Business Technology

Businesses of all sizes can benefit from creative and systematic use of sustainable ICT – just like these companies did. Green guidance pays off for Money Wise. Money Wise director Arinola Araba, has implemented green ICT practice after training with Global Action Plan’s ICT Initiative – offering free environmental advice to SMEs across London. “I [...]

Going green can benefit companies large and small in all areas from ICT to packaging and recycling. Dave Baxter speaks to the bosses who have committed to sustainability and are now reaping the rewards. Harry Niazi, founder and director of Olley’s Fish Experience, a restaurant and catering business which employs 14 people We have 14 [...]

Information security is one of the hot topics of 2012. We asked Sam Curry, chief technology officer at security firm RSA, for his assessment of the threat landscape that businesses face What do you see as the key threats to data security in 2012?There is definitely something that seems to be heating up, there’s a [...]

BBC’s CIO, John Linwood, reveals a resurgence of technology is taking place at the British broadcaster What technology projects is the BBC working on at the moment?One of the things we’re doing is working on collaboration tools for our journalists. We have journalists all over the world, so when a major news story breaks, we [...]

The government wants businesses to get tough on cyber security. The man in charge, David Willetts, tells Business Technology his plans What do you see as the key information security threats for businesses in 2012? The key threats come in several different forms. They include interruption of service, where perhaps you are a customer-facing business [...]

Jonathan Watson asked Carl Olav Scheible, managing director of PayPal UK, about the likely impact of digital money on British businesses What does digital money mean for British businesses? For many, it’s a great opportunity to reach new markets and new sets of consumers. For others, it’s a threat, because it changes the way they [...]

Sir Robin Saxby helped ARM Holdings become a world leader in microchip design. We asked him for his views on the state of the UK’s microelectronics sector What is your view of the UK’s microelectronics sector today? Well, my starting point would be: why would you want only to think about the UK? We can’t [...]

Is the tyranny of the TV schedule over or is connected TV another trend that will fail to gain a real foothold in the market? Industry experts go head to head.  Aleks Habdanks Director for Ondemand TV services and strategy, Virgin Media: believes video-on-demand has huge potential How important is video-on-demand to Virgin? The UK’s [...]

Faster to market and right first time – product life-cycle management is bringing enduring benefits to businesses of all size and shape Christian Hehl managing director, Karer Consulting (UK) What do you see as the biggest benefits that PLM can help businesses to achieve? We see it as one of the three main processes within [...]