Business Technology

The stumbling block to building smart cities may be the very same thing that fuels its potential – new technology Welcome to Masdar City – a brand new urban development by GE in the deserts of Abu Dhabi that is set to become home to 40,000 people. But Masdar isn’t like any city you will [...]

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 [...]

Senior managers face a tricky decision when choosing mobile platforms for their businesses. Should they stick with a tried and trusted recipe, or take a chance on something fresh? They used to say that nobody ever got sacked for buying IBM. Until recently, much the same could be said of Research in Motion (RIM), the [...]

Information gathered from a company’s analytics and intelligence can be used to highlight and predict hazards, keeping you one step ahead of security risks In today’s increasingly interconnected, instrumented and intelligent world, security is something we all need to be conscious of and play our part in protecting ourselves in our personal and business lives. [...]

We’re all unique, in our own special way. And security is moving to a whole new level, as biometrics become increasingly important as a way of keeping information secure You will never need a password again, if IBM’s predictions for the next five years come true. IBM fellow and speech chief technology officer David Nahamoo [...]