India invests in SMEs

Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will soon be introduced to a three-year training programme, says Live Mint.com.

The Visionary SME Programme, set for a September-end launch, will have a contribution from experts at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, along with Shobishiba, a Japanese management consultant.

The programme will start with 15 firms initially and the volume of participation will grow later, depending on the success of the maiden run.

The National Gateway Security Survey 2008 has shown an increased move towards remote and mobile use by companies - indicating a change in how company networks are structured, says SME Web.

The survey of 341 UK SME companies showed 48% had over 150 remote users and a further 11% had 50 to 100 remote users.

Sixty-one percent said the number of remote users on their company network was increasing. Forty-five percent reported that the number of virtual private networks was increasing and 43% said the number of SSL users was increasing.

SAP New Zealand has upgraded the CRM functionality in the SAP Business All-in-One solution, addressing the needs of mid-size companies to better manage every aspect of their customer relationships, says Scoop.

Based on the latest innovations in the SAP customer relationship management (CRM) 2007 application, CRM functionality in SAP Business All-in-One will considerably enhance SAP's mid-size customers' ability to pursue new customer strategies and manage entire end-to-end business processes with preconfigured best practices.

The CRM functionality in SAP Business All-in-One is simple and powerful - built to solve real business problems at an affordable price and to deliver low total cost of ownership.