Easynet Connect in the News 2010

Title: Easynet Connect launches managed security services for SMEs

Date: 29.06.10

Summary:Business technology site CBR announces Easynet Connect’s launch of Managed Firewalls, a range of managed security services from Fortinet, a supplier in internet security equipment. The firewalls are a part of a value-added service to offer firms peace of mind that web-filtering, spam and viruses are all taken care of and that security is robust enough to prevent costly network downtime.

Title: The World Cup: The internet gets through

Date: 24.06.10

Summary:Following the first World Cup game to take place during office hours, the BBC’s technology correspondent publishes Easynet’s network statistics, to show that people watching at work contributed to a 226% surge in internet traffic.

Title: England World Cup match drives dramatic rise in web streaming

Date: 24.06.10

Summary:Charles Arthur, technology editor at The Guardian, ties in the Easynet Connect network statistic into a piece looking at the number of people logged on to the BBC site during the England v. Slovenia game.

Title: World Cup 2010: England match breaks web records

Date: 24.06.10

Summary:The Daily Telegraph asks whether, despite the surges seen in places such as the Easynet network and the BBC site, the increase was negated by internet users ceasing usual online behaviours such as e-mail and internet browsing for the duration of the game.

Title: How the World Cup could hit office productivity and net access

Date: 07.06.10

Summary:An article on the Independent website covers Easynet Connect’s warning that with employees likely to watch World Cup games online, office internet connections could be seriously affected.

Title: Warning over World Cup web disruption

Date: 03.06.10

Summary:EN for Business, the advice site for entrepreneurs, covers Chris Stening’s warning that online streaming of World Cup games could pose a particular problem for smaller businesses.

Title: Does cloud computing benefit small businesses?

Date: 28.04.10

Summary:CXO, the magazine for Europe’s senior executives, weighs up the relative benefits of cloud computing, and examines Easynet Connect’s report on the likely uptake of the technology amongst small businesses.

Title: Easynet name new global marketing director

Date: 19.05.10

Summary:Industry publication B2B Marketing reports the news that Easynet has appointed Debbie Robertson as global marketing director, looking after the group's two major brands, Easynet Connect and Easynet Global Services.

Title: Upping The Game

Date: 04.05.10

Summary:Chris Stening offers advice to small businesses about what they need to consider when deciding on their internet connection speed.

Title: Small businesses head for economic recovery through the Internet

Date: 28.04.10

Summary:The broadband comparison site includes the research commissioned by Easynet Connect for an article on how businesses are heading for economic recovery through the internet.

Title: SMEs pessimism on UK economy persists

Date: 27.04.10

Summary:The online resource for SMEs in the UK, covers the Easynet Connect Gearing for Growth report, which outlines the planned strategies of UK small businesses. The piece includes various statistics on the implementation of IT infrastructure and staff training as well as a conclusive statement from Easynet Connect’s, Chris Stening.

Title: Small And Medium Enterprises Gearing Up For Growth In 2011: UK Recovery Plans Revealed

Date: 27.04.10

Summary:The online resource for small business owners includes the full details of a new report by Easynet Connect which highlights how businesses are planning to return to sustained growth.

Title: The internet is providing a lifeline to SMEs through the recession

Date: 27.04.10

Summary:The broadband comparison site covers Easynet Connect’s report which highlights how SMEs are preparing for growth and includes recommendations from Easynet Connect MD Chris Stening, that suggests Easynet Connect’s fibre broadband “could prove to be the most cost-effective set-up for SMEs”.

Title: Are UK SMEs Gearing Up for Growth?

Date:22.04.10

Summary:The telecoms news site includes an in depth article on Easynet Connect’s Gearing for Growth report which polled SME business owners on how they are preparing for growth now that the recession is behind us. The news article includes quotes from the MD of Easynet Connect, Chris Stening and a link to Easynet Connect’s previous report on cloud computing.

Title: Upping the game

Date: 13.04.10

Summary:The UK’s premier membership organisation for ICT professionals and part of the BCS, includes an opinion piece from Chris Stening, MD of Easynet Connect. This piece looks into why businesses are requiring higher upload speeds with the introduction of new working practices.

