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Three customer experience lessons from social media performance in 2015

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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The performance of social companies contains lessons about the future of social media and the present of marketing.
Mobile device

Malicious cyber attack method resurfaces, targets mobile devices

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Palo Alto Networks warns of 'BackStab' cyber attack targeting mobile devices, stealing private information from backup files.
Optician

Accenture wins five-year Specsavers contract

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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retail
Accenture has won a five year deal to help manage Specsavers technology as the optician prepares for a digital future.
Freeze data center

Panasonic puts freeze on data center storage with Facebook technology

Tue, 12th Jan 2016
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Panasonic and Facebook have collaborated on a new 'freeze-ray' cold storage solution they say will reduce data center costs and energy use.
Giant killer

How cloud technology is helping SMBs take on giants of their industry

Tue, 12th Jan 2016
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financial systems
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cloud services
At last, the argument of whether a small business should or shouldn't be operating in the cloud has been put to bed. The cloud has won.
Burberry

Burberry wraps up Dooh campaign with Dreamworks

Fri, 18th Dec 2015
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Burberry has teamed up with Dreamworks' Nova to launch an interactive 3D campaign at Piccadilly Circus, allowing users to personalise scarves via their mobiles.
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Carbonite ups DRaaS with US$14m acquisition of Seagate's EVault

Thu, 17th Dec 2015
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carbonite
Carbonite is bolstering its disaster recovery-as-a-service offerings with a US$14 million acquisition of Seagate Technology's EVault business.
Malware

New Backstab cyberattack targeting iOS devices

Mon, 14th Dec 2015
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network infrastructure
The BackStab attacks see cyber criminals use malware to remotely infiltrate computers, with iOS devices particularly vulnerable.
Digital gap

How leading CIOs are addressing the digital skills gap

Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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industrial
As analog revenues flatten and decline for many industries, businesses are shifting to a new source of growth: digital revenue from digital business.
Board

Trade Me founder joins Vend board of directors

Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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commerce systems
Trade Me founder Sam Morgan has joined Vend's board of directors, bringing his experience to the growing retail software company.
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Dataracks takes data centers micro

Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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UK company debuts a micro data center which it says eliminates the need for bespoke data center designs - just add servers.
Are you ready

Don't let cyber criminals take you down this holiday season

Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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bae systems
Employees must stay vigilant during the holiday season as cyber criminals remain active, according to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
Smart home

Smart Homes: The next CPG battleground?

Wed, 2nd Dec 2015
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Will the smart home be the next battleground for CPG brands? Gartner estimates that 30 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020.
Down and out

Cyber security could come to affect your credit rating

Tue, 1st Dec 2015
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fintech
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cybersecurity
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finance, leasing & rental
When it comes to credit analysis, eventually cyber threats will be seen in a similar vein as other extraordinary event risks, such as natural disaster.
Artificial intelligence

Report predicts dire impacts from AI

Wed, 25th Nov 2015
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New reports sound the alarm: Up to 35% of UK, 47% of US jobs at risk as AI advances could widen wealth gaps, leaving many struggling.
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Cybersecurity a growing issue: Innovations only go so far

Wed, 18th Nov 2015
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cloud services
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mobility
Global cybersecurity is at a 'C' average, according to Tenable Network Security's 2016 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card.
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Businesses facing serious risk from haphazard PAM

Mon, 16th Nov 2015
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network infrastructure
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apm
Haphazard privileged account management is exposing businesses to serious risk according to a new survey from Dell.
Christmas retail

Consumer confidence high, but electronics aren't top of Santa's list

Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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retail
Consumer confidence is high leading into Christmas trading, with spending expected to be up on last year, but tech isn't top of Santa's list.
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Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere

Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
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planning
Eight Wire's Conductor product solves the headache of data migration between systems, supporting multiple formats and databases.
Cloud security

Five tips for tackling cloud security concerns

Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
Industry association CompTIA offers up five simple tips to help companies and their IT partners tackle security concerns for the move to public cloud.