What’s hot in tech in 2012 is a continuation of what’s hot in tech in 2011: cloud, smartphones, tablet PCs, contactless mobile and more. Rather than just repeating all that again, let’s be more specific: Contactless mobile will reach a tipping point in retail payments Social media will become a core communications tool PFM, combined…
You can sense an audience’s reaction as you present ideas on innovation. Sometimes its warm and engaging, sometimes distant and thoughtful, and occasionally remote and cynical. I experienced all three reactions last week when presenting at a bank’s annual leadership conference, with the third being the reaction I like the least but enjoy debating the…
You can sense an audience’s reaction as you present ideas on innovation. Sometimes its warm and engaging, sometimes distant and thoughtful, and occasionally remote and cynical. I experienced all three reactions last week when presenting at a bank’s annual leadership conference, with the third being the reaction I like the least but enjoy debating the…
Another aspect of innovation discussed this week was slightly out of the negative SEPA box and more on the positive future box. We were talking bout all the things that were innovative – NFC, mobile, anything Chinese, Google, etc – and it soon became clear that most of the organisations around the table were being…
Another aspect of innovation discussed this week was slightly out of the negative SEPA box and more on the positive future box. We were talking bout all the things that were innovative – NFC, mobile, anything Chinese, Google, etc – and it soon became clear that most of the organisations around the table were being…
It's always interesting to compare and contrast financial markets and issues, and this was easily illustrated yesterday when I received a nudge of two videos. The first is from the UK and talks about debt; the second is from the Philippines and talks about using mobile payments to get food. The UK thinks it's impoverished…
Just enjoyed another great conference where one manager presented their IT strategy and operations. Amazingly the old nugget of the language of IT and business came up again, where she opined that IT doesn’t speak the language of business. She illustrated this issue with this amusing video from the BBC’s comedy series Big Train: IT…
