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December 23, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Digital Philanthropy – How Are You Giving this Holiday Season?

It’s the holiday season, and ’tis the season for giving! Since one-third of donations occur in the month of December (source: Network for Good, Chronicle of Philanthropy), digital plays an increasing role in expanding the reach of requests for donations, in creating a propensity to give,…

December 18, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Digital Transformation: Is Your Company Making the Pivot?

80% of survey respondents [administered by MIT/Sloan and Cap Gemini] believe that their companies need to go through a significant digital transformation. However, 63% of those respondents also believe that their current pace is too slow. Sound familiar? Is your company moving too slowly? Are you mo…

November 21, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

What is ‘digital’?

How would you define ‘digital’?  As a communication channel or method?  A convenience enabler?  1s & 0s?  The inverse of analog? Bits versus atoms? Something we can no longer live without? I am often asked ‘what is digital’? … ‘is it just our website, or broader than that?’ … ‘what exactly do yo…

November 20, 2013

SECURITY

Christmas Packets: Web Browsing and the Festive Period

The web browsing behaviour of users changes as the end of the year approaches. The holiday season can provide a large distraction from work duties that may need to be managed. Equally, even during periods when the office is closed, there will be some individuals who cannot resist accessing work syst…

August 23, 2013

SECURITY

Crumbling to the Cookiebomb

Recently we have seen a spate of government websites hosting malicious Cookiebomb JavaScript. We have observed URLs with the top level domains such as ‘.gov.uk’, ‘.gov.tr’, ‘.gov.pl’ and the website of a middle eastern embassy in the US become compromised and expose visitors to malware infection. Fo…

January 14, 2013

RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY

Retailers Must ‘Catch and Keep’ Today’s Demanding Digital Shoppers

Retailers are entering a new era of consumer shopping behavior fueled by the digital world in which we live. The explosion of digital content has major implications for retailers across all of the channels through which they offer products and services. In fact, a new study just released by the Cisc…