Business Technology

As more workers conduct business outside the office, mobile use is higher than ever before. But the key question is: how can you ensure your device is safe and secure? This summer has been the perfect practice run for any business considering a BYOD (bring your own device) strategy. With delays on the roads and [...]

Firms are increasingly allowing staff to use their mobile devices for work. But this will only be productive with careful management Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is born out of the consumerisation of mobile technologies and our ‘always on, always connected’ society. With advantages for both the employer and the employee, it is crucial to [...]

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 [...]

As an increasing number of employees work remotely using smartphone devices, one council carried out a BYOD (bring your own device) pilot to see how people would react… Cambridgeshire County Council is one of many organisations currently testing what life would be like if employees were allowed to use their own laptops, tablets and smartphones [...]

The morning after I posted my column last week, my copy of CIO Magazine was delivered to me via interdepartmental mail. If you have the 15th June 2012 edition www.cio.com/issue/20120615, flip over to page 14 and check out the infographic in the upper-right corner. The title is “Reining in the BYOD Hype,” and the boldfaced [...]

When you’ve spent sufficient time in our industry segment to be recognized by your friends and colleagues as “a tech guy,” you’ll inevitably experience a surreal encounter where someone solicits your opinion on business technology under very odd circumstances. My morning started with one of those events … in a dentist’s chair, of all places. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

As gadgets like smartphones and tablets become ubiquitous, organisations are being forced to jump aboard the BYOD bandwagon The IT industry’s love of acronyms is well documented. CPU, CRM, ERP, OS, OSS – there is not enough space to list them all. One of the latest variants, BYOD, is fast becoming familiar to information security [...]