By Matthew Robertson, Co-CEO, NetDespatch.
It is more than 20 years since the first online purchase and, depending on your source that item was either a Sting CD purchased by a man via one of the first ecommerce sites, NetMarket, or a large pizza purchased from the American restaurant chain, Pizza Hut.
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What does the future hold for the ecommerce market?
Nov 17, 2016
Embrace the pace: retail at the speed of the connected consumer
Nov 09, 2016
By Frank Lochbaum, Managing Partner at KPS.More than five years ago, retailers were urged to adopt new technologies to enable them to keep pace with increasingly fickle, demanding, sophisticated and connected consumers.
Retailers prepare for the season of 'nickers'
Nov 02, 2016
New research sponsored by Checkpoint Systems – provider of merchandise availability solutions to the global retail industry – has revealed that retailers will see shoplifting erode their profits over the coming months, as they begin to gear up for a bumper Christmas period.
Corero warns of powerful new DDoS attack vector with potential for terabit-scale DDoS events
Nov 02, 2016
Corero Network Security, provider of First Line of Defense security solutions against DDoS attacks, has disclosed a significant new zero-day DDoS attack vector observed for the first time against its customers last week.
IT leaders must shadow their business more closely to reduce Shadow IT
Nov 02, 2016
European organisations are increasingly concerned about Shadow IT, research from managed services provider Claranet has found. Despite the much reported potential for innovation that working collaboratively with employees brings, many IT leaders are struggling to be more flexible. The result is that more people are adopting the technology that they need without the involvement or authorisation of the IT department.
Cybercrime reaches new heights in Q3 with 1Tbps IoT DDoS - PandaLabs
Oct 26, 2016
Cybercrime isn't slowing down anytime soon. This quarter, cybercriminals were increasingly more ingenious, using innovative technologies and new tools to spread their wares. This is confirmed by the 18 million new malware samples captured by PandaLabs in this quarter alone, an average of 200,000 each day.
vCPE technology will create a ‘win-win’ situation for business end-users and network service providers, says ZTE
Oct 20, 2016
Enterprises demand is one of the key driving factors for cloud applications, but businesses must evolve towards vCPE architecture to avoid higher costs and upgrade difficulties, ZTE has warned. Speaking at Broadband World Forum, Mr Francis Yan, CTO of Bearer Network at ZTE, advised how under traditional CPE architecture, the dedicated hardwares are preventing service providers from responding quickly to customer demands.
The new cost of food spoilage
Oct 20, 2016
By Terry Myers, CEO Infratab, Inc.
Farmers are starting to rethink spoilage. Climate change, increasing land, water, labour costs, and new laws are forcing greater efficiency in harvest, cooling, and distribution, not only to prevent spoilage, but to maximise profitability.
Fixing the unfixable is the big challenge for true network transformation, says Nokia
Oct 20, 2016
Fixed networks will play a key role in achieving network transformation and true convergence with mobile as the world moves relentlessly into the seamless communications era of 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Annual cost of fraud and cybercrime tops £10.9bn in the UK
Oct 20, 2016
According to Get Safe Online, the annual cost of fraud and cybercrime in the UK is £10.9bn – the equivalent of £210 per adult.
