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We speak to Gartner's John Van Decker about the technologies companies use to manage their finances, and to the finance director of law firm Simmons and Simmons about moving to a single HR and finance platform. Plus how social media can force companies to scrutinise their supply chains. Presented and produced by Stephen Pritchard.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: In the week Apple announced its third-generation iPad, we look at how tablets are making real inroads in business – but are causing problems as well as solving them. We hear from the CTO of iPass, Barbara Nelson, and the CEO of Netgear, Patrick Lo. Plus, has the supply chain become more dangerous? We ask Stanford University expert Kevin O'Marah why he thinks so. Presented and produced by Stephen Pritchard  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Connected Business meets Anne Bouverot, director general of the GSMA, and asks her for this year's top trends. And Cesare Garlati, head of consumerisation at Trend Micro, discusses some of the downsides of bringing your own device to work. Plus, how Devon and Cornwall Police are using business intelligence to crack down on crime. Presented and produced by Stephen Pritchard  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can technology help to save endangered species? In the first of a short series on novel uses of data analytics, Connected Business speaks to the scientists behind the charity WildTrack, which is using IT tools to monitor animals such as the black rhino. Plus, could unified communications be coming back into vogue? Presented and produced by Stephen Pritchard  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: How do companies use technology to look after their customers? We hear from two different businesses, manufacturer Eaton and bar and nightclub operator Novus Leisure. Plus a CIO's view of the Consumer Electronics Show from Evershed's Paul Caris. Presented and produced by Stephen Pritchard.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: With CES under way in Las Vegas, Connected Business talks to experts from National Geographic, Clear Magazine and Adobe about the impact of tablets on the publishing business. Plus, we discuss data privacy in the cloud with Rackspace's CTO, John Engates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: How are businesses budgeting for, and paying for, IT? Connected Business speaks to Tony Wilson, finance director at Kimal plc, and Paul Caris, CIO of law firm Eversheds, on how they balance the books. Plus Good Technology's CTO Nicko van Someren on keeping consumer devices safe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is not just economic uncertainty that has prompted CIOs to do more with less. Cheaper consumer devices, and cloud computing, are making IT more powerful, and more flexible. We speak to Adobe's CTO, Kevin Lynch, about smart devices and apps, to Constellation Research's Ray Wang about moving back office software to the cloud, and hear how the Wellcome Trust saved £600,000 on a single cloud computing project.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Smart technology could change the information companies gather on their customers, according to research by PA Consulting. And, as businesses gather more data, they also need better protection. Could ethical hackers help? Plus, Getronics' CTO Tim Patrick-Smith on how he tackles the growing burden of regulation.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: We hear from Gartner's Dave Aron on the evolving IT-business relationship, and from Klaus Nyengaard, CEO of Just Eat, on running a business that will only work if it hides the technology from its customers. Plus, Accenture's chief technology innovation officer, Gavin Michael on using IT to manage risk.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management may lack glamour, but they are big-ticket IT purchases for many companies. Is now the time to make new investments in back office technology? And can social media spice up CRM? We hear from experts at software vendors IFS and JDA, Gartner, and Accenture.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: How are financial firms making use of technology? Banks have continued to invest in IT despite the downturn. Industry analyst Martha Bennett, of Freeform Dynamics, explains some of the reasons why. And Steve Chambers, CIO of Visa Europe, discusses the challenges that come with storing 22bn pieces of information, as well as developing new payment technologies. Plus, in the first of a three-part interview, we hear from Gavin Michael, chief technology innovation officer at Accenture, on why businesses will buy IT services from the cloud.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: Is cloud computing going to transform the way businesses run IT? We hear from a UK company that runs almost all its IT in the cloud, and speak to the author of a National Computing Centre/PA Consulting report on how businesses can best make use of the technology. Plus, Gartner's Steve Prentice on the fusion of e-commerce and social networking: social commerce.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The trend for employees to bring their own devices to work — and for companies to turn to consumer devices — raises questions of security, data privacy, and support  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: We hear how investment bankers are using tablets to monitor the markets, and how laptops with supercomputer power are changing personal computing. And we round off our series on big data with pointers from Deloitte on building a data-driven enterprise.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An in-depth look at IT sourcing, and continuing our series on Big Data, we go behind the scenes at Wimbledon to hear how analytics are helping tennis pros  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we look at the findings of the PA Consulting – Harvey Nash survey of CIOs, focusing on how businesses are sourcing their IT In our series on big data, we hear how a company with origins in forestry is helping local governments manage the built environment And we speak to Eugene Kaspersky, of Kaspersky Labs, about cybersecurity threats  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the next few weeks, the Connected Business will run a series of interviews with organisations that are using "big data", developing technologies to manage it, and providing the know-how to unlock its potential. This week’s show features interviews with data experts and we hear how Oxford University used student data to rebuff recent charges of elitism.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IT spending, and especially IT investments by enterprises, provides a useful proxy for wider levels of confidence. One IT company that is better placed than most to offer a view on whether those investments are picking up again is SAP. Connected Business spoke to its co-CEOs, Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott. Plus, we hear how UK-headquartered electronics manufacturer Psion is using IT to help it to trade around the world.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

O2, the UK mobile phone operator is using technology to monitor and cut its carbon footprint. Plus, the latest data on outsourcing and an interview with Microsoft's CIO, Tony Scott.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.