Archive for the cloud section

• 07 Mar

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • cloud
  • management
  • mobile
  • products
  • security
  • social networks
  • strategy

  HSBC: Stuart Gulliver not off on his travels. too many ties at home?

  So, petulant HSBC picked up their ball and set their sights on Hong Kong. Again. And then to no one’s surprise, they decided to stay in London. Again.

  Maybe being handed the tickets and having the door held open wasn’t expected. Looks like we’re stuck with them. What if they had decided to go?
  

  What if they had gone. What if all the banks decided to go. What would happen?

  Would the economy fall apart, or would we actually be better off? continued over the page… >>

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• 16 Feb

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • cloud
  • management
  • social networks
  • strategy
  • web design

  NAB: The break up, its not what you think

  No, it’s not the latest story about National Australia Bank’s recent system woes. This is something just as radical, but far more positive.

  NAB has split from the other main street banks to embrace the social web in style. They’ve suddenly discovered Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and viral marketing.
  

  Maybe it was a realisation that NAB’s professional reputation was in tatters, maybe just a change of marketing agency. Either way, NAB’s changed course. And its a course that could change the face of Australian banking. continued over the page… >>

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• 31 Jan

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • cloud
  • general
  • management
  • mobile
  • security
  • social networks
  • strategy
  • uncategorized
  • web design

  the Internet unplugged: discovering the web’s off switch

  The Internet and freedom. Two words we always believed couldn’t be separated. Recent events have shown otherwise.
  

  Now this isn’t a commentary about the rights and wrongs of the Egyptian unrest. This is about freedom and our right to unhindered expression.

  Egypt’s demonstrated that regimes can just turn off dissent at the flick of a switch. Could we suffer the same fate in our increasingly Orwellian society? continued over the page… >>

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