Business Technology

The news everyone has been waiting for…the future of office training is playing computer games, according to Avaya. Rihanna has been using computer games to train her workforce for years… FROM PLAYING Wii in the living room to Angry Birds on the bus, gaming has made real inroads into our private life. This is set [...]

The evolution of mobile security poses a risk to valuable data, and while there are many solutions, the three-tiered approach proves highly popular As more people work from home, IT is faced with the increasing challenge of balancing employees’ desire for greater mobility and choice with the need to secure company data. Whether it’s remote [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]