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The best way to manage all aspects of your construction company is to purchase industry-specific management software. Whether you are an electrical, mechanical, or paving construction company, you will benefit from construction software that is tailored to your specific responsibilities. One software in particular offers convenient services that are priceless to a busy contractor—construction document management software (CDMS). This software is an integrated toolset designed for the electronic storage, retrieval, and sharing of all important paperwork and documentation. Using CDMS, contractors can scan paper documents to create digital files which can then be turned into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PDF files. Utilizing this software also makes it easy to retrieve a document and print, fax or email. Most importantly, CDMS reduces administrative costs associated with filing, retrieving and re-filing paper documentation. While there are several other important types software that are essential to the workplace, such as accounting, equipment management, inventory, construction job cost, and project management, construction document management software is just as important.

Many companies, both large and small, have discovered the benefits of web conferencing as an alternative to organizing meetings that require extensive traveling. With the cost of airfare going up and the reliability going down, it only makes sense to explore alternative options. Considering the improvements in the technology — as well as the drop in cost — video conferencing has truly become a viable option for companies who need to communicate.

One surprising impetus for the shift to telecommunication was a law that was passed earlier this decade: the Fair Disclosure law. This law made it a requirement for companies that are publically traded to make any material information (the type of data that would be likely to have some sort of impact on stock prices) available to all of the stockholders at one time. Telecommunications provides an easy solution to this, as companies can host meetings over the web that investors can listen in on if they so desire.

A report from Celent discusses the significant impact the roll-out of the Windows operating system has had on the global ATM industry and the way banks are looking to use these terminals in their distribution mix. In the US and Europe, 38 percent and 60 percent of banks, respectively, are using Windows technology
According to a report from US consultancy Celent looking at the evolving ATM channel, the rapid growth and evolution of the personal computer (PC) industry over the past several decades is a good metaphor for the future of the ATM market. Read more…

From a shortlist of three blue chip IT players, European competitive local exchange carrier Colt is expected to announce a global partnership for web hosting, whereby the management of business websites is outsourced in purpose built data centres,by mid May. Of GBP725 million raised by Colt in March, GBP155 million will be invested in projects related to web hosting in the next 14 months, say sources at the company. Dell is thought by analysts to be the most likely partner for Colt as the IT company has fewer links with telecommunications carriers than others IT players. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter estimates that GBP529 million will be generated from web hosting by Colt by 2004 (see table on page seven). Read more…

MOST companies worldwide do not have a website or are not yet able to handle e-business transactions and this is creating a mammoth opportunity for Web hosting.
Analysis and consulting company Ovum says vendors are optimistic that the market will adopt sophisticated, dedicated hosting but most companies are just testing the waters at the low end of the market. Read more…

The dot com crash doesn’t mean the end of Web design prospects, writes Natasha Skrivankova.
A few years ago, if you had even a slightly creative bent, and knew what HTML stood for, you were on the autobahn of Web design the cyber expressway to big bikkies and online cred.
Web design outfits with huge budgets and IT-savvy staff produced flashy sites for companies keen to get online, and a new job market was born. Read more…

In the mid-90s when ‘HTML fever’ was at its height, everyone wanted to be a web designer. Back then, you could be a web designer from home as well as hold down a full time office job; you could be a web designer at 13 as long as no-one found out; you could web design from your laptop while enjoying your holiday in the Bahamas.
Ten years on, the craziness is gone and web design is acknowledged as a realistic but select profession, requiring design experience and qualifications, creative talent and sound business communication skills. Read more…

A raft of safeguards have been introduced to protect Internet shoppers. Peijun Xia explains the details to keep etailers on the right side of the law
Almost one third of online traders are unaware of the laws relating to Internet shopping, according to an Office of Fair Trading report in June. It also found that most Internet shoppers do not know their rights to cancel and obtain a refund on the outward bound cost of delivery. Read more…