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Is your workforce in the office? More and more law firms are offering staff the opportunity to work remotely, whether from a home office or from co-working spaces and cafes between client appointments. This trend [...]
For many organisations big data presents challenges and opportunities. No more so than in the financial services sector where the regulatory landscape provides an additional level of complexity. Many FS institutions are so overwhelmed by [...]
The UK government views poor productivity as the most significant modern-day threat to our future economy. Far more so than Brexit. Improving productivity is one of the Chancellor's pet projects. And if the numbers are [...]
Spoiler alert! This is not another one of those articles about GDPR designed to put CEOs, Compliance Officers and CISCOs into a state of panic about how to get their business compliant by May 2018. [...]
What is it? Despite the name, it's not an influx of demented furry critters sent to destroy you by North Korea, but the latest Ransomware that could well be targeting UK businesses. Bad Rabbit has [...]
There is a hidden gremlin lurking in the depth of your corporate IT network, both SME and Enterprise, that has the capability of blowing a huge hole through your compliance work. No matter whether you [...]
Creative and marketing companies generally have to manage a large number of different passwords. There are numerous apps and SaaS tools available that creatives and marketers use day-in-day-out to create work, promote their businesses and, [...]
On the morning of Tuesday June 27 th, employees coming in to work at the offices of DLA Piper, one of the world's largest law firms, were met with an unusual surprise. A whiteboard had [...]
If you are in Operations or a Compliance Officer in Financial Services, it’s a busy and confusing time at the moment. MIFID II comes into effect in Early 2018, followed by the less well understood [...]
Last month accountancy firm Deloitte confirmed that it had been a victim of a cyber attack that breached the company email system and has potentially compromised usernames, passwords, IP addresses, architectural diagrams for businesses and [...]
Any iPhone or iPad aficionados will be well aware of the latest Apple iOS (the iPhone/iPad operating system). Version 11 of iOS was released with much fervour along with the latest generation of iPhone September [...]
So we have had the annual hype-fest about the latest set of new Apple products - chief amongst which is the new iPhone X. A lot has been said and written about the new features, [...]
After a slow start with many legal firms taking a back seat when it comes to digital transformation, the industry as a whole has now become more connected and mobile. While law firms still have [...]
If you are an accountant, you've either been hacked and you know about it - or you've been hacked and don't know it! Either way, it's inevitable, and it's a huge threat that could destroy [...]
On 25 July, Adobe finally put a date on switching off support for its Adobe Flash. They said: “…we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content [...]
“Your call will be recorded for…” Transparency is an important and desirable feature of financial services today; helping to ensure that customers get fairer outcomes from the decisions they make about financial products and services. [...]
Technology is ever evolving and therefore any IT strategy needs regular updating and reviewing. IT is a business enabler, so your organisation should be actively seeking opportunities to use IT to drive efficiencies and innovation. [...]
Microsoft do have a habit of adding a succession of relatively mediocre new applications to their office 365 suite. Often these are reinvented version of exciting features or an app that has been freely available [...]
Last month BA suffered an ‘IT problem’ that caused chaos around the world and resulted in flights being grounded. Depending on who you believe, the fallout is expected to cost BA between £80 and £100 [...]
MiFID II The MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) is the EU legislation which applies to financial services firms involved in investment services and activities. The original legislation was applied in the UK [...]
