Introduction For any team event in sports the selection of people to work together is absolutely critical and the same applies in business when you start a new venture. Get it right and you will have a much better chance of a success and funding, get it wrong and you will really struggle regardless of how great the business is. This article is directed at start-ups but most of the the principles apply to any size of company. If you would like to discuss any aspect of this article, or would like some guidance on your own business please contact us for an informal conversation. Composition Firstly, don’t give…

Introduction One of the most complex topics that any business is going to encounter relates to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Its very easy to overlook how important getting this right is, particularly for start-ups and all businesses with unique products. This article provides a very brief overview of Copyright, Trademark and Patents and if you are interested please contact us for more information. Copyright Computer programs and other types of software are considered as literary works for copyright purposes. Therefore they receive automatic protection without the need for registration and can apply the © symbol on their products and services Copyright is automatic and subject to the Berne Convention in 168…

At the end of each year we provide some forecasts for the IT industry. Last year the focus was very much on the growth of ‘Cloud’ and associated technologies and highlighted a market returning to growth. This year the forecast, based on IDC analysis is evan more exciting and we have summarised the key projections below: Worldwide ICT spending will grow 3.8% in 2015 to $3.8+ trillion. ICT spending in emerging markets is forecast to grow 7.1% year over year with mature markets at 1.4% growth. Wireless data will become the largest at $536 billion and fastest growing at 13% segment of telecom spending. Sales of smartphones and tablets will…