Technology stocks are flavour of the month as start-ups and angel investors flirt outrageously in the hope of joining the headlines, but some have been left scratching their heads and asking if we are heading for another tech wreck. Beverley Head investigates...

The manufacturing sector is a prime example of an industry vertical that has embraced technology. MRP & ERP systems have transformed productivity and efficiency in a sector whose margins were squeezed by globalisation. Now retail is under similar pressures with the growth of online retailing. Here Anthony Doesburg uncovers the lessons that the retail sector can learn from the way manufacturing uses technology...

Many customers think first about the product they have; even when they are looking for support for that product. Organisations can use this to their advantage when designing user-friendly websites, says Gerry McGovern...

Mobile users are increasingly demanding ease of access to ERP information to perform their jobs on any device at any time...

Directors and boards are used to navigating post-acquisition IT roadmaps, signing off on piles of cash to standardise information systems and deliver the sought-after cost efficiencies...

Gerry McGovern says that on the web, content is the enabler...

In this ‘social, local, mobile’ world we live in, being able to pinpoint where we are, what is in our immediate vicinity and how to get there, is vital...

The way we work is changing. The market for recruiting creative and project resources has gone global...

Filling in broadband black spots would boost productivity says Rob Stummer...

When changing markets or new technology result in the 'R words', the processes and systems need to be in place to avoid staff challenging the outcomes and further extending the pain....

As technology plays an ever-stronger role in modern business models, predicting and measuring productivity gains from technology investment is becoming paramount to getting project sign off...

Technology has increased productivity and emancipated humankind from day-to day tasks, enabling automation over drudgery, hasn't it? The march of the machine continues into the digital age...