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← View all opinionsI've been thinking recently about customers and customisation. Earlier this month, I was at the Salesforce World Tour in Munich, which I thought looked busier than I'd ever seen it – a sentiment share...
Futurists have long been predicting that the cars of the 21st century would eventually leave paved roads and take to the air. That has not yet happened, nor is it likely to become a reality anytime so...
When the concept of cloud computing was first introduced in the early 2000s, companies were unsure what to make of this new technology. Most businesses didn’t even fully understand what the cloud was....
Retail banking, insurance and the capital markets are fast adopting cloud computing in the quest to grow revenues, reduce costs and increase responsiveness to perceptions of risk. The financial sector...
Cloud computing, forecast to become a $150 billion industry by the end of 2015, is not only growing, it is transforming almost every industry. And it could transform TV and broadcast media too. Althou...
For businesses today, the decision to deploy cloud services no longer sits solely within the IT department. Having technology knowledge when it comes to getting the most from the cloud is not essentia...
Businesses regularly ask whether transitioning to the cloud is secure. The question is understandable, as there has been a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) spread across the industry over the...
There is no doubt that cloud computing has now achieved mainstream deployment in the UK. Recent research from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) found that some 78 per cent of UK organisations are adoptin...
The Evolution of Cloud Today, most companies are using some form of cloud services. According to Gartner, the Worldwide Public Cloud Services Market is now worth $131 billion: when you consider that t...
Name a multi-billion dollar market that’s getting a long overdue cloud make-over: Field Service Management. This $18 billion industry has only just begun to dip its toe into the huge pool of possibi...
In response to consumers’ demand for instant, always-on service, UK financial firms are showing a growing interest in cloud services. Alan Grogan, chief analytics officer of the customer services gro...
For many businesses, the key decision isn’t whether or not to migrate to the cloud, it’s deciding which parts to take and which parts to leave behind. Cloud computing is an undeniably alluring option...