Oil-field services sector gears up for a recovery … but is not there yet

Stabilizing oil prices stimulated activity in some areas, which fed through to the OFSE sector, helping support the market. Emerging consensus amongst OPEC countries is likely to position the market for recovery; however, execution remains a challenge.

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KFC hacked

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

In response to the potential data breach KFC has urged its clients to change their passwords following the cyber attack. The email suggested that a small number of loyalty scheme users accounts “may have been compromised as a result of our website being targeted”. Javvad Malik, security advocate at AlienVault suggests that because of the

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British businesses at risk of disruption

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

  The threat of disruption caused by the pace of technological change originates from the consensus that senior leaders are paying lip service to the need for digital transformation, according to a report from online learning provider AVADO. The report revealed the views of senior managers responsible for the learning and development (L&D) of staff

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The 10 trends that will influence collaboration in 2017

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

The full the repercussions of this year of disruption remain to be seen – for economies and the business world – and companies of all sizes are striving to be more responsive, flexible and agile in adapting to what’s around them. This disruption has, by enlarge, often boiled down to bringing the best people together

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General Data Protection Regulation: the BC/DR impact

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

  Soon to be enacted across the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation – better known as GDPR – has caused no end of concern among CIOs. Although it represents good news for consumers, from a business perspective, things aren’t quite so simple. While the regulation will be helpful in making it easier and

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Is your business ready to learn from the record-breakers?

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

In sport, as in business, there is the constant interplay between marginal gains and game-changing innovations. Take the 100m freestyle swim, records have been broken year on year, but every so often we see not just a record broken, we see an outstanding accomplishment like Albert Vande Weghe in 1934. In one stroke he changed

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Virtualised network management in the age of encryption

Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age

  Traffic encryption is helping us to keep our data private and that’s a good thing. In the post-Snowden era, safeguarding vital information like credit card numbers, passwords, and other identifiable data from anyone who gains unauthorised access to network traffic has become more important than ever before. According to Google’s most recent Transparency Report,

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5 reasons we shouldn’t rush to adopt self-driving cars

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Americans are trailblazers, routinely leading the world in a number of transportation firsts. Indeed, it was the Wright brothers who completed the first successful flight in 1903. Just 66 years later, Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Today, America is vying with other nations in a rush to adopt self-driving

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