Business Technology

Senior managers face a tricky decision when choosing mobile platforms for their businesses. Should they stick with a tried and trusted recipe, or take a chance on something fresh? They used to say that nobody ever got sacked for buying IBM. Until recently, much the same could be said of Research in Motion (RIM), the [...]

Cloud computing has made getting people and planes into to the air easier for easyJet. Paul Bray asks their CIO Trevor Didcock the secret to their success. Get ready for take-off… How does easyJet use cloud computing? We were quite an early adopter of cloud. Our first cloud application was a flight-planning system three or four years [...]

The European Commission’s proposals to alter the EU’s rules on handling information will have a big impact on UK companies’ security strategies Europe’s current data protection regime dates from 1995, when more data was stored on microfiche than the web and e-commerce was virtually unknown. Most experts agree it’s out of date and in January [...]

Banks, retailers, advertisers and mobile phone companies are all clamouring for a share of the digital money market – but the real winners could end up being consumers themselves Digital money is becoming big business. But whose business will it be? In outline the revenue model falls into three parts, says Dave Birch, chairman of [...]

Having fabulous displays when communicating with a target audience is useless if no one can hear what’s being said It’s shooting yourself in the foot to have stunning visuals with lousy sound, so the advent of HD video has necessitated similar enhancements in audio. “Video alone can seem rather flat (imagine a movie without the [...]

Digital signage is revolutionising billboards and other public promotional displays Billboards that come alive before our eyes, menus that change by the minute and special offers that instantaneously tailor themselves to the customer. Once mere twinkles in the marketeer’s eye, they’re fast becoming the must-have technology for shopping malls, transport hubs, restaurants, even doctors’ surgeries. [...]

Instilling in staff the need to “think before you click” can be the best way to keep your business secure – and avoid red face We all know email is a priceless business tool, but what’s the most expensive email ever sent? A strong contender must be the banker who accidentally sent an email connected [...]

Protecting the IT system and data is a key business issue. So bosses who dismiss it as technical could be putting their companies in jeopardy If information security isn’t firmly on your boardroom agenda or you think it’s something that can safely be left to the technicians, watch out. “The single biggest threat to most [...]

Tens of millions of websites may be infected by malware but often it’s only when the victims complain that the crime comes to light  It’s called “drive-by downloading”: poisoning a computer with malware when the unsuspecting owner visits an infected website. All the victim has to do is download a file, install a codec, click [...]