A SIM by any other name – the new battleground?

When Apple started talking about including an embedded, programmable SIM into its devices a few years ago there was the inevitable shuddering from the telecoms industry. That’s because when Apple announces new technology it has a habit of becoming the norm, despite...

Welcome to the dark side of connected cars

Are you getting just a little bored hearing about the benefits of connected cars? It wasn’t that long ago all we worried about was the size of the engine, how fast it went, how good it looked and how many gizmos it had on the dashboard. The most popular technological...

How do CIOs deliver value and prepare for what comes next?

Deloitte’s 2015 Global CIO Survey has come up with some very interesting cross-industry findings. It received responses from over 1,200 technology leaders across 43 countries, including representation from over a quarter of Global Fortune 1000 organisations, giving a...

Has billing become boring?

Is it just me, or has billing become boring? I never thought I’d say that but, quite frankly, apart from the occasional billing shock headline the whole billing thing has become rather mundane. Maybe it’s because we have become so good at it that the challenges of...

Is connectedness next to godliness?

There’s an old saying that cleanliness is next to godliness. As a child I was never quite sure what it meant but I always presumed that if one kept clean they would look better in the eyes of God. Today the word ‘cleanliness’ could be replaced with ‘connectedness’...

Do robots and artificial intelligence make you feel obsolete?

Those immortal words of Victor Meldrew (from TV series ‘One Foot in the Grave’) immediately came to mind after reading a ZDNet article titled ‘No, AI won’t eat your job, say tech chiefs, and here’s why.‘ The article quotes those ‘tech chiefs’ as saying that robots...

Is net neutrality neutered at last?

In a win for America’s biggest telecoms operators, a court has struck down as unconstitutional a ‘net neutrality’ rule that barred broadband internet providers from managing and controlling traffic over their own networks. The U.S. appeals court...