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The internet and internet based technologies have revolutionized the way how people interact with their environment. E-commerce is growing, social networks are immensely popular, and 'cloud services' ...
American author and poet Maya Angelou famously said, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&quo...
For years the quality of Facebook financial applications has left a lot to be desired. With a few notable exceptions - Fantasy Stock Exchange, for example, which went on to become KaChing and now Wea...
We have recently experienced a surge in interest for global e-invoicing from multinational enterprises. This is not surprising - cost savings are so large - and the usual ice-hockey stick effect typic...
In today´s global market place it is more than evident that most European countries need to take a really hard look at the competitiveness of their enterprises. This is naturally a multidimensional is...
In a perfect world there would be no sickness, nothing would ever break, everyone would get along, yummy food wouldn’t make you fat, and there’d be no crime. However, there are forces over which you a...
Having just returned from EBA Day in Madrid, I think that the 600+ delegates, exhibitors and organisers, would agree it was a roaring success, with only one slight cloud on the horizon - WiFi. Why...
The data breach at Citi demonstrates the ever increasing sophistication of security attacks and the volume of highly personal data that banks hold. With fraudulent techniques continually evolving, ban...
No, not because it's innovative - it isn't. I can think of at least one provider of this type of alternative payment each in the USA, UK, Netherlands and India that has been around for several years
Big data is big news. George Osborne's announcement of the London ‘smart cities' project and the recent McKinsey report have thrust big data into the limelight. While certain sectors have only just be...
While the debate rages on as to whether the recent attack on the IMF (International Monetary Fund) was indeed a state-sponsored attack, the security industry should focus its efforts on thinking about...
The newspapers are full of photos of unseemly fighting and general unruly behaviour; If it’s not the Canadian hockey fans, it’s Ascot and if its not there then its Greece. I feel saddened when I see t...