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Why go green?
Some answers on why businesses are investing in green IT. Plus standardisation vs personalisation
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Tweets on the big screen cause conference to stutter
A video game marketing conference I attended this month had the bright idea of projecting TweetDeck on to the big screen behind the guest speakers on stage.
Cost-cutting and complex IT raise risk of disruption
A growing crisis is threatening ever more businesses, as figures show that last year, 40 per cent of UK organisations faced business disruption as a result of an IT failure.
Best practice: Vodafone
Last autumn, Vodafone’s UK operation became the world’s first mobile network to gain the BS25999 certification for business continuity.
Big guns suggest the cloud is here to stay
A flurry of cloud-based service offerings from IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard seek to convince organisations that cloud computing is here to stay.
Websites improve but could be better
Amid the gloom, the internet still casts light: online retailers report bumper sales; and Twitter has become a staple for anyone looking for a jolly story.
Routes to online progress
The broad story from this year’s FT Bowen Craggs Index of top 75 corporate web estates is that they are getting better. Although the average score is up by only four points, many more companies have high quality sites.
Bowen Craggs’ method
Bowen Craggs has developed a method of benchmarking corporate websites in great detail. The FT Bowen Craggs Index uses the same methodology, but at a simpler level
Giving users a say can help generate sales opportunities
Online shoppers are a loquacious crowd. Increasingly, they want to comment on products, share experiences and discuss what the brand means to them.
French take a lead in mobile payments
Replacing coins with contactless payment by phone should save everybody money
Perspectives: The best way to alleviate poverty is to create wealth
Targeted investment in trade and industry is being recognised as the key to development
