Technology

I was listening to a futurist talking about our planet, its growth, its overpopulation, the challenge of feeding the planet, sustainability and more, and in the middle of all of this he said that the future would have no money. No money. Zero. Nada. Nowt. A future without money? You must be joking. I mean…

I was listening to a futurist talking about our planet, its growth, its overpopulation, the challenge of feeding the planet, sustainability and more, and in the middle of all of this he said that the future would have no money. No money. Zero. Nada. Nowt. A future without money? You must be joking. I mean…

I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults.  One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…

I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults.  One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…

Looking for future trends, it is clear that wearable computing through the internet of things is a big wave for the next five years but, less reported, is the work on robots. Whenever we think of robots, we probably have an image of Will Smith in I Robot or the poster for Metropolis, dependent upon…

Looking for future trends, it is clear that wearable computing through the internet of things is a big wave for the next five years but, less reported, is the work on robots. Whenever we think of robots, we probably have an image of Will Smith in I Robot or the poster for Metropolis, dependent upon…

I used to think that we were good at designing systems.  We would phase test them, user test them, stress test them and more, and eventually we would roll out the system and it would work.  And life was good. Then we started getting into a new world of developments where systems relied on networks,…

I used to think that we were good at designing systems.  We would phase test them, user test them, stress test them and more, and eventually we would roll out the system and it would work.  And life was good. Then we started getting into a new world of developments where systems relied on networks,…

I just got a copy of the Payments Council’s UK Payments Markets 2013 Report, and it makes fascinating reading about a developed economy’s changing payments habits. Here are the headlines: Consumer card use will rise by 75% from nearly 10 billion payments in 2012 to nearly 17 billion in 2022, driven primarily by increased debit…

I just got a copy of the Payments Council’s UK Payments Markets 2013 Report, and it makes fascinating reading about a developed economy’s changing payments habits. Here are the headlines: Consumer card use will rise by 75% from nearly 10 billion payments in 2012 to nearly 17 billion in 2022, driven primarily by increased debit…