By David Lindores, Technical Director, Eureka Solutions. The recent festive period saw shoppers spend huge amounts, with consumers already spending an average of £220 each in online January sales alone.
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RSSHalf of SMEs fear financial loss from poor IT security and data compliance
Feb 06, 2018
Recent research by Ultima, the provider of on-premise and cloud IT infrastructure and managed service solutions, has found that over half (58%) of the UK's SMEs think their businesses are at risk of financial loss from poor IT security and data compliance, with 67% believing they may be out of business in three years if their IT security and compliance doesn't improve.
Frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks is rising
Feb 06, 2018
Netscout Systems has released its 13th Annual Arbor Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering direct insights from network and security professionals at the world's leading service provider, cloud/hosting and enterprise organisations.
H&M sees profits fall amid digitalisation struggle - direct comment from Couchbase
Feb 01, 2018
In light of H&M seeing profits fall, Perry Krug, principal architect, Couchbase, comments: "H&M is quite right on the need to innovate, and to do so quickly – one of the factors that finally crippled Jaeger in 2017 was that its digital transformation was too little, and far too late.
77% of retail CIOs say it could become impossible to manage digital performance, as IT complexity soars
Jan 31, 2018
Digital performance management company, Dynatrace, has announced the findings of an independent global survey of 219 CIOs in the retail sector, which reveals that 77% of organisations think IT complexity could soon make it impossible to manage digital performance efficiently.
Dixons Carphone and Volume Network light up London with new LED light installations
Jan 31, 2018
Volume Network, provider of 4K content delivery solutions to electronic retailers in Europe, has announced a series of project completions on behalf of Dixons Carphone.
Blue Yonder says decline in retail sales shows need for further innovation.
Jan 30, 2018
The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium covering the period from October to December 2017, including the Christmas season, show that high street spending in the run up to Christmas increased at the slowest rate since 2012, after rising prices saw shoppers choosing to spend on essential items such as food.
Fraud authorities not visible enough to UK SMEs
Jan 30, 2018
Nearly 6 out of every 10 (58%) of the UK's SMEs do not know who the relevant authorities are to help them deal with fraud, according to research from Close Brothers Asset Finance.
U-Freight says ecommerce is driving air cargo growth
Jan 26, 2018
Commenting on the most recent air cargo demand statistics revealed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), international freight forwarder and logistics service provider, U-Freight said the figures mirror much of its own experience of late.
Study finds that tech fails people every week
Jan 26, 2018
Nearly one in two people say technology fails them once a week or more, a new study commissioned by CRITICAL Software has revealed.
