Information Technology

The payment industry is transforming rapidly with many interesting technologies emerging on a regular basis. Most of these solutions are disruptive and strongly impact the way companies and individuals communicate and interact. As a result, the payment ecosystem is also changing.

The explosion of connected devices and Internet of Things (IoT) has resulted in the generation of a huge amount of data. Digital transactions are also increasing, and the need to authenticate two entities before exchanging data is a necessity. As a result, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) appears as a relevant solution to create confidence and trust...

Globally, the situation is similar. In 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report that highlighted fraud trends: €1 in every €2.635 spent on credit and debit cards was lost to fraud. According to a recent report from Barclays, the United States contributes disproportionately to global credit card fraud, accounting for more than 47...

The revolution of smart cities and smart services has created a new set of data that are collected on a daily basis to facilitate individuals’ lives. Governments have started to propose administrative services for citizens to facilitate their interactions and to reduce management costs. However, having such services have generated new opportuniti...

Identity management, strong authentication, and data protection generally appear as important security components for a government or an organization. The explosion of digital data and the need to control the access to digital services or networks have put public key infrastructure (PKI)-based service at the heart of the security environment. This ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is thought to be the next revolution of the digital world, but some think that this revolution is already here. A trustable ecosystem will be the key to driving success in IoT. Smart objects will have autonomy and IoT security and privacy solutions will have to create a similar approach to detect, react to, and remove p...

The increasing number of new payment solutions, security mechanisms, and mobile technologies is creating a revolution in the payment ecosystem. New entrants, established participants, and innovative challengers are fighting to promote their solutions or initiatives. As a result, consumers are bewildered and are reluctant to adopt mobile payment on ...

On 19 May 2015, the 21st Docflow conference and exhibition took place in Moscow on managing information, documents, and enterprise content, organised by the Russian software house ABBYY. More than 40 forums and panels brought together contributions from a diverse group of industry stakeholders, including the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, ...

Video webcasting solutions are used by large and geographically dispersed enterprises to communicate, interact with, and train workforces. The enterprise video webcasting solutions (EVWS) market continues to grow steadily with a plethora of vendors offering end-to-end platforms as well as best-of-breed point solutions. This study discusses key driv...