Optimizing social commerce as part of an omnichannel retail approach

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the growth of e-commerce over the past year. According to the Retail Sales Index from Great Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2020 online sales grew by 46.1 percent compared to 2019, the largest annual increase since 2008.  Whilst e-commerce as a whole has seen rapid exponential growth, there is one particular aspect that …

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The pandemic has accelerated cloud adoption but left us exposed

One year on from the beginning of lockdowns in the UK, businesses and people alike are more than accustomed to the challenges and perks of working from home. Mass remote working is a sizable shift to working cultures, and it is equally matched by the technological shift which is happening beneath the surface to support this. Rapid multi-cloud adoption has …

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Fusing business and Artificial Intelligence: The ideal way to salvage your now-useless Covid data

Back in February, Gartner issued a very timely warning: that organizations using traditional analytics techniques that relied heavily on large amounts of historical data have had to wake up to a significant post-Covid reality; as many of these models are no longer relevant—and that the pandemic has rendered a lot of that data essentially useless. That’s going to come as …

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Businesses misunderstand their responsibilities when it comes to cloud data security

Covid-19 has led organizations to use cloud for a wider range of use cases, especially as means of data backup. Despite the increase in usage, however, most organizations are still not in the clear about their responsibilities regarding data security and recovery. This is according to a new report from data protection firm StorageCraft, based on a poll of 709 …

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New ‘right to disconnect’ rules could help fend off employee burnout

Ireland wants to take the lead in shaping remote working practices to ensure employees are able to establish an effective work-life balance, ZDNet reports. Remote and flexible working practices have been celebrated as an opportunity to improve the happiness and wellbeing of workers everywhere. However, many employees found they couldn’t stay away from their work devices and the move away …

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These are the countries sending the most spam emails

Phishing is a common method deployed by hackers to gain information that can be used in identity theft and credential stuffing attacks, but the technique is more popular in some territories than others. According to a new report from Barracuda Networks, which analyzed more than two billion emails sent in January 2020, Lithuania is responsible for the highest proportion of …

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UK businesses are being hit with thousands of new cyberattacks each day

Every 45 seconds, a business in the UK suffers a cyberattack. This is according to a new report from business ISP Beaming, which claims the attack rate has never been higher. The report states that the number of cyberattacks against organizations in the UK rose 11 percent in Q1 2021, compared to the same period last year. In the first …

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Phishing attacks are becoming even more dangerous

Not only has the scale of phishing attacks increased over the past year, but they have also become more dangerous as cybercriminals perfect their tactics. These are the findings of a new report from Unit42, the cybersecurity branch of Palo Alto Networks.  Analyzing data pulled from its WildFire platform over the course of 2020, Unit 42 uncovered that fraudsters are …

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Learning from the past to inform the future

Driving a new and evolving Digital Agenda is commonplace for many companies that are competing with an ever-changing business landscape. This involves both being disruptive in launching new business channels and reengineering existing ones to optimize cost and efficiencies. Either activity requires the adoption of Digital Technologies, including Automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoTs) and Analytics. This is …

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Criminals are disguising themselves as your business partners

Cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint spent a week in February monitoring email correspondence received by 3,000 organizations in the UK, US, and Australia. What they found was that virtually every business (98 percent) was targeted by a malicious email coming from a trusted domain operated by a supplier. According to Proofpoint, the majority of these attacks did not carry a malicious …

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