Business Technology

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 [...]

It won’t necessarily save your company money but the cloud approach will boost your business in a variety of other ways. Jonathan Watson talks to Ian Cohen, group CIO of Jardine Lloyd Thompson As group CIO of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), Ian Cohen is helping the global risk management and insurance broker to make greater [...]

The government wants businesses to get tough on cyber security. The man in charge, David Willetts, tells Business Technology his plans What do you see as the key information security threats for businesses in 2012? The key threats come in several different forms. They include interruption of service, where perhaps you are a customer-facing business [...]

What’s the biggest security risk when it comes to information? Probably your employees. But companies need to help staff to take responsibility, not demonise them In the recent BBC documentary The Tube about the London Underground, a lost property official revealed that 10,421 mobile phones had ended up in his department in the previous four [...]

Information security has never been higher on the agenda, both for businesses and governments Information security magazines are full of alarming stories. A brief glance at one of the leading industry publications reveals that Global Payments, a third-party payment card processor, has admitted that around 1.5m credit card numbers may have been stolen in a [...]

Jonathan Watson asked Carl Olav Scheible, managing director of PayPal UK, about the likely impact of digital money on British businesses What does digital money mean for British businesses? For many, it’s a great opportunity to reach new markets and new sets of consumers. For others, it’s a threat, because it changes the way they [...]