May 22, 2012

Special Report: The Connected Business 2012

plugging into a cloud ©Dreamstime

Pay-as-you-go pricing and on-demand flexibility for IT are attracting widespread attention

Digital Digest

Free download: The Business Landscape of Cloud Computing
Daryl Plummer
An e-book by Daryl Plummer of Gartner Inc
– with introduction by Paul Taylor
Podcast: cloudy, with hints of a revolution?
What do we understand by the cloud, how should companies decide which IT to run there, and how do they move to the cloud? Plus how the UK’s Met Office is using the cloud for a citizen-based weather observation project.
– Stephen Prichard
Electronic trading comes to OTC oil swaps
Move comes as regulators craft rules for Sefs
– Gregory Meyer
An ultra-Orthodox woman works at Matrix Global ©Reuters May 25, 2012

Extracting value from information

Q & A with Gartner’s Doug Laney on ‘infonomics’

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Financial officers influence IT spending

Economic uncertainties fail to dampen investment

Zynga May 23, 2012

From social gaming to social everything

Traditional companies can learn fro the success of social gaming, says Booz & Comany’s Matthew Le Merle

Jim Hagemann Snabe May 16, 2012

Social Networking and the Future of Business

Facebook’s IPO demonstrates the power of networks for innovation, growth and jobs, says Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP’s co-chief executive

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Nick Ingelbrecht May 11, 2012

For productivity apps, PCs still rule (for now)

Q&A with Nick Ingelbrecht of Gartner: research suggests that there is an inverse correlation between portable devices and PC usage.

May 14, 2012

Small businesses embrace social media

A third of UK small businesses use Facebook

Chris Curran May 14, 2012

Innovating innovation

Companies typically turn to innovation to improve business processes, but miss out on bigger opportunities says Chris Curran of PwC

Jane Bird Apr 30, 2012

Cleaning up construction’s act

Software is helping builders reduce waste, writes Jane Bird

Jacob Lamm May 4, 2012

Does the cloud mean the CIO is toast?

As Wonder Bread proved, commoditisation brings opportunities as well as challenges, argues CA’s Jacob Lamm

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