We’ve all experienced the shackles of a “traditional” nine to five working culture - having to take annual leave to visit the GP because it’s not open out of hours, queuing around the block for the bank during lunch...

There was once a time when browsing the web meant looking at text and pictures. Today the web is about a full multimedia experience. Your browser can easily act as a television, radio, or gaming device. Curiously though, the web...

We’re told that virtualisation is a key to business and IT success - creating cost savings and boosting the productivity of data centres. Virtualisation has challenged the concept of what a server is - or where it is at any...

2012 was a big year for Europe - the eyes of the world were fixated on the continent as a number of high-profile events dominated the headlines. Internet infrastructure was adapted to meet the demands, but what happened once the...

For some years, Agile methodologies have been widely adopted within the information technology software world to bring new products and services to market quickly and efficiently, increasingly taking over from more traditional approaches such as ‘waterfall’. While it may have...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a hot, much debated topic and although still in its infancy, it offers the potential to transform how complex networks work. But don’t be fooled into thinking it’s only yet more industry hype, the era of...

Change is the only constant in today’s business environment. Whether you’re growing your business, entering new markets or undergoing a merger or acquisition, your business - and its data - is evolving and expanding.Proper data quality management ensures improved customer...

Over the past several months we’ve seen a veritable flash flood of hype around the Internet of Things, driven largely in my opinion by a “cow looking over the fence” mindset where people are asking, “what’s that shiny thing over...

For the past five years, developers in the highly competitive consumer market have paved the way in design and innovation, offering users mobile applications which combine inventiveness with ease of use and practicality. The real proof of developers' accomplishments can...

The recent case of Usedsoft v Oracle is important for software developers, who may as a consequence no longer be able to restrict their customers from selling their software on to a third party as “used software”. The market for...