Mar 7, 2013

Atos’ ‘zero email initiative’ succeeding

News by email

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
– FT Reporters
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

Chinese milk vetch flowers bloom as Central Japan Railway Co.'s 700 series Shinkansen bullet train travels past Mount Fuji at sunset in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, April 30, 2010. The Japanese government in April arranged for the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation to lend money to U.S. projects to build high-speed links. Central Japan Railway, the operator of Japan's busiest bullet train line, has said that it is interested in bidding for projects in Florida and California. ©Bloomberg Mar 6, 2013

The art of creating creativity

From nature to chance encounters, companies are seeking new sources of innovation

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

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

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’

Andrew Hill Mar 4, 2013

Executive heads hunted by new tribes

The obvious threats are the crowd and the cloud