
But they still have deep concerns about spam and viruses
Published: 26 August 2003 14:09 BST
A significant number of small businesses are planning to join the world of ecommerce in the next 12 months, despite deep concern about viruses and spam.
That's one key finding from research carried out by web hosting firm NetBenefit published this week.
In its State of the eNation Survey 2003, NetBenefit reports that 12 per cent of the UK's small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) expect to begin offering ecommerce services within the next year.
This would raise the amount of UK SMEs with ecommerce-enabled web sites to 32 per cent. Oftel's latest figures for internet penetration indicate that only 65 percent of SMEs have an internet connection, so the report's figures show that many e-enabled firms aren't just stopping at a web link, and are keen to become fully fledged online retailers.
The State of the eNation study surveyed more than 400 SMEs and large companies. It also found that spam and viruses are the main reasons why some SMEs are reluctant to get involved with ebusiness - concerns that are unlikely to have diminished following the arrival of the Sobig-F worm.
Graeme Wearden writes for ZDNet UK
Division/Department Location 64 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire Job Title J2EE/Java Developer eCommerce, J2EE, JSP, Struts, SQL, UML Reports ...
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst eCommerce, UML, Retail Reporting: Project Manager Job Purpose Salmon is a highly innovative global systems ...
Responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the networks (i.e.providing adequate protection from viruses, spam, hacking, compliance with the Data ...
CIO50 2008
The silicon.com CIO50 2008 profiles the most influential and innovative tech chiefs in the UK across all industries and organisation size, from the biggest FTSE100 companies to high growth dot-com start ups and the public sector. The list was voted on by the UK CIO community and a panel of experts. Find out more in our latest special report.
Stories from the web...
Copyright ©1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Top of page
Steve Ranger Editor's Blog: Why we write about the iPhone Is it just because it's so shiny?
Siān Croxon Legal Eye: Trademark landmark Pricking O2's bubble