Online operations are the backbone for thousands of businesses both large and small in the UK, especially around the holiday season, withonline spending predicted to hit £24.1 billion between 1st November and 31st December, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index.
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The price of slow websites: businesses could be missing out on up to £28.4 billion this Christmas
Nov 29, 2023
Cactus: Defending against a ransomware newcomer
Nov 28, 2023
Cactus has emerged as a sophisticated ransomware group with a severe impact on its victims.The newcomer first appeared in March 2023 and has entered the top 10 groups with the most monthly victims, ranking at number 7 with 58 victims as of November.
Future-proofing education: E-Learning's 14% CAGR forecast for the next decade
Nov 28, 2023
In the fast-paced landscape of the 21st century, the global education sector is undergoing a transformative shift, with E-Learning emerging as a frontrunner in reshaping traditional learning methodologies.
Artificial intelligence brings online shops sales increases of 11 percent and more
Nov 27, 2023
A study by FactFinder shows the importance of AI in European e-commerce in 2023. In the areas of search, merchandising and personalisation, the use of the new technology leads to the largest increases in sales for webshops on average.
Christmas 2023 consumer trend predictions
Nov 27, 2023
Dee Set Group CEO, Greg Phillips, shares valuable retail insight as we continue through Q4. Families may have less to spend this Christmas than previous years, but that won’t affect the amount of people having turkey dinners. You could argue that more people will eat out less so they can save money to make Christmas special at home.
Three Reasons Hospitals Switch Barcode Reader Brands
Nov 23, 2023
By Paul Garcia - Marketing Content Specialist at Code.
Fight or flight? Food & fear drove early migration. 70,000 years later, tech tribes still ask: When do we move on? Let’s look at why more Health IT departments switch hospitals over to Code and explore device migration tips.
Software vulnerabilities are on the decline, according to new Synopsys research
Nov 22, 2023
Synopsys, Inc. has published the 2023 Software Vulnerability Snapshot report. According to the data, analysed by Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC), there has been a significant decrease in vulnerabilities found in target applications – from 97% in 2020 to 83% in 2022.
Supply chains worldwide remain significantly underutilised: GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index
Nov 22, 2023
The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index — the indicator tracking demand conditions, shortages, transportation costs, inventories and backlogs based on a monthly survey of 27,000 businesses — decreased again in October to -0.41, from -0.35 in September, indicating a 7th successive month of rising spare capacity across the world's supply chains.
The dark side of the boom – the rise of e-commerce consumer fraud
Nov 21, 2023
Over a third of all internet shoppers (40%) committed fraud within the past 12 months. This is one of the shocking central findings of new research commissioned by fraud prevention provider Ravelin, exploring the attitudes, motivations, values, and backgrounds of a growing number of consumers who are turning to e-commerce crime.
With rise in Black Friday/Cyber Monday online shoppers hunting for a bargain before Christmas comes increased opportunities for cybercriminals
Nov 20, 2023
Personal finance experts at Wealth of Geeks are warning shoppers who rush to grab the best deals to be extra vigilant of circulating scams that appear year on year.
Michael Dinich founder of Wealth of Geeks says: “Fraudsters are becoming increasingly clever as technology evolves, and during this busy shopping period.
