If there has been one significant change to the way in which people and businesses interact over the past decade, it’s technology. More profoundly, business technology; the social media, the websites, platforms and applications enabling users to create and share content and participate in social networking. This impact has brought about such disruptive change that
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How tech can combat workplace stress
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
For many businesses, stress is becoming an increasing problem that hinders employee productivity. In fact, in 2015 there were almost 500,000 cases of anxiety, depression and stress in the workplace. As well as this, in 2016 employees working for UK businesses took 11.7 million days off because of the same ailments, which translated to a
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Harnessing the power of technology to optimise business travel
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Business travel is far more than just a way of CEOs getting from A to B. It’s a $1.2 trillion global sector that boosts infrastructure, skills and investment and for many countries it is a major contributor to their economic and social growth. Like most sectors in our digital age, it is constantly adapting and
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Petya ransomware attack: How UK businesses can stay protected
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Yesterday (27th June, 2017), businesses and organisations across Europe and the US were hit by a large-scale ransomware attack, known as Petya, leaving them unable to access systems and data. Petya is a form of ransomware, meaning it is a computer virus which encrypts files and keeps them encrypted until the hacker receives payment. Petya takes
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How AI enabled financial services and fintech are taking jobs
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
In 2017, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the business technology generating the most buzz, expectation and hype. It is also spawning many doom-laden predictions, e.g. it could be society’s last big invention, bringing about the end of jobs as we know them in industries such as financial services. The truth is that we are at
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This Polymer Device Can 'Walk' When Illuminated
by Angela Moscaritolo • • 0 Comments
The device itself has just two parts: a rectangular frame and a piece of special polymer material that can ‘undulate and … propel itself forward under the influence of light.’
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How Do You Pronounce GIF? It Depends on Where You Live.
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Big content, small budget: How to make video formats work for your business
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Enough of all the stats about the rise of video in marketing. If you don’t know it’s the next big thing, you must have been living under a rock. What we want to discuss is how small brands with low budgets can jump on the video bandwagon without shelling out thousands of pounds they simply
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2017’s technology trends to help you with eCommerce sales
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
We might be halfway through 2017, but there’s no better time than the present to look at what technological trends the year has produced so far. If you’re planning on working out a winning sales strategy for 2018, the trends that have developed or grown this year will give you a good indication of what
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How to rescue a failed software project
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A successful software development project can translate into groundbreaking improvements and financial rewards. But if the project fails – or doesn’t deliver what’s been promised – it can turn into a digital nightmare. Sometimes the project has stalled, perhaps due to technical or organisational issues, and sometimes the development team has simply not been able
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