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Enterprise software
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Consumer identity management is the core of real CRM
IAM + CRM is much more than simply IAM for external users, says Ivan Niccolai Continue Reading
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Privacy Shield gets green light – for now
Privacy Shield faces inevitable legal challenges, so organisations should prepare by considering legal and practical alternatives Continue Reading
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Brexit offers chance for UK to become a ‘data haven’
Could the UK become a a safe place for both cloud and big data after it leaves the EU? Continue Reading
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What CIOs should know about Brexit
CIOs should start talking with other executives and their teams and begin planning now for potential changes Continue Reading
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Mindful collaboration: Who shares wins
IT leaders seem to struggle to make collaboration technology projects work. Research by the Leading Edge Forum offers some possible answers Continue Reading
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Was that it? Business as usual for fintechs after Brexit vote
Following the Brexit vote, Fintech Times editor Bird Lovegod describes how financial services IT startups are getting on with business as usual Continue Reading
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A one-size-fits-all blockchain just won’t do
With manifold use cases and specific requirements for blockchains, businesses will have to choose the right variety rather than deploy a single ‘interoperable’ blockchain Continue Reading
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Brexit and technology: How network effects will damage UK IT industry
Although largely ignored in the Brexit debate, network effects will damage the UK's high-tech industry if Britain leaves Europe Continue Reading
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Managing open-source security: a legal perspective
Open-source software is being used more widely than ever – but do IT leaders understand the legal risks? Continue Reading
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Blockchain and the CIO: a new model for IT
The most important emerging technology for the enterprise – and therefore the CIO – is not big data, the social web, artificial intelligence, robotics or the cloud – it’s blockchain Continue Reading
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Graph databases: What are the benefits for CIOs?
With enterprise interest in graph databases on the rise, Clive Longbottom explains why some businesses are favouring them over relational setups Continue Reading
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The European Cloud Initiative: A silver lining for data sharing?
The European Commission has published proposals for a new cloud initiative – part of a package of measures designed to enhance the EU’s position in the global, data-driven economy Continue Reading
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The consumerisation of machine intelligence
Machine intelligence is improving fast – as demonstrated by Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo success – and IT leaders need to plan for its effect on enterprise IT Continue Reading
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How to transition to a cloud-based analytics environment
Accenture Digital consultants say businesses can be more agile by way of cloud-based analytics Continue Reading
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Wearable technology creates opportunities for retailers
Wearable technology allows taxis to offer commuters a ride when it is raining, and restaurants' to tailor their dishes to customers' weight-loss plans. Continue Reading
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Turn consumer technology into practical business innovation
Many organisations are missing out on the opportunities for innovating presented by everyday consumer technology Continue Reading
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Demystifying service delivery automation
What is service delivery automation and what can it do for your organisation? Continue Reading
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Life on the edge: The benefits of using micro datacentres
Enterprises are demanding faster access to applications and ever more processing power. Could edge datacentres fill the gap? Continue Reading
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How insight-driven enterprises use data to strategic advantage
Accenture managing directors Nick Millman and Ray Eitel-Porter distil steps for enterprises to turn data into business insight from the firm’s consultancy Continue Reading
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Robots will transform, not replace, human work
Claims that robots will steal our jobs are commonplace – but humans will find themselves working side by side with robots, rather than being replaced by them Continue Reading
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When a slowdown in IT budgets is a good thing
IT budgets will grow at their slowest rate for four years in 2016, yet companies are spending more on digital technology Continue Reading
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Digital platform more than taxi service: Uber as app economy paradigm?
Uber’s significance may lie more in its being a data-rich platform that taps into unused human economic resources than in its role as a passenger pickup service Continue Reading
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Why it pays to get messy with big data
Big data does not have to be perfect to give useful insights. The ability to make messy data usable quickly could become business critical Continue Reading
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A plan for managing public-sector IT costs
The 2015 spending review is set to put further pressure on the public sector. Are there easy cuts public-sector CIOs can make? Continue Reading
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Democratise internet of things data analytics with virtualisation
Accenture Labs authors contend that data virtualisation can unlock business value from the IoT Continue Reading
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Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction
The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction Continue Reading
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Pixar president on why building a 'fail fast' culture is hard
The duality of failure, IBM's bet on cognitive computing, and the difference between a data officer and an analytics officer: The Data Mill reports. Continue Reading
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Reinventing outsourcing through agile principles
Organisations are starting to use agile principles to reinvent the outsourcing selection process, with some excellent results Continue Reading
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Consumer Rights Act will boost trust in digital content
New law presents a huge opportunity for the growth in sales of online movies, music downloads, e-books, apps and software Continue Reading
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Life’s a breach: How to handle the press after a hacking attack
Emily Dent, specialist in crisis PR, offers some advice to organisations that unexpectedly find themselves in the headlines Continue Reading
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Driving digital productivity in the UK
There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies Continue Reading
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Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?
