Business Technology

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 [...]

We introduce our new magazine and its first issue exploring the impact cloud computing is having on some of the UK’s leading companies Welcome to the first issue of Business Technology, a new magazine that aims to provide practical, top-level advice for senior management about the use of technology in business. In the coming months, [...]

CIOs need to help CEOs overcome their reservations and find the right cloud technology partner for a serious, long-term relationship Studies suggest that our top ten fears as human beings include flying, speaking in public, spiders, snakes, water and heights. All of these in their own way can give many of us “normal” beings slightly [...]

Cloud offers many benefits for business, but cash may not come top. We ask four experts in the know

Cloud computing must underpin a strategy for growth The “IT department” was initially created with the short-term goal of ensuring adequate management of IT resources to support business needs; it was reactive in nature. As businesses grew, became global and decentralised, business processes, organisational structures and information requirements added complexity. These challenges created the need [...]

Business agility and lower costs are just some of the benefits offered by cloud computing. But the biggest value could lie in finding a partner to manage it all for you Businesses’ chief information officers (CIOs) must focus on more than just survival. Having ridden the IT storms of recent times, organisations have emerged into [...]

Tight legislation and increasing pressure for security over sensitive data can create a barrier against cloud adoption Since the birth of offshore data centres many years ago, data sovereignty (the location of a organisation’s data) has been an issue facing businesses looking to migrate data to the cloud. While many IT professionals deem data privacy [...]

The emergence of enterprise cloud software can help implement new business models and drive organisational change Every major business era shifts sources of competitive advantage and displaces sources of power. Advances in social, mobile and cloud technologies have changed the way organisations operate, enabling individuals and loosely governed networks to hold greater influence. This is [...]

Supermarket swipe: Asda to trial contactless pay Asda, the UK’s second largest supermarket chain, is planning to trial contactless payment technology in 25 of its stores from July. The systems will be provided by Visa and payment value chain specialist Streamline. Customers will be able to tap the reader with their contactless-enabled card and pay [...]

Adopting the cloud is dependent on three vital elements – service, product mix and connectivity Adopting the cloud sounds straightforward. Cloud is about improving productivity, increasing competitiveness and reducing costs, but only if your cloud partner understands your business and the options available. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) means different things to different organisations depending [...]