Nick Booth

Nick Booth worked in IT in the UK’s National Health Service, financial services and The Met Police, witnessing at first hand the disruptive effects of new technology. As a journalist and analyst, his mission is to stop history repeating itself.

The stupid technology questions you must ask

How would you reconfigure the TechSector machine?

How would you reconfigure the TechSector machine?

Imagine if the IT industry was containerised into a smart device and you had to change the default male pale ‘herdware' settings. What values would you change to convert it to Egalitarian Settings?

Five cloud problems nobody saw coming

Five cloud problems nobody saw coming

As many shifted to fully remote working during the pandemic, the cloud was that miracle technology that enabled businesses to 'keep calm and carry on'. But, was the cloud mis-sold?

Enterprise technology needs a better value system

Enterprise technology needs a better value system

Wouldn’t you rather our relationship with technology was framed by more responsible people? We asked Angelique Mohring, CEO of GainX how anthropologists could improve our values.

How can we make enterprise technology more people friendly?

How can we make enterprise technology more people friendly?

Research shows that enterprises exert a powerful influence on the way society behaves. So how can they use their technology less Zuckerberg and more sociable?

What wildebeest can teach us about cloud migration

What wildebeest can teach us about cloud migration

Deaths aside, going to the Public Cloud is as easy and painless as a wildebeest migration across the Serengeti.

What if the weapons of AI were turned on itself?

What if the weapons of AI were turned on itself?

Here artificial intelligence (AI) is under investigation by Detectives Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Federated Learning. Now we could get some answers!

What can we learn about security from the crime scene?

What can we learn about security from the crime scene?

We’re doomed to suffer a huge cybercrime wave unless we can learn to be as agile as these nimble fingered fiends.

Why does open technology feel so closed?

Why does open technology feel so closed?

King Content is dead. All hail Context, the Queen of the communication age! It’s time to fix the reality gap caused by duplicitous data.

Is it time blockchain ran against big tech in the enterprise election?

Is it time blockchain ran against big tech in the enterprise election?

How enterprises could restore our confidence in digital society with blockchain.

Lessons we can all learn from Israel's cyber commandos

Lessons we can all learn from Israel's cyber commandos

A look at Israel's cyber security skills, and what we can learn from them.

Ten equations that rule the world - could they work for you?

Ten equations that rule the world - could they work for you?

David Sumpter's The Ten Equations That Rule the World explains the maths that informs IT-driven finance, betting and social media companies. Could we all adopt these principles in our lives too?

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