TECHNOLOGY

Durham County Council reduces data log analysis costs by 50% with real-time analysis and security tool

Durham County Council reduces data log analysis costs by 50% with real-time analysis and security tool

Local authority expands use of SIEM technology internally to ensure compliance with all accreditation requirements across Durham and t..

Improve your business while saving the planet and your back with EasyCat

Improve your business while saving the planet and your back with EasyCat

The EasyCat journey began when founder, serial entrepreneur and interactive communication specialist Fadi Sabbagha was leaving an exhi..

The Evolving Role of the CFO: From Scorekeeper to Business Partner

The Evolving Role of the CFO: From Scorekeeper to Business Partner

By Ian Charles, CFO, Host Analytics There’s no question that the role of the CFO has evolved over the past few years. Historically rec..

Kelda Technology selected as one of thetop 30 cleantech companies in the world

Kelda Technology selected as one of thetop 30 cleantech companies in the world

Pioneering start-up Kelda Technology is set to take its unique energy-efficient shower system onto the global stage after being select..

The importance of global collaboration in the EdTech sector

The importance of global collaboration in the EdTech sector

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Co-Founder, EdTechXGlobal Over the past decade, digital technology has disrupted and revolutionised a varie..

How an advanced manufacturing technology can make your business more 3-dimensional

How an advanced manufacturing technology can make your business more 3-dimensional

Damian Hennessey, Director, Proto Labs Preconceived notions of mass production are being redefined by additive manufacturing, the proc..

Digitalisation: why using the opportunity of Fintechs can create an innovative digital client experience

Digitalisation: why using the opportunity of Fintechs can create an innovative digital client experience

Martin Zahner, Head Software Exchange at Avaloq Challenge of digitalisation Digitalisation is impacting all walks of life – both busin..

THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTS and COLLECTIONS

THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTS and COLLECTIONS

Themes and Issues Covered at TALKINGTECH’s ‘The Future of Digital Payments and Collection’s Event #futureofpayments16 Last month, much..

How to Make Apps Make Money?

How to Make Apps Make Money?

By Christopher P. Willis, CMO at Perfecto The time spent using apps has increased by 90 per cent since 2013. In the financial sector, ..

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Why it’s time to centralise public sector technology

Mark Hall, public sector director at Redcentric The UK is in a time of political change effecting businesses and citizens, which is wh..

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

The challenge of keeping data secure: why in-house security isn’t enough

By Rob Garbutt, CEO of LDeX Group Rob Garbutt The landscape of the finance sector is changing and new technologies are dominating the..

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims

By Frederic Valluet, Solutions Director, EMEA, Insurance & Healthcare at MarkLogic Frederic Valluet, MarkLogic Fraud is a perenni..

Cutting business costs: Pros of using commercial heat pumps in 2016

Cutting business costs: Pros of using commercial heat pumps in 2016

For over thirty years, businesses in Northern Europe have been using commercial heat pumps to provide cheap and reliable sources of he..

FIME launches the next generationof its EMV Level 3 test platform

FIME launches the next generationof its EMV Level 3 test platform

Test tool significantly speeds up terminal integration testing and certification for acquirers, processors, merchants, VARs & ISVs..

IRIS acquisition enables accountants to add greater value to their clients

IRIS acquisition enables accountants to add greater value to their clients

IRIS Software Group has agreed to acquire Level10 Ltd including its forecasting and reporting software Gearshift; enabling accountants..

Setting the pace – Cognitive financial planning and analysis for business agility

Setting the pace – Cognitive financial planning and analysis for business agility

By Paul Campion, Director, IBM Global Financing, UK&I Paul Campion The pace of change within, and without, a business is ever inc..

FICO Provides Decisioning Platform for Smartphone-Only buddybank in Italy

FICO Provides Decisioning Platform for Smartphone-Only buddybank in Italy

UniCredit will launch buddybank in early 2017 in Italy HIGHLIGHTS: FICO is providing the decision management platform forUniCredit’sb..

How big data is sending shockwaves through the financial services sector

How big data is sending shockwaves through the financial services sector

By James Blake, CEO of big data firm Hello Soda James Blake The world of financial services is changing at the hands of big data and ..

Unlocking the code – How to benefit from low code platforms

Unlocking the code – How to benefit from low code platforms

By Kieran Saunders, senior business consultant at FileMaker Software development has long been seen as an important skill. Initially w..

