The crash protected banks from technology disruption – but it won’t last

It's clear today that the financial services sector has been protected from technological disruption as a result of the 2008 economic crash.
While industries such as retail...
Don’t let training and skills be the forgotten investment in the digital revolution

One of the criticism made of the late prime minister Margaret Thatcher during the recent coverage of her life and death was the way she abandoned communities that had once relied on former businesses such as mining and manufacturing.
There's a case to be made that she was right to...
UK gives Belgium €300m for cloud, and other indicators of change

Anyone who has read this blog over the past few months will have seen there are several recurring themes I've been banging on about lately. It's been interesting to see a few things happening recently that, to me, reinforce some of the points I've been discussing, so here's a bit of a random...