Title:Analysts warn small businesses: cut-price connectivity a false economy

Date:15.03.10

Summary:The UK’s premier membership organisation for ICT professionals and part of the BCS covers the Quocirca and Easynet Connect report into the barriers to communication among business, using the recommendations put forward in the report as a solution to the issue.

Title: Analysts warn small businesses: cut-price connectivity a false economy

Date: 03.03.10

Summary:The technology news site covers Easynet Connect’s report on the barriers to communication and includes expert recommendations on how to improve this within a business.

Title: Analysts warn small businesses: cut-price connectivity a false economy

Date: 03.03.10

Summary:The telecoms news site covers Easynet Connect’s report on the barriers to communication and includes expert recommendations on how to improve this within a business.

Title: Analysts warn small businesses: cut-price connectivity a false economy

Date: 03.03.10

Summary:The online resource for small business owners includes the details of a new report by the analysts Quocirca, Sponsored by Easynet Connect, the report highlights how businesses can operate efficient communication practices.

Title: OneAccess routers for Easynet Connect 8-Mbps symmetrical service launch

Date:03.03.10

Summary:Total Telecom report that Easynet Connect has chosen OneAccess routers for its 8Mb SureStream Service.

Title: IT is 'laying foundation of new intelligent economy'

Date: 15.02.10

Summary:The British Computing Society looks at how new technology such as cloud computing is changing the way that enterprises do business and how they store and manage their own data. The article cites the Easynet Connect study as evidence of the growth in cloud computing among UK SMEs.

Title: Broadband speeds strangling small business cloud computing

Date: 15.02.10

Summary:Business consultants BDO reports on the widespread adoption of cloud computing services among small businesses, using statistics from the Easynet Connect study on the topic.

Title: Is 2010 the year SMEs Fully Embrace Cloud Computing?

Date: 01.02.10

Summary:is4profit publishes Easynet Connect’s report into how attitudes to cloud computing have changed in the course of just over a year. They ask whether SMEs have been helped or hindered by the hype surrounding cloud computing in recent press.

Title: Cloud computing

Date: 01.02.10

Summary:Business XL takes a look at the pros and cons offered by cloud computing, and quotes the Easynet Connect finding that 50 per cent of businesses expect to be using the cloud within the next 12 months.

Title: Need to know

Date: 13.01.10

Summary:The business pages of The Times covers the launch of Easynet Connect’s 100Mbps fibre broadband service for small businesses.

Title: Easynet Connect offers 100Mbit/s fibre for London firms

Date: 13.01.10

Summary:Tech news site V3 covers the announcement that Easynet Connect now offers small and medium sized businesses in the London area 100Mbit/s fixed-line fibre.

Title: Easynet Connect launch 100meg fibre product for SME's

Date: 13.01.10

Summary:One of the biggest independent broadband advice sites Thinkbroadband covers the launch of fixed-price fibre, and points out that this is the first time a fixed price service of this kind has been offered. Usually for leased-line based services costs vary depending on how far away you are from the nearest point of presence of the provider. It recommends this type of to those who need a high quality, high bandwidth product and find DSL based services not up to requirement.

Title: ISP Easynet Connect UK Launch 100Mbps Business Fibre Service

Date: 13.01.10

Summary:ISPreview discusses the launch of Easynet Connect’s new, uncontended fixed-price 100 Mbps fibre broadband service.

Title: Norfolk businesses seek out faster broadband

Date: 13.01.10

Summary:Following calls from Norfolk businesses for fibre to be installed in the region, Easynet Connect is credited with launching its new fixed-price fibre service.

Title: Cloud computing to rise among SMEs in 2010

Date: 06.01.10

Summary:In this video, the British Computing Society’s reports on Easynet Connect’s latest research into cloud computing among UK SMEs.

Title: Most SMEs will use cloud computing in 2010

Date: 05.01.10

Summary:V3 reports on Easynet Connect’s latest cloud computing research, which reveals that most SMEs will be using cloud computing applications or services within the year.

Title: Most SMEs will use cloud computing in 2010

Date: 05.01.10

Summary:Computing reports on Easynet Connect’s latest cloud computing research, which reveals that most SMEs will be using cloud computing applications or services within the year. Yet many remain unprepared for the additional security risks.