Business Technology

Mobile wallets are already well established in Japan, so it can surely only be a matter of time before the UK follows suit Digital money comes in many forms. Contactless cards allow people to “wave and pay”. Consumers can use their mobile phones to make small payments for digital downloads, for example, or to pay [...]

Whether it’s libraries, business or education, in today’s world it’s not just what you know but how you use it that really counts “Although the world is awash with data that is not the problem professions face. It is the lack of good filters.” So says the latest annual report from information specialist Thomson Reuters. [...]

A round-up of the hottest AV technologies currently making the headlines Bringing content to life Web-based tool Prezi gives users a free hand to position words, images and videos on a giant zoomable canvas, and then either set a presentation path or move around freely. You use the relative size and position of a piece [...]

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. [...]

When it comes to presentation, corporate presenters have a lot to learn from the likes of Derren Brown if they want to keep their audience on the edge of their seats Fans of illusionist Derren Brown might rightly wonder at the stark contrast between his enthralling stage-based ‘experiences’ and the dreary business presentations they are [...]

We’re not in this alone; there’s plenty we can learn from how other governments are tackling e-services Although we Brits love to grumble about money squandered on big government IT, we are actually perceived in many countries as e-government leaders for huge, functioning projects such as our driving licence system. That is not to say [...]

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 [...]

Constantly reinventing itself, malware is a persistent thorn in the side of all IT users but there are a number of ways to combat it Malware – malicious software designed to access a computer system without the owner’s informed consent – has been around for three decades but today’s incarnation is far more agile and [...]

Ever-more sophisticated fraudsters and the expansion of cloud computing present a complex challenge to businesses. Tracking behaviour across the system could be the answer The two biggest drivers behind the evolution of cybercrime are the growing sophistication and organisation of the criminals and the migration of computing into the cloud. The former is typified by [...]