Norton.
But security is still an issue. While 89 per cent of respondents have a firewall installed and 96 per cent use a virus checker, only 76 per cent keep them up to date.
'This is still a significant issues so we will go round our members saying this is not difficult but you must keep it up to date,' said Norton.
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