Charles Brett
Charles Brett is a business/technology analyst consultant. His specialist areas include enterprise software, blockchain and enterprise mobility tech (including metering). Specific industry sectors of interest and experience include finance (especially systems supporting wholesale finance), telecommunications and energy.
Charles has spoken at multiple industry conferences, has written for numerous publications (including the London Times and the Financial Times). He was the General Chair of the bi-annual High Performance Systems Workshop, 2005.
In addition he is an author and novelist. His Technology books include: Making the Most of Mobility Vol I (eBook, 2012); Explaining iTunes, iPhones and iPads for Windows Users (eBook, 2011); 5 Axes of Business Application Integration (2004). His published novels, in the Corruption Series, include: The HolyPhone Confessional Crisis, Corruption’s Price: A Spanish Deceit and Virginity Despoiled. The fourth in The Corruption Series - Resurrection - has is now available.
Charles has a B.A. and M.A in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He has lived or worked in Italy, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, California and New York, Spain, Israel, Estonia and Cyprus.
LATEST NEWS
Shopify survey the costs of starting a US business
The Research undertaken by Shopify indicates the average US small business owner spends $40,000 in their first year of business. In October, Shopify surveyed...
MoD sees 18% rise in incidents involving personal data loss
The MoD has published its annual report and accounts. It is a whopping 217 pages long and takes some reading to get through. One...
Can AI coach you to be a better sales person?
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Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up for Week 2
This is a Charles Brett's start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ for Week 2. Necessarily it is idiosyncratic and selective.
It is not intended to be...
Brightpearl publishes report on UK and US shopping behaviours
Brightpearl has published a new report which reveals significant changes to shoppers’ spending habits since the Coronavirus pandemic. The report explores how COVID-19 will...
Volkswagen selects commercetools for its eCommerce solution
Commercetools has announced a partnership with the Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen will utilise commercetools software and infrastructure for its group-wide eCommerce platform. The new platform...
Public Cloud adoption up but not without its problems
A new survey from Barracuda shows increased confidence in the public cloud but not without reservations. It seems that companies are adopting multi-cloud environments...
SalesTrip raises $1.4 million in seed funding round
SalesTrip has raised $1.4 million in a second seed funding round led by Floreat Group. According to Crunchbase Floreat also led a previous round...
Microsoft unveils new cloud for retail platform
Microsoft has unveiled its Microsoft Cloud for Retail, as well as updates to Dynamics 365 at NRF 2021. The company says the platform will...
DarkMarket taken offline by law enforcement
DarkMarket is no more as a concerted police action has taken the largest illegal marketplace on the dark web offline. Police forces from Germany,...
FCA warns consumers of the risks associated with cryptoassets
The UK's FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) has issued a statement which warns consumers about the risks associated with investing in crypto assets. It emphasises...
Planview to buy Changepoint and Clarizen
Planview has announced its intent to buy both Changepoint and Clarizen. The news comes after the company was sold by Thoma Bravo to TPG...
SAS acquires Boemska to accelerate AI integration into cloud marketplace
SAS, a provider in analytics technology has acquired Boemska, a privately held technology company specialising in low-code/no-code application deployment and analytic workload management for...
Informatica launches customer experience in a cloud-native solution
Informatica has announced an enterprise-scale cloud-native Customer 360 SaaS solution. The company says it is a game changer for Customer Experience (CX). The platform...
