Blog entries - November 2009

Reduce your e-mail burden with archiving

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:33:08 +0100

E-mail keeps piling into your business, and your e-mail database keeps on growing. There is a hidden cost to this, which only reveals itself when the database hits its limit or your disk is full. At that point you wish you had been managing your e-mail all along. You realise that even a large server system needs management, and that as new data comes into your organisation so old data must move out of it. E-mail archiving is the solution.

Individual archRead More...

Better connected means better business

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:54 +0100

I recently overheard someone lamenting the demands of e-mail, that people now expected an immediate reply. A few years ago, they said, a reply next day was what was expected. We have become a "now, now, now" society.

One reason for this feeling is that e-mail can now follow you around on your mobile phone, whether it's a BlackBerry, an iPhone or a Windows phone. That leads to another strongly expressed view from some people that they don't want to be houndedRead More...

Go faster with Word

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:58 +0100

Work faster with Word with more shortcuts and some handy techniques that will make you a power user - faster and more productive.

Here's a quick one. Use Ctrl Z to undo your last change. Every time you decide to undo something, just press Ctrl Z.

Want to find something in your document? Use Ctrl F to find. For some reason it's Ctrl H for find and replace. I don't know why, but it is. And did you know you can find all sorts of things, like paragraph marks, tabs and many more Read More...

And the best Internet Service Provider is...

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:57:18 +0100

In the recent PC Pro Awards 2009 Riverbank partner Zen Internet was named as the best Internet Service Provider. This is the sixth year running that Zen has won this award.

Andrew Saunders, Zen Internet’s Head of Product Management and Marketing, said: ‘This award acknowledges the value Zen’s services provide to our customers, through our unique combination of reliable products, one month contracts, no Fair Use Policy or traffic shaping – all supported by exRead More...

Riverbank partners with O2

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:35:50 +0100

We are pleased to announce that Riverbank has been appointed as the Oxfordshire O2 technology partner.

We have chosen to work with O2 because they have shown a genuine interest in the small and medium business sector. This means that we will be able to deliver better products and better support to our customers.

Firms that need between ten and 50 mobile connections can have mobile phones (with next day replacement), USB modems for mobiRead More...

UK commuters waste 4.6 million hours a day

malcolm@riverbank.co.uk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:07:05 +0100

A survey of 2,000 adults by Citrix GotoMyPC reveals that UK commuters waste 4.6 million hours every day. Not surprisingly nearly two-thirds of the people interviewed want to reduce the time they spend commuting, mainly by working from home or by using technology to enable flexible and remote working.

And the most common reason why they don't do this already? 46% blamed their boss, who won't let them work from home or work flexible hours.

The easy bit is the technoloRead More...