Business Technology

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 [...]

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 [...]

Boosted by innovative technology, mobile commerce is an attainable way for all retailers to boost their profits and attract new customers The phenomenal level of consumer adoption of smartphones over the past 24 months has provided an exciting new home for digital money. It is evident that mobile commerce (m-commerce) is moving mainstream just as [...]

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 [...]