Mobile payments face European obstacles

Although Europeans are increasingly using mobile devices for payments, most payments are still made using the traditional e-commerce environment: the Internet browser. However, a new report from IDC Financial Insights found that the future of mobile payments belongs...

European firms not rushing to the cloud

A new survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) has discovered that European IT departments still need to make significant improvements before they have fully embraced cloud architectures and transformed themselves into internal (cloud) service providers. When...

Tablet banking set for European take-off

More European consumers will bank on their tablets than on their mobile phones by as soon as 2016, according to Forrester’s European digital banking forecast for 2014 to 2018. While mobile banking use in Europe will grow fast from 42-million users in 2013 to...

Utilities come under increasing pressure

European utilities continue to be under significant pressure to reduce capex and opex related to ICT. CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective budget allocations. On one hand, CIOs are expected to undertake new initiatives...

DiData acquisition grows European footprint

Dimension Data is following through on its plan to increase revenues, and has completed the acquisition of NextiraOne. Last year, CEO Brett Dawson says the organisation aimed to double its revenues from $6-billion to $12-billion in the next five years. This would be...