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Innovation has nothing to do with technology

Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning. It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical who believes that every word has to be used in context correctly, but more to do…

Beavis and Butthead

2013: The Technology Landscape

2012 didn’t really see any new technology outcomes. I look around the house today and see an iPad, iPhone and other things, but nothing essentially radically new from 2012 that’s big and different.  But something is about to happen that will change things fundamentally. 3D Printing. Like most people, 3D Printing is something that’s been…

3D Car1

Were Skinner’s 2012 predictions correct?

At the start of the year, I always make a few predictions about what will happen in the following year.  Watch this blog in January for 2013’s predictions.  But what were the predictions for 2012? Well Economically, I made the following forecasts: Asia’s light continues to shine, but not quite as bright American equities is the place…

Were Skinner’s 2012 predictions correct?

At the start of the year, I always make a few predictions about what will happen in the following year.  Watch this blog in January for 2013’s predictions.  But what were the predictions for 2012? Well Economically, I made the following forecasts: Asia’s light continues to shine, but not quite as bright American equities is the place…

2012: Technologies create the Perfect Storm

The #1 buzz phrase that everyone has grown to hate (especially Ron Shevlin) is Big Data.  Sure, you may hate it, but it is still pretty important, as I blogged a wee while ago. A second area that has become so over debated that it is dull is Mobile. Add Cloud and Social to the…

Mobile India

2012: Technologies create the Perfect Storm

The #1 buzz phrase that everyone has grown to hate (especially Ron Shevlin) is Big Data.  Sure, you may hate it, but it is still pretty important, as I blogged a wee while ago. A second area that has become so over debated that it is dull is Mobile. Add Cloud and Social to the…

Mobile India

TARGET2 for Securities [T2S] – the latest news

The ECB just released their latest Quarterly Update Magazine and, as we have a plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group next Tuesday, I thought you might be interested in an update on T2S from the ECB. T2S Programme Plan The T2S project is on track and progressing according to the Programme Plan, which…

TARGET2 for Securities [T2S] – the latest news

The ECB just released their latest Quarterly Update Magazine and, as we have a plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group next Tuesday, I thought you might be interested in an update on T2S from the ECB. T2S Programme Plan The T2S project is on track and progressing according to the Programme Plan, which…

Mobile domination: half of all Visa payments will be made by mobile in 2020

The Sunday Times had a specially sponsored section on mobile business this weekend.  The section gave some interesting stats that are worth repeating (just in case you didn’t think mobile payments is big business): 28.2 trillion messages will be sent from mobiles in 2016, up from 15 trillion this year (Source: Juniper Research) 9.4 trillion…

Mobile domination: half of all Visa payments will be made by mobile in 2020

The Sunday Times had a specially sponsored section on mobile business this weekend.  The section gave some interesting stats that are worth repeating (just in case you didn’t think mobile payments is big business): 28.2 trillion messages will be sent from mobiles in 2016, up from 15 trillion this year (Source: Juniper Research) 9.4 trillion…

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