Cyprus 4.0

Electronic Product Development is the driving force of organisations and societies. Whether a physical product, such as vehicles, mobile devices, consumer electronics, white goods, and small appliances, or services that ...

By Paul Lambis With environmental issues topping the list on every organisation’s agenda, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) are becoming more relevant for financial institutions. Compared to many of ...

“The role of the CFO has always been key not only within a company but also in the business world. However, this pivotal role has undergone a profound transformation in ...

Cyprus’ banks are the backbone of the community. Their ongoing investment in both people and businesses has helped many companies flourish, in both good and bad times. The Covid-19 pandemic ...

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Hellenic Bank emphasizes on sustainable practices and supporting ‘green’ initiatives and businesses. Cognizant of its responsibility to the environment and the community, ...

When businesses stray into apperception, they tend to fall from the sublime to the ridiculous. Businesses recognise creativity when it happens; that is simple perception. But in recent years, the ...

In July, Cyprus was named one of five most improved EU countries, rising by 33 per cent since 2014. The report highlighted “very strong increases” in several indicators, including venture capital, broadband ...

Most importantly, technology has to be benchmarked against our clients’ needs. We see technology as an enabler and change for the sake of change isn’t always a good thing. ...

The pioneer in digital transformation At the end of March, 85.1 per cent of the number of transactions involving deposits, cash withdrawals, and transfers within and outside the Bank were carried ...

“IBS’s mission is to combine services and technologies from different vendors to create simple solutions for complex problems. In an effort to help businesses innovate, IBS’s strategy is ...

Factory39 “Creating automations, and trying to understand how to do things better without reinventing the wheel are values that guide everything we do. Sometimes our clients are super excited and ...

Up to now, the Bank has launched a number of innovative products that allow customers, to seamlessly perform payments to merchants or transfers to third parties using their smart devices. ...

Andrew Anastasiou is the founder of NBNX. Tell us what your company’s mission is, and describe in brief the strategy that implements that mission? Our mission at NBNX is ...

Martin Zarian is Co-Founder & Brand Strategist at Factory39 in Limassol Back in 2016 London, Martin Zarian and Zen Kyprianou were working for the big players. The goal and vision was ...

A data centre is storage for bits and bytes, but it is also a store of value In the General Theory, John Maynard Keynes defined that concept: “Why should anyone ...

“Many data centres in Europe have taken advantage of the stability and clarity of GDPR to make compliance with it a selling point,” writes a researcher. “This may involve helping ...

“The culture for business in Cyprus is gradually changing becoming more accepting to Private clouds and collocation options, and gradually to public clouds as well. This mentality has been changing ...

“Companies have come to realise that having their infrastructure hosted in a data centre may provide them with a better cost/benefit. This includes 24/7 monitoring, SLA (service level agreement), expertise ...

As Cyprus boldly steps into the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, data centres are multiplying in order to meet the growing demand of businesses that recognise the island’s potential as a ...

“Secondary locations in Europe are set for growth as the continued trajectory of Europe’s five main markets – doubling in size in under five years – is unsustainable. Demand for lower ...

“Many may feel that the cloud will take away a certain level of traditional controls, whilst the contribution of the previous IT generation may decline or their value will decrease. ...

“The problem in Cyprus is that businesses don’t trust proven technologies like ours. They have a superstitious fear of letting an external company manage their data. It doesn’t ...

“Overseas companies, for example, show great interest in Cyprus data centres, because Cyprus is part of the European Union, and thus is under the regime of the General Data Protection ...

‘You can’t always get what you want…so try…to get what you need’ When it comes to creating a software development hub, what the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger ...