31-Dec-2015
Microsoft
Going to be a fun 2016 in the cloud wars. Who wins? IT.
Amazon Web Services is the clear leader in cloud computing now, but Wall Street thinks it's about to face much stronger competition from Microsoft's own cloud-computing platform, Azure, next year.
31-Dec-2015
MarketResearch.com: Industry Insights and 2016 Trends
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK and LONDON -- MarketResearch.com is proud to be the leading provider in business intelligence, offering users access to information about hundreds of industries.
31-Dec-2015
Capgemini Consulting
Three lessons for the big IT department of a large corporation to have a revolutionary change
Thinking like a start up, lessons for the big IT department.
31-Dec-2015
Deloitte
Big Pharma is having a harder and harder time cashing in on R&D
A recent Deloitte report highlighted a disturbing trend in the pharmaceutical industry: It appears that investments made in research and development just aren't delivering the way they used to.
31-Dec-2015
KPMG
14 tax changes in four years will hurt buy to let market warns KPMG
No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016 according to leading business consultancy KPMG.
30-Dec-2015
KPMG
KPMG 2015 Global Heightened Practices Survey
Why the low number of organizations aligning operational risk management (ORM) to strategy?
30-Dec-2015
Deloitte
Challenge - Finding resources to invest in VBC and consumerism, particularly difficult when margins are tight.
Hospital and health system CEOs understand that they face unprecedented changes and a dramatically different market in the coming decade.
30-Dec-2015
Hitachi Consulting Europe
Most companies try different tactics to build a culture of inclusion. These hit or miss approaches are not enough.
'Flavor of the Month' programs - are not enough. Only a comprehensive and coordinated strategy will make inclusion part of your company's DNA.
30-Dec-2015
Gartner
10 Strategic Predictions for 2015: Digital Business Is Driving 'Big Change'
Digitalization and the digital business are catalysts of change that are affecting the human-machine relationship and driving better customer outcomes. IT leaders should use Gartner's predictions as planning assumptions on which to base their strategic plans.
30-Dec-2015
BearingPoint
It’s good to be loved, but it’s great to be needed – Creating and curating your own digital ecosystem
How do you grow a business these days?
29-Dec-2015
CEB
Expert predictions, including those from CEB, on what's likely to be a hot topics in retail in 2016.
The retail industry is in the final days of a year in which the athleisure trend continued to boom, the off-price category got even hotter and an ever-growing list of restaurants catered to our interest on healthy eating by announcing big changes to their food supply chains. So what are likely to be the hot topics in retail in 2016?
29-Dec-2015
PwC
Working for PWC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG. What's the difference?
Big Four accounting firms are all the same. Or are they? The variations are not always subtle.
29-Dec-2015
Microsoft
How Apple stays on top of the tech world
In a lot of ways, Apple has already succeeded where Microsoft has failed for decades...
29-Dec-2015
Microsoft
Tech Year In Review: Why 2015 Is A Landmark Year For Microsoft
Microsoft had a good year in 2015 and it's preparing for even greater things in the future. CMO Chris Capossela dropped some intriguing hints...
29-Dec-2015
ThoughtWorks
11 Gifts for the DevOps Person in Your Life -
Product marketing manager There are plenty of lists out there for the tech lover, dog lover, fashion lover, coffee loverbut what about that hard-to-shop-for developer?
29-Dec-2015
Frost And Sullivan
Top Techniques Used by Marketers in Fortune 1000 Companies to understand their customers.
In 2014, Frost & Sullivan, a leader in business growth consulting and best practices research, surveyed marketers and companies, including the Fortune 1000, to find out the top techniques and technologies they use in getting to know their customers' needs.
29-Dec-2015
Strategy&
Banks’ small business imperative: New strategies for offering digital services for SMEs
When it comes to the development of digital services, banks in Western Europe have neglected the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
29-Dec-2015
KPMG
It is the 30-39 yo Chinese who purchase most luxury goods and services online
KPMG has launched a new ecommerce survey of online spending in China, in partnership with Mei.com (A China-based online flash retailer of luxury brands) and Weibo (An online social media platform in China).
29-Dec-2015
PwC
PwC on the benefits of cheap oil to the UK
The significant fall in oil prices since mid-2014 should increase
overall UK economic activity as the cost of production decreases for
businesses, especially for those that are heavily dependent on oil inputs. This will boost both investment and employment.
29-Dec-2015
Accenture
A review of how science and Analytics May Reshape Business and Talent Practices
As new insights into brain science and human behavior are now being made at unprecedented levels by scientists worldwide—and as analytics finally enable organizations to test hypotheses and form
conclusions by analyzing a newly available treasure trove of big data—HR will begin to arm itself with the tools and insights of a scientist to drive significantly better performance from their workforces and improved business outcomes.
24-Dec-2015
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group – inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists - Cambridge Network
Over the summer PA's Technology Centre in Melbourn welcomed five work experience students...
24-Dec-2015
Strategy&
What if you don't have access to big data?
Companies with limited access to analytics can still find information to improve their operational efficiency.
24-Dec-2015
PwC
UK Economic Outlook November 2015: Summary report
Highlights and key messages for business and public policy
24-Dec-2015
Capgemini UK plc
Predicting the (near) Future
A round up of the latest trends
24-Dec-2015
Capgemini UK plc
2016 predictions: CIOs will take on a new hybrid role
Paul Hammond, VP of Infrastructure Services at Capgemini, talks about the changing role of a CIO
23-Dec-2015
Deloitte
Which future? 3 things you can do to make your family’s future the right one - Deloitte Private
When it comes to the world your children and grandchildren will live in, you are the point of difference in shaping the future you all want...
23-Dec-2015
PA Consulting Group
PA's healthcare patch supports innovative telehealth solutions
PA's technology team has developed a way to help healthcare providers offer just this level of service, by building a low-cost, body-worn healthcare sensor that can remotely monitor a patient's critical health indicators as well as check whether they have taken their medication.
23-Dec-2015
Agilisys
Women should not work harder than men to be recognised in tech
"She came up the ranks first as an engineer, then a CTO, and just landed the US CEO role at a highly watched electric vehicle startup NextEV. Smart, articulate, and poised, Warrior rarely says anything that could be considered controversial or offensive. But if you want to see her eyes glow and her tongue get sharp, just ask her about how women engineers are still struggling to find acceptance in the tech industry...
23-Dec-2015
Agilisys
VIDEO: What will Apple deliver in the future?
The technology giant's CEO, Tim Cook, addresses issues concerning his company -- including encryption technology, corporate taxes, and manufacturing products in China
23-Dec-2015
WIPRO
Wipro to acquire US-based Viteos for $130M Wipro
This is the Indian IT firm's third takeover since July.
22-Dec-2015
KPMG
London still dominates UK tech sector in KPMG's latest report, but Rotherham is growing fast
"UK technology companies have been successful and remain optimistic, but growth has softened over the past two years. However, most activity is based around London and the south east, with Reading holding its place as the "top tech cluster".
22-Dec-2015
Pcubed
Is Your Business Ready For 2016?
Keeping ahead of data management needs in the banking sector requires three components. Pcubed's Laura Willson explains.
22-Dec-2015
Kurt Salmon Associates
Digital Analytics Trends for 2016…
When asked by Linus Gregoriadis, Global Director of Research & Intelligence at contentive (publishers of ClickZ), to discuss my thoughts on the latest digital marketing trends, I was of course flattered. These are his questions and my answers (ClickZ will publish their full industry report in Jan 2016).
22-Dec-2015
Capgemini UK plc
Top 5 Retail Innovations of 2015
In an industry as competitive as retail, innovation is what distinguishes the leaders from the laggards. Looking back on 2015, here are the top 5 innovative trends I've seen retailers leverage to revitalize customer experiences and drive ROI.
22-Dec-2015
Capgemini Consulting
Service Integration that Accelerates Business Transformation
Service Integration has made the transition from novel concept to strategic imperative at most large enterprises. It is now seen as the key to solving all kinds of challenges - from improving the quality and consistency of IT services, to streamlining IT operations, to meeting the challenges of supplier management in an increasingly multi-sourced environment.
22-Dec-2015
KPMG
New video on digital transformation, automation, robotics: Keynote at KPMG symposium Chicago
Topic. the digital transformation of business and society. a futuristic view of impacts that the shift from labor to automation will have on businesses and society in general.
22-Dec-2015
KPMG
From KPMG: the 1st index in the world to provide a dynamic, live view of tech trends in eight large industry sectors
It measures how much these technology trends are discussed within the sectors and how much the sectors are discussed by the trend suppliers.
22-Dec-2015
Deloitte's 19th Annual CFO Vision Conference: CFOs Express Pessimism on US Political Climate, Anticipate Effects of Interest Rate Hikes
Polling of large company CFOs also reveals cautious optimism on company prospects and planning for impacts of generational workforce trends.
22-Dec-2015
Unisys
14 Ways IoT Will Change Business & Big Data Forever
Gartner expects 6.4 billion "things" will be connected to the Internet in 2016, up 30% from 2015.
22-Dec-2015
Strategy&
OrgDNA: The key to unlocking your company's potential
This graphic offers a brief overview of OrgDNA - the combination of formal and informal traits that shape a company's 'personality' as well as the seven organizational profile types, as distilled by PwC's Strategy& over more than a decade of research. What's your company's type? '
18-Dec-2015
KPMG
KPMG Announces Yoyo Wallet As One Of The Top 50 Global Fintech Companies
Yoyo Wallet is the fastest growing mobile wallet in the UK and is already making its way to the US. In just two years since its inception, Yoyo has created a smart wallet platform that enables retailers to not only accept in-store mobile payments, but also automate loyalty, and instantly deliver rewards to customers based on their purchasing habits.
18-Dec-2015
KPMG
Videos from KPMG's 2015 Robotic Innovations Symposium
The Next Wave: How and Why Demography and Robotics are Reshaping Work and Workforces in the 21st Century
18-Dec-2015
Capgemini Consulting
How can supply chains benefit from the transformation?
The more I talk to our clients, the more evident it is that their customers are expecting them to be always-on and accessible across channels. My response is always the same, You have a choice...
18-Dec-2015
Strategy&
5 ideas that can help retail banks thrive in a low-growth, low-margin environment in 2015 beyond
In 2015, we foresee the acceleration of a trend that's been under way since the end of the financial crisis: the increased commoditization of retail banking products.
18-Dec-2015
Freshminds
As the year comes to a close, take a look at our most-read blog posts of 2015
As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at our most-read blog posts of 2015 including an interview with auto disruptor Carwow, some great examples of data visualisation in action and our own research into the high street of 2025.
18-Dec-2015
Alsbridge plc
Manufacturing CIOs: Don’t Ignore SMAC for Innovation
CIOs at manufacturing companies have a reputation as no-frills, no-nonsense types with a knee-jerk aversion to technology fads and the The Next Big Thing. That's for the dot com guys, right? Whether this attitude reflects the nature of the industry, an inherent personality type or the fact that IT budgets in the space are notoriously lean is open to debate. Regardless, manufacturing CIOs who dismiss emerging technologies as hype are missing an opportunity to drive significant benefit.
18-Dec-2015
CEB
3 priorities corporate law & compliance should focus on in 2016
The way companies sell products and create profits has changed dramatically over the past five or six years and this in turn has meant big changes for the way employees get their work done.
18-Dec-2015
Hay Group
Find out more about the latest trends in executive pay in our new report: A year for good news
Following two years of increased regulation, the 2015 reporting season has been a slightly quieter one. It's a welcome trend after the regulation heavy years that went before and many in the executive reward community agree that for the time being, no news is good news. Of course, there were exceptions to the overall climate of calm
18-Dec-2015
2016 – Digital: The Relentless March
Peter Osborne, Managing Director, LOC Consulting, looking at the 3 ways in which digitisation will affect organisations and consultancies in the coming year.
18-Dec-2015
New Oliver Wight white paper reveals opportunities and vulnerabilities in sales management
Business transformation specialists, Oliver Wight, have just published a brand new white paper on ‘Managing the Sales Management Process with Vulnerabilities and Opportunities’.