With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why Continue Reading
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Can emulating social media make business applications more productive?
Can social technologies be turned to account for business applications, and can they boost economic productivity? Continue Reading
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When DevOps isn't enough, try NoOps
Letting developers loose to create, test and deploy new code without operations might streamline processes, but it's not without its risks Continue Reading
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Blending humans and technology in the workforce
We are close to the time when intelligent technology will collaborate with humans to make the workforce more productive Continue Reading
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Who is responsible for digital leadership in the boardroom?
Digital technology affects every aspect of modern business - so which executive should lead digital strategy in the boardroom? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Proceed with caution using IP-based collaboration tools
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Select collaboration tools carefully to keep data secure
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Think twice about unlimited collaboration
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems? Continue Reading
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The top 10 myths about agile development
Examining some of the most common misconceptions in the growing field of agile software development Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: No company is an island
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems? Continue Reading
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Apply data governance to maximise data insights
How IT can apply data governance to help the business trust analytics insights and gain the most value from big data Continue Reading
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Fix outdated working practices to solve productivity puzzle
The Economist says the French could take Friday off and still produce more than Britons in a week. Can smarter use of technology fix this? Continue Reading
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Microsoft SharePoint: Why are we still hearing so much about adoption issues?
The SharePoint business system is too important to be left to IT; the whole business need to embrace it so it's more than just shelfware Continue Reading
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HP: Where next for the troubled Silicon Valley giant?
Numerous management changes and acquisitions have created confusion about HP's strategy, but is it too late to bounce back? Continue Reading
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Making sense of the internet of things
Welcome to Thingalytics, the use of real-time analytics and algorithms to guide you through the maze of fast big data Continue Reading
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Investment banks recruit for rise of big data analytics
Investment banks have been slower to embrace big data analytics than many consumer retailers, technology businesses, even retail banking Continue Reading
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Does IBM have what it needs to succeed in the cloud era?
With its history in hardware, has IBM done enough from a tech development and acquisition perspective to achieve long-term success in the cloud? Continue Reading
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Get closer to your customers by doing the co-creation tango
For years, IT has been in a formal dance with its customers, but in the disruptive world of co-creation, it now needs to learn to tango Continue Reading
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The customer-centric cloud model for HR IT
IT and HR departments are working increasingly closely with cloud suppliers to develop and improve cloud-based HR systems Continue Reading
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Patent trolls must not be allowed to encroach on Europe
So-called patent trolls may soon come under attack in the US as part of government-backed efforts against abusive intellectual property litigation Continue Reading
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Why you need smarter case management
Business users will see myriad benefits from an emerging wave of case management applications Continue Reading
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Big data to unlock value from the industrial internet of things
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is changing the way we live and work, and extracting maximum value requires a big data approach Continue Reading
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What is government as a platform and how do we achieve it?
There are lots of discussion going on at the moment about digital “platforms”, and the impact they might have on UK public services Continue Reading
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A blueprint for taking back control of email as a communication channel
A global blueprint for combating fraudulent email and taking back control of email as a communication channel Continue Reading
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US technology companies facing growing UK pressure over internet spying
Tension is growing between the UK and US over Prism spying Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: SME security on a shoestring budget
How can SMEs afford security that is good enough? Continue Reading
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Balancing agility and efficiency: Open architecture and platforms in government
Increased flexibility in delivery models must be balanced with the architectural discipline to re-use, share, and consume common components Continue Reading
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Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds
Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than ever Continue Reading
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Exploring new business models for digital public service delivery
Many public sector organisations appear overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the changes in public service delivery that they face Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Patch Shellshock vulnerability without delay
What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Isaca guide on tackling Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess the true scope of their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Businesses cannot afford to be complacent about Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Shellshock – check, patch, monitor
What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Lessons from Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems? Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Guidelines for dealing with Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess the true scope of their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug? Continue Reading
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Big data put to work in digital transformation strategies
Accenture’s Mike Sutcliff and Narendra Mulani argue that the fuel energising the digital transformation of business is big data Continue Reading
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The business benefits of the third platform
Ron Tolido explains the benefits of the Open Group Open Platform 3.0 Continue Reading
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Government must be a platform entrepreneur to deliver 'digital 2.0'
The government needs to start with a clear policy and architecture for digital 2.0 Continue Reading
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The digital CIO: ‘Fear of Google’ and the ethics of digital business
Could the big digital players be using their dominance by exerting unfair competition? Continue Reading
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Balancing user desires with business needs
With users increasingly taking IT decisions into their own hands, businesses need to try harder to keep up Continue Reading
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Purchasers get social, marketers play catch-up?
