https://www.scmp.com/rss/505254/feed Michael Davies is visiting lecturer for strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School and is an adviser to the UK, US and Australian governments on technology adoption and 5G. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One of the most striking features of the global business response to Covid-19 has been the resulting rapid adoption of new-breed digital services, such as Zoom and Slack, by born-analogue incumbent businesses. Born-digital businesses, built on cloud services, mobile e-commerce, machine learning and agile methods, have long taken such services and capabilities for granted. Today’s start-ups and scale-ups are weaned on software-as-a-service (SaaS) stack: Zoom and Slack and the couple of hundred... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/3082458/why-covid-19-will-be-extinction-event-many-incumbent-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/3082458/why-covid-19-will-be-extinction-event-many-incumbent-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 2020 23:00:06 +0000 With near warfare breaking out among telecoms rivals over whose network offers the best 5G, and the global feud between Five Eyes members over putative national security concerns related to the adoption of Huawei technology reaching boiling point, the real benefits of these next-generation services can get completely lost in all the noise. In the midst of this confusion, what does 5G mean for consumers and businesses? Since the arrival of the mobile phone in the 1980s there has never been so... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3075586/5g-network-operators-will-need-think-big-justify-huge-price-tag?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3075586/5g-network-operators-will-need-think-big-justify-huge-price-tag?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:30:13 +0000