The incredible shrinking Hewlett Packard – where does it go next?

In 2011, Hewlett Packard’s annual revenue was $127bn, making it the largest technology company in the world by sales at that time – yet its market worth was a comparatively meagre $42bn. It had just
Here’s the obligatory ‘What IT leaders can learn from Leicester City FC’ story

As a football fan, it’s not often I get to indulge in a bit of technology-football crossover, but the Leicester City fairytale is too good an opportunity to miss. It seems...
Media, retail and now finance show that technology fragments, not disrupts, markets

The pace of digital transformation in financial services is – at last – speeding up. The sector has resisted such change and for a while was largely protected as a result of the 2008 crash when the increased focus on regulation helped to protect the status quo. Now things are different.
Finally – progress on a UK digital infrastructure for the next 50 years

BT demonstrated this week the depths of its sensitivity to Ofcom’s threat to break up the telecoms giant. Ofcom’s communications market...