TECH TALK: Youngsters are still not prioritising a career in the digital sector, says BILL MAGEE Scottish policymakers would be perfectly within their rights, I guess, to skip a new digital report sharply criticising the UK’s performance in developing tech skills. But they shouldn’t. WorldSkills UK compares Britain to several other “major global economies” which, […]
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Ignore the customer experience at your peril
TECH TALK: Put your customer at the heart of your digital transformation strategy, says KERI McCOOL Digital transformation requires more than simply integrating new digital technologies. True digital transformation translates to overhauling processes, re-architecting operations and reimagining products and services. But are companies truly considering the customer in their digital strategies? Customer experience (CX) has […]
Clipping the wings of soaring crypto
TECH TALK: Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, but regulation is creeping up the agenda, says BILL MAGEE Facebook may have grabbed the recent online headlines, following its worldwide outages, but another incident in the virtual world has gone almost unnoticed despite sending cryptocurrency devotees into a cyberspin. All because of a dodgy text. Ever since […]
Don’t let WFH put your business at risk
TECH TALK: The benefits of a greater work/life balance for employees should not come at the cost of exposing your company to data breaches, says MARK GIBSON Eighteen months after the onset of the pandemic, organisations are increasingly exposed to unnecessary security risks compounded in some cases by a new behavioural ‘complacency’ around data security. […]
GDPR meddling could put a block on trade
TECH TALK: Amending EU privacy rules could pose big problems for UK businesses, says BILL MAGEE It’s two months short of two years since I penned my first “Tech Talk” for Daily Business. All about a Brexit-Britain and Europe wrangling over what amounts to the safe handling of often private and highly-sensitive personal and commercial […]