Opinions & Analysis

I recently visited the new London office of security consultancy IOactive, a company with interesting working environments. Meeting with founder and president Joshua Pennell and chief technology officer Gunter Ollmann, I began by asking how this company operates as its employees step “in and out” of companies. Pennell explained that clients come to them as they want to work with their people and the typical client – high tech companies and large enterprises, are seeking...

When I was researching my options into which smartphone to upgrade to earlier this year, I was put on to the BlackBerry Z10 as a viable option and so far, so good. Therefore the news about the company’s financial downturn and apparent acquisition by Fairfax Financial strikes the first blow in the fast-paced world of the smartphone. It was pointed out on Twitter that the $4.7 billion (£3 billion) deal is not as valuable as Apple’s sales...