Social media theorist Erik Qualman once suggested that news, products and services are now pushed to us by friends and colleagues Continue Reading
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Watermelon SLAs – making sense of green and red alerts
Often IT SLAs don’t reflect the real service and service experience of users. They also aren’t focused enough on the business results Continue Reading
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Define a software delivery strategy for business innovation – four key steps
As software takes a central role in modern business models, application delivery capability has become the key enabler of disruption Continue Reading
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The IT supplier empathy gap
How well do IT suppliers really understand your needs? Continue Reading
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Tools for CIOs leading M&A projects
IT mergers and acquisitions are reaching a peak and are becoming more complex. This poses a distinct set of challenges for CIOs Continue Reading
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The new dawn of brand: You are only as good as your software
We can make computers exciting, and we can capture our unique cultural personalities, writes Alan Trefler Continue Reading
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Open source in the NHS: With choice comes responsibility
What do NHS Trusts need to think about when using open-source technologies? Continue Reading
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Watch out: Oracle plants $23,000 licensing booby trap in 12c upgrade
Oracle will charge $23,000 per processor if you inadvertently switch on the in-memory database option Continue Reading
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Why businesses need brilliant social media
Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to face Continue Reading
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Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?
As digital starts to appear in manifesto discussions, this is our chance to demand a higher quality of vision from our political leaders Continue Reading
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Social media and why businesses need to embrace it
Why are businesses using email for everything? Jack Vile gives the younger generation's perspective Continue Reading
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Software integration is removing system blindfolds
Since the introduction of auto-complete forms, there has been a steady progression in the way business data and information is handled Continue Reading
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Navigating the digital torrent
CIOs need to look at their own performance, ways of working, skills and experience to ensure they are equipped to deal with the digital torrent Continue Reading
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Opinion: Why small steps in big data count
Don’t get bogged down and fearful that big data means big steps – get started and learn as you go Continue Reading
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Getting the best out of the old and the new in government IT
There is a tension at the heart of public sector IT that, unless resolved, threatens to cause serious government IT failures in the next five years Continue Reading
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Is cloud the answer to the legacy IT problem?
How do you meet escalating demands and keep up with change in technology, when you don't have the funds for a large-scale replacement? Continue Reading
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Buyer beware: second-hand user licences mired in uncertainty
Despite a recent European Court of Justice ruling on the sale of used software, second user licensing remains a contentious subject Continue Reading
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The digital CIO: The CIO is dead. Long live the CIO
There is a new breed of CIOs who are defining what it means to be a digital leader Continue Reading
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The digital CIO: Regaining the technology high ground – one blog post at a time
IT leaders should use blogging and social media to raise their profile and build influence in their organisations Continue Reading
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Is enterprise IT falling behind as business strategy turns outside-in?
Successful firms need to harness the skills, capabilities and passions of the external marketplace by becoming more 'outside-in' Continue Reading
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Is Windows-everywhere a serious option for the modern business?
Let’s get real says Dale Vile, Research Director & CEO, of analyst group Freeform Dynamics. Continue Reading
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Two years after 'unacceptable' - the state of government IT today
Two years ago, G-Cloud founder Chris Chant called government IT 'unacceptable'. Now outside Whitehall, what does he think has changed? Continue Reading
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Mobility management is coming of age
2014’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought together the mobile telephony infrastructure industry, multiple handset vendors and large numbers of mobile app tools and platforms Continue Reading
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Opinion: Enterprise Networks – Where do IT pros see challenges?
The challenges placed on IT grow more demanding each day Continue Reading
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Don’t create a mobile enterprise app for the sake of it
Enterprise mobility applications need a clear objective, advises Accenture’s Nisha Sharma Continue Reading
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Cloud business intelligence market will be worth $4bn by 2017
Cloud business intelligence (BI) is still a small part of the market but growing at an impressive rate, contends analyst Tom Pringle Continue Reading
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Searching for the signal of open standards amid the growing noise of agile
For all its undeniable strengths, the use of agile in government is in danger of becoming a fetish Continue Reading
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Universal Credit: Don’t blame the IT
It is easy to blame the IT when things go wrong, but when people are asked to do impossible things, it is not surprising if they do not deliver Continue Reading
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Living with Google Glass – not quite useful enough to overcome the dork-factor
Businesses will use Google Glass first, says Simon Dring after spending a few days living with the technology. Continue Reading