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Personal Data Stores – Get ready for a step change
What if Facebook, Google, Amazon etc all started paying you for the personal data you create whilst browsing their sites? Well, this may be a reality sooner than you think. With many organisations making millions from selling targeted advertising using user generated profiles and given that Forrester say that more than $2 billion is spent… Continue
Business App Stores – the way forward?
Consumerisation of IT is impacting our business and that of our clients. It feels like a seismic shift. Initiatives like 100% mobility and BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology change the way we experience technology. The development of Enterprise Application Stores (EAS) is a new challenge. Business’s move to providing their software applications in a… Continue
Easing the squeeze on Europe’s municipalities
When the English Barclays Bank launched its first automatic cash dispensing machine in 1967, customers feared a decline in the bank’s services. Since then we have been checking our accounts and drawing money 24/7 and only visit the bank for personal or complex matters. The innovative breakthrough was successful through cooperation and standardisation. Customers… Continue
Sibling rivalry
Competition is a strong driver. For me, as the youngest of 4 siblings, winning against my older brother was a glorious feeling that I never forgot. Four weeks ago when we started Logica Futurescope, the competing element of it was the thing that I liked the most. The peer to peer rivalry is currently generating… Continue
The end of the Intranet as we know it……
Do you remember the days when huge firewalls tried to protect the poor intranet from the outside world and staff struggled to use MSN, Yahoo and their other favourite apps? When companies still provided their employees with locked-down laptops and mobile phones or only supported a few models or versions? When contractors needed to be… Continue
The future is still huge
Forgive me, there is nothing like the passing of a landmark birthday for the excuse for a bit of reminiscing. I got to thinking about what I thought the future held way back when I joined Logica. I have fond memories of a project for France Telecom which considered the application of machine translation over… Continue
How municipalities can profit most from teaming up with others
Smart collaboration requires smart preparation. Budget cuts can be an opportunity for municipalities to learn new ways of collaboration. They can only handle an increased workload by teaming up with others. But, how to take the first step? How can we prevent a mishmash of alliances and collaborations? Research shows that what they need most is… Continue
Keeping the price of liquidity down
With liquidity shortfalls playing such a fundamental role in the financial crisis of 2008, it’s no surprise that regulations such as Basel III and Dodd-Frank are pushing financial institutions to raise their capital and liquidity ratios. Banks are trying to understand how these new regulations will impact their business. And there’s one overarching theme: the… Continue
Becoming more transparent
In my recent blog, I pointed out that regulations are constantly changing, becoming more complex. Global banks operate across regions and have multiple products, which makes it difficult to prove transparency to regulators. Most tier one banks still have some old systems in place and even, in many cases, manual data sources. This is why… Continue
Blurring the lines between work and play
Last weekend I watched my friend’s 2-year-old son swipe through her iPhone to find his favourite video clip. I realised then just how much the future of business applications will need to change in order to keep the future generation of iBabies engaged. Game dynamics have long been used to build loyalty in brands and… Continue