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Atos’ ‘zero email initiative’ succeeding

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Enterprise social networking platforms replace internal email

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The latest trends in mobile handsets, how far off is 5G, and can businesses really benefit from Bring Your Own Device?
– Stephen Pritchard
A handout photograph released by Taiwan smartphone maker HTC shows HTC's newest smartphone HTC ONE which is tobe unveiled simultaneously in London and New York on 19 February 2013. HTC launched HTC One, to go on sale in March, to compete with its South Korean rivals Samsung and LG. HTC claims that HTC ONE has near-stereo sound, highest-resolution camera and can provide 10,000 articles from 1,400 media sources per day. ©EPA
Many new handsets are of a standard hardware design but there are exceptions
– Paul Taylor
Tech comment and analysis
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Mainframe computer ©Reuters Mar 5, 2013

‘Big iron’ enterprise IT still has a role

Traditional system infrastructure still necessary

A man passes by an advertisement about mobile banking Mar 6, 2013

Guest column: in mobile banking, emerging markets show way

Models could be adapted for the unbanked in developed markets

Mar 4, 2013

Smartphones may enable smart cities

Connected and predictive cities will transform city living, says IBM Fellow Bernie Meyerson

illustration of people riding "flying tablets" From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 25, 2013

Strategy: Stay ahead by becoming mobile

There is much more to being smart than simply issuing smartphones and tablets, explains Paul Taylor

  • Facebook unveils redesigned newsfeed
    Changes will appeal to advertisers who have been looking for more ways to capture the emotional impact of visual advertising, particularly on mobile
  • Icahn muscles in on Dell deal
    News of stake comes as group faces shareholder opposition to planned $24.4bn buyout by founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake, the private equity firm
  • Pandora shares leap on revenue boost
    Results beat Wall Street forecasts, but the internet radio service was unprofitable in its fiscal 2013 year, reporting a net loss of $38.1m
  • Dell: disarming the activists
    Michael Dell could silence activists opposing his proposed buyout by offering to sell them his shares at a price closer to their higher valuation
  • ITV wins EU battle against TV Catchup
    Ruling against site that retransmits free-to-air TV means UK broadcasters have the legal backing to block the popular streaming website
Queen Mary 2 in New York harbour Feb 21, 2013

Carnival turns to web to sell cruising

Case study: cruise company aims to attract customers with a mix of web site video and social marketing tools

Employees assemble a Toyota car ©Bloomberg Feb 22, 2013

Digital disruption

Big companies need to start disrupting now, so they can learn to do it right, says James McQuivey

Andrew Hill Mar 4, 2013

Executive heads hunted by new tribes

The obvious threats are the crowd and the cloud

Yellow Pages telephone directories seen in a London office. Tuesday July 8 2003. Yell Group Plc, the publisher of the U.K.'s Yellow Pages, and its owners raised 1.1 billion pounds ($1.79 billion) in their second attempt at an initial public offering, said people familiar with the stock sale. ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Mar 4, 2013

Online data errors cost US groups $10bn

Research shows missing or incorrect listings hit sales

Martha Heller Feb 19, 2013

Business successes and IT failures

Q&A with Martha Heller, author of ‘The CIO Paradox: battling the contradictions of IT leadership’