News of 2012

January

• Finance and IT infrastructure key to a successful 2012 - 19 January 2012
• Employers don’t want a ‘one-size-fits all’ device for employees - 25 January 2012

February

• Majority of UK employees want to work in the cloud - 14 February 2012
• Virgin Media Business get G-Cloud green light - 20 February 2012
• Half empty offices predicted by business leaders - 22 February 2012
• Candidates need to be more rounded to stand out in the recruitment market - 29 February 2012

March

• Four local councils to share data in real-time over network from Virgin Media Business - 6 March 2012
• Virgin Media Business and The Guardian launch a hunt for the UK’s best innovators - 8 March 2012
• Companies prioritising social networking presence - 20 March 2012
• ‘One government, one customer’ approach gives Virgin Media Business a position on new PSN framework - 23 March 2012
• High street innovates to combat online competition - 28 March 2012
• Knight Frank boosts multimedia applications with Virgin Media Business - 30 March 2012

April

• Mobile network operators face explosion of demand for mobile data - 4 April 2012
• Portsmouth City Council boosts frontline efficiency with digital telephone system procured over shared network from Virgin Media Business - 13 April 2012
• Businesses face prospect of ‘big data’ trebling within three years - 13 April 2012
• Companies set to invest in self-service customer care - 19 April 2012

May

• Virgin Media Business reaches the stars with Information Age Award for cloud - 1 May 2012
• Virgin Media Business recognised for organisational excellence - 2 May 2012
• National Work Wise Week: Businesses need to change to meet employee demand - 14 May 2012
• Best British innovation uncovered as Innovation Nation gives the public the final say - 18 May 2012
• Businesses Considering Consumer Storage Products to Transfer Secure Data - 23 May 2012
• Cambridgeshire puts network power at citizens’ fingertips and saves more than £1m per year - 31 May 2012
• Innovation Nation winners are revealed after thousands have their say - 31 May 2012

June

• New care initiative to boost patient choice and GP-level services in West Yorkshire using fibre-optic Virgin Media Business network - 8 June 2012
• Virgin Media Business and Transmode network partnership wins innovation award - 13 June 2012
• IT infrastructure more important than location when choosing new offices - 15 June 2012
• Virgin Media Business celebrates a ‘procure once’ mentality with position on new PSN Services Framework - 19 June 2012

July

• The Great British Byte Banquet UK consumes 765 billion bits of data every second when they get home from work - 4 July 2012
• Hockerill College delivers a new class of teaching with new network from Virgin Media Business - 20 July 2012
• Superfast, Secure Broadband Supports Learning In Hampshire Schools - 26 July 2012
• Shorter working days, but longer sleepless nights predicted by mobile workers - 31 July 2012

August

• Big data set to reduce big traffic jams as connected cities take shape - 8 August 2012
• Company boards more willing to cut own pay than reduce IT budgets - 14 August 2012
• Telestroke service celebrates successful first year - 21 August 2012
• Landline telephones set to disappear from UK offices - 28 August 2012
• Virgin Media Business selects Base One Interactive as new agency partner to drive digital marketing innovation - 30 August 2012

September

• Six steps to embracing the Public Services Network - 4 September 2012
• Virgin Media Business strengthens regional channel support with new Strategic Alliance Business Partners - 13 September 2012
• Avatars, super-crowdsourcing, printing your own medication and the death of the office: are you ready for Generation IP: 2025? - 18 September 2012
• Virgin Media Business delivers mobile internet speeds three times faster than current 3G networks in UK small cell trials - 26 September 2012

October

• University of Warwick crowned the most digitally savvy university - 4 October 2012
• Apple to take the smartphone crown within five years - 10 October 2012
• South West Fire Services develop new PSN with Virgin Media Business to turn up the heat on emergency response times - 12 October 2012
• Telehealth could save the NHS millions every year - 29 October 2012
• Vast majority of retail industry CIOs call for more use of IT in stores - 31 October 2012

November

• BLOODHOUND SSC breaks the connectivity barrier with Virgin Media Business - 8 November 2012
• Clinical systems at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust run faster with treatment from Virgin Media Business - 14 November 2012
• Less than a quarter of company boards feel the need to hand-hold their CIOs to implement the UK’s £81 billion IT spend - 15 November 2012
• Annual growth leads to Virgin Media Business creating jobs within its reseller team - 21 November 2012
• Leeds and Bradford become super-connected in time for the New Year with Virgin Media Business - 30 November 2012

December

• Social media continues to rise in popularity among high street banks - 6 December 2012
• Surf while you shop as Briggate launches free Wi-Fi - 19 December 2012
• CIOs on the hunt for a remote working helping hand - 20 December 2012