The greater need for automation

The greater need for automation

How The ‘Dark Web’ Is Pushing the Need for Greater Automation  Automation is quickly becoming the order of the day in the world of business and it’s not difficult to see why. Communication is streamlined in a most pleasing fashion, accountability is regimented, manual...
A Connected World: The online human race

A Connected World: The online human race

To say the growth of the internet has been (and continues to be) exponential is not to say anything new, but as we motor through the second decade of the 21st century it is worthwhile stopping to take stock of just how connected we, as a people, now are. The...
Can businesses catch the success of Pokémon Go?   

Can businesses catch the success of Pokémon Go?  

If you’ve spent the past couple of weeks backpacking around Patagonia or ice diving in the South Pole you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve returned to some kind of zombie apocalypse as you dodge single-minded hordes staring wild-eyed into their phones and moving...
The Worldwide Appeal of London’s Contactless Tube Payment System

The Worldwide Appeal of London’s Contactless Tube Payment System

The contactless payment system which has revolutionised London’s transport network is to be rolled out in cities the world over. A £15 million deal struck between Transport for London (TfL) and San Diego transportation firm Cubic will see the American outfit adapt the...
Gamification for business – another level

Gamification for business – another level

Gamification. It sounds like a made-up word; the truth is that it is. But don’t be fooled into thinking that a word celebrating only its fourteenth birthday this year isn’t starting to carry some serious clout in the world of business. “But what does it mean?!” you...
Mergers and acquisitions, what’s the success factor?

Mergers and acquisitions, what’s the success factor?

Mergers and acquisitions are never far from the headlines. Only today Telefonica’s proposed sale of O2 to CK Hutchison, the owner of Three, has been plastered over the news with the European Commission putting a brake on what would have been the biggest mobile...