Consumers want to collect loyalty points on mobile phones

Eight out of ten customers would like to start collecting loyalty points from retailers through their mobile devices

Three steps towards a hierarchy of needs for smart cities

Smart cities face challenges around network connectivity, standardisation and data governance, say IoT experts, and these needs must be met for them to flourish

Alternative finance sector accounts for ?3.2bn investments in UK

Alternative online finance provided 3% of lending to SMEs and 13% of lending to small businesses last year, but overall growth rate slowed

Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks

Mobile apps could put an end to 'hated' staff appraisals

Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016

'We stumbled on e-commerce,' says Ecco marketing head

Head of e-commerce at retailer Ecco Dana Schwartz explains how the firm's transformational journey happened as a result of e-commerce adoption

Misgivings rise as EU-US agreement unravels under scrutiny

Privacy Shield, the proposed replacement for Safe Harbour, looks increasingly like a PR exercise, rather than a genuine solution

Datacentre operators must prepare for power use and emissions regulations

Colocation provider Digital Realty says datacentre operators must prepare for tighter regulations around emission levels and power use

MK:Smart enlists IoT supplier ThingWorx for speedy development

Milton Keynes smart city project selects ThingWorx to provide a rapid application deployment environment

Invest in people or risk 'digital culture shock', says Accenture

Marc Carrel-Billiard, Accenture's global director of technology R&D, tells Computer Weekly that companies must invest in people if they want to benefit from innovative technology

Microsoft's underwater datacentre: The pros and cons of running subsea facilities

Underwater datacentres can help providers save on land costs and cooling, but at what cost to the environment?

CIO interview: Kevin O'Connor, group CIO, William Hill

Former Paddy Power CIO aims to bring IT development work back in-house and use technology to improve customers' betting experience

IoT risks raise concerns among IT specialists in central and eastern Europe

The internet of things is gaining momentum in central and eastern Europe, but IT professionals have worries over security

Government admits altnets can compete against BT in rural areas

A series of pilot schemes has proved that small broadband suppliers can effectively compete against BT Openreach in rural areas

EC confirms EU-US Privacy Shield to replace Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement

The European Commission (EC) confirms it has negotiated a replacement for Safe Harbour, and expects it to come into force in three months

Divide and conquer in software architecture

Applications built out of independently deployable modules are the future of flexible solution development