Amid sky-high valuations for big technology stocks, IAN RITCHIE asks if expectations of the AI revolution are overdone Back in 1999, I was invited to attend a Credit Suisse investment conference in Cannes and I was happy to attend as I fancied a bit of sunshine on the Côte d’Azur. The World Wide Web had […]
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Digital security is everyone’s concern
TECH TALK: SCOTT MONCUR offers a 10-point checklist to keep your business cyber-safe We were recently sponsors of and participants in a conference focused on building security and trust in financial services and FinTech. The event brought together leaders across the spectrum of financial services, FinTech, security, and regulation and compliance, to consider collaborative, joined […]
Decoding the impact of biggest IT failure
An automatic software update created global chaos and has raised questions about digital security, write TERRY MURDEN and BILL MAGEE For the millions of over-wrought tourists, hospital patients and bank customers among those disrupted by what has been described as a “digital pandemic,” the weekend IT outage has been a stark reminder of how vulnerable […]
IP rights left exposed by election call
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says the ending of talks on a code of practice leaves firms at risk Digital dithering by the UK Government shortly before it called a General Election has left ambitious businesses, keen to exploit next-generation technologies, well and truly disconnected. If not commercially stranded. In a classic u-turn, the political powers-that-be […]
US tech scout glad to see EIE rewired
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE spoke to a California-based digital leader who made the 10,000 mile round trip to attend one of Scotland’s top investor showcases Silicon Valley’s major-league digital entrepreneur – or “technology scout” as she prefers to be known – Deborah Magid had no hesitation to once again make the 10,000-mile round trip to […]