Banking and Fintech Convergence will Increase Reliance on IT

Banking and Fintech Convergence will Increase Reliance on IT

By Mark Weir, Regional Director UK & Ireland at Fortinet  Will fintech and blockchain banking improve security, or introduce new r..

FIME’s Japanese laboratory achieves AMEX & EMV C-4 accreditations

FIME’s Japanese laboratory achieves AMEX & EMV C-4 accreditations

Supports contactless payment terminal and mPOS manufacturers, and kernel developers, with certification projects FIME is pleased to an..

‘Native versus hybrid’; why the debate cannot end

‘Native versus hybrid’; why the debate cannot end

Paul Boyham, Head of Mobile at Radical Company Native versus hybrid is a well-rehearsed debate in the world of mobile app development...

Retailers Weighed Down by their own Legacy Systems, survey reveals

Retailers Weighed Down by their own Legacy Systems, survey reveals

Growth hampered and made worse by IT in-house skills shortages Research has today revealed legacy systems are causing retailers to mis..

“IT’S SECURITY, STUPID…”

“IT’S SECURITY, STUPID…”

Keeping the bad guys out of your business should be trumping everything on your agenda. Alan Prescott Brann But how do you hardwire i..

What can accountants learn from Great Britain’s Olympic team?

What can accountants learn from Great Britain’s Olympic team?

By Steve Cox, product director at IRIS Software Unless you’ve been stranded on a remote island for the past two weeks, you’ll have not..

WHY IS COMMUNICATION VITAL IN THE EVENT OF A CYBER-ATTACK?

WHY IS COMMUNICATION VITAL IN THE EVENT OF A CYBER-ATTACK?

Cyber-attacks pose a constant threat to organisations. Nick Hawkins, Managing Director of Everbridge EMEA, discusses how cloud-based c..

What’s the tech behind regtech?

What’s the tech behind regtech?

Jarred McGinnis, UK managing director at Ontotext, goes behind the headlines to find out what’s really going on with the newest trend ..

Can financial services brands ever be credible on social? 

Can financial services brands ever be credible on social? 

Tim Page, VP Revenue at Adaptly Adaptly Mastercard Valentine Campaign 1 More innovation is needed in the UK banking sector.That’s the..

Host Analytics Survey Sheds Light on Perceptions and Roles of Finance Professionals; Organizational and Technology Barriers to Success

Host Analytics Survey Sheds Light on Perceptions and Roles of Finance Professionals; Organizational and Technology Barriers to Success

Finance Execs Turning to Cloud, Non-Financial Big Data and Enterprise Performance Management to Support Strategic Initiatives Today..

DIY apps – Should businesses make their own custom app?

DIY apps – Should businesses make their own custom app?

Ann Monroe, vice president of marketing, FileMaker Ann Monroe Custom apps have the potential to help teams and businesses become more..

Conforming to the FCA’s cloud guidance: the challenge for financial services organisations

Conforming to the FCA’s cloud guidance: the challenge for financial services organisations

The rapid adoption of cloud technology within the financial services industry shows no signs of slowing. Businesses are embracing the ..

The FCA allows financial services firms to use the cloud – but why should they adopt it?

The FCA allows financial services firms to use the cloud – but why should they adopt it?

Robert Rutherford, CEO of the business and technical consultancy QuoStar Financial services firms operating in the UK are now able to ..

Threesteps to a successful digital transformation

Threesteps to a successful digital transformation

Opinion piece by Sébastien Vugier, SVP Global Sales Solution Center, Axway Digital technologies are part of our daily lives. Smartphon..

LAW FIRM USES CLOUD-BASED COMMSPLATFORM TO BOOST EFFICIENCY

LAW FIRM USES CLOUD-BASED COMMSPLATFORM TO BOOST EFFICIENCY

An expert law firm has partnered with VIA, the business telephony and communications specialist, to improve how employees across its f..

Around the world in mobile payments

Around the world in mobile payments

Ante Ukalovic, the CEO of Centili Ante Ukalovic The global explosion of mobile payments has sparked countless conversations about how..

Going digital spurs rapid growth at Murrison& Wilson Accountants

Going digital spurs rapid growth at Murrison& Wilson Accountants

Accountancy firm Murrison& Wilson is today announcing a 40 per cent growth of its client-base just three years on from implementin..

Why the Financial Services industry is struggling with digital transformation

Why the Financial Services industry is struggling with digital transformation

By Gustavo Gomez, CEO, Bizagi  The state of digital transformation in the Financial Services industry Despite expressing a willingness..