The Connected Business: How businesses use technology

Highlights

9:23pm

Mobility on the menu

Case study: Dallas restaurant chain uses mobile app to manage labour costs and sees big savings, writes Jane Bird

iPads in the field help sell seed
Personal Technology Document scanners for use on the go
Companies turn to social solutions
Myth and reality in the cloud

Regulars

PA Consulting’s Nathan Sage, MWD Advisors’ Angela Ashenden, and Rob Howard of Telligent, on how social tools and social intelligence are changing the workplace.

– Stephen Pritchard

Music players wired for fuller sound

Two devices and an app aimed at the audiophile market

– Chris Nutta

Tech Blog

Tech comment and analysis

– FT Reporters

An illustration depicting security of mobile devices

©FT Graphic Jan 22, 2013

Bank security study highlights vulnerabilities

DDoS attacks are one of the ‘most severe’ security risks

Protecting information in the cloud
Leading View Boards must consider internet’s dark side

Jan 18, 2013

Q&A: the technology behind ‘big data’ analytics

‘Big data’ is about adding business value , says IBM’s Rod Smith

Jan 18, 2013

Corporate IT falling short of potential

Data analytics one of top company IT priorities for 2013

Research In Motion's booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show

From COMPANIES Jan 23, 2013

BlackBerry corporate upgrade ahead of BB10 launch

New version of software for employers

Tech hub

Xerox says shift to services is paying off
Copier and printer manufacturer switches focus to services as digital commerce and communication threaten its traditional core business
Apple stock slides on growth worries
A record 47.8m iPhones were sold in the fourth quarter and group revenues grew 18% to $54.4bn, but both figures were below most analysts’ expectations
UK fines Sony for lapses at games network
The Japanese technology company is to pay £250,000 following security breaches at its PlayStation Network gaming unit in 2011
Facebook spending on lobbying soars
Social media group spent $3.99m to influence the US regulatory fabric last year, compared to the $1.34m it paid out the year before
Record orders boost Motorola Solutions
The company, which was spun out of Motorola at the beginning of 2011, said sales to government agencies rose 10 per cent in the quarter to $1.7bn