Monday, October 31, 2016

Exploring the True Impact the Elections Has on Marketers

Increasingly polarized audience segments could alter the course for businesses as much as the rest of the country.

Scotland, the perfect home for digital nomads?

Scotland needs public and private sector support for entrepreneurs, and ubiquitous superfast broadband if its digital economy is to thrive, says MSP Jamie Greene

Friday, October 28, 2016

Interview: How Swedish bank prepared robot for customer services

SEB bank is currently integrating artificial intelligence into its customer services channels, following an internal trial of the technology

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Dyn reveals details of complex and sophisticated IoT botnet attack

DNS services provider Dyn, which was the victim of a large-scale DDoS attack perpetrated by an IoT botnet earlier in October, discusses details of its experience

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

CIO interview: Alan Crawford, City & Guilds Group

Four months into his role as CIO of City & Guilds, Alan Crawford opens up about the challenges of tending to the needs of a company that has hit the acquisition trail with aplomb in recent years

Chipotle Still on Mend Despite Rewards Program

Bad financials continue, even in light of some minor success with its temporary rewards program

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017

Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers

5 Lessons Marketers Can Really Learn From Donald Trump

It's time to look again at those lists of lessons Trump could teach marketers

How collaboration will feature in the future of digital supermarkets

Morrisons' new deal with Ocado has helped the supermarket chain expand its online capabilities, but will we see more collaboration between retailers and digital service providers in the future?

Monday, October 24, 2016

Five Minutes With: For Business, Social Must be Useful says Steve Hamrick

Steve Hamrick of SAP Jam talks about the business uses of social collaboration

Dyn DDoS attack highlights vulnerability of global internet infrastructure

Last week's DDoS attack on DNS firm Dyn has highlighted both the vulnerability of the world's internet infrastructure, and the dangers of leaving internet of things devices unsecured

Friday, October 21, 2016

The DMA Announces Data Standards 2.0 Initiative

The marketing association is expanding its self-regulatory scope in efforts to improve data collection and usage for this new age.

Major DDoS attack on Dyn causes internet disruption

DNS provider Dyn experiences a large DDoS attack, causing disruption to online services

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Dutch bank ING returns to the UK with a mobile app

ING is offering a mobile app that allows consumers to manage accounts with different banks in one place

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Saving Lauri Love: activists plan their next move

An eclectic bunch of activists, charity workers and reformed hackers spent a rainy Sunday afternoon plotting their next move in a campaign to save Lauri Love from extradition to the US on hacking charges

Monday, October 17, 2016

Intelligence agencies collected personal data unlawfully for a decade, says IPT

UK intelligence agencies have been collecting communications data on the population without adequate oversight for a decade, according to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Why Would Anyone Want to Buy Twitter

As suitors continue to back away from a deal, we consider why a business should, or should not, acquire Twitter.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Dubai smart city will be the talk of GITEX

Global experts in urban planning and smart technology will discuss the important role Dubai will play in supporting the development of smart cities in the Middle East

Friday, October 14, 2016

Nordea bank joins rival's mobile payment platform

Nordea signs up to the mobile payments platform from Danske bank for its customers in Denmark and Norway

The Five Tech Advancements Powering Retail into the Future

How technology is changing the way people shop, and the way retailers market.

Thursday, October 13, 2016

IT startups suffer from strict, out-of-date Dutch laws

The Netherlands government needs to ensure that legislation enables disruptive technology to flourish

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Tracking the Advancement of Retail Strategy

We're taking a look back at some of our standout retail related content from the last year.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

BT volunteers to take on universal broadband obligation

BT's chief strategy officer Sean Williams tells MPs the telco will happily take on any broadband USO, as parliament gathers evidence in support of the Digital Economy Bill

One on One: Joe Hyland Says Webinars are a Data Play

Ten years ago, nobody thought of webinars as a data play: it's different now

Monday, October 10, 2016

LISTERINE's Multichannel Campaign Aims to Attract the "Bold Percent"

Results from a study inspire the oral care brand to run a campaign that drives awareness, product trial, and sales.

Singapore: a nation united on its digital future

Singapore is setting itself to be a leader in the digital age, with a reorganised government department the protagonist

Friday, October 7, 2016

The Alan Turing Institute secures $5m of Microsoft cloud investment

UK data science research institute secures Microsoft funding to accelerate its machine learning and analytics work

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Sky and TalkTalk make final case to separate BT and Openreach

The Ofcom consultation on the future relationship between BT and Openreach has ended, and a number of broadband stakeholders have been putting their views across

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

A New Kind of Presidential Endorsement

Will businesses get involved in the endorsement game?

Home IoT technology irrelevant to most home owners

Smart home technology, such as security systems and IoT-enabled thermostats, is overpriced and uninteresting to most home owners, says Beecham Research report

Monday, October 3, 2016

Government invests £220m in tech projects to help "future-proof" post-Brexit economy

Chancellor Philip Hammond highlights the role high-tech industries have to play in safe-guarding the post-Brexit economy