Cybercrime makes no distinction between large or small businesses, nor does it distinguish between the type of industry or sector it targets, but there are eight key tips businesses can use to protect themselves and their data from cyber crime.
Today’s companies are coming to terms with the era of “big data”. At some point today, you’ve likely come face to face with data. Whether big or small, in a desktop excel file or the cloud, the influence of data on daily life cannot be ignored.
Something historical happened at the beginning of 2015 – for the first time in human history, the number of people living in cities was larger than the number of people living in rural areas. This watershed event in urbanisation comes at the same time as a shift in perception, where cities are being viewed as a catalyst for a sustainable lifestyle rather than a challenge.
The UK’s small retailers run the risk of losing out on a big payday as 49 per cent fail to track their data, even though sales on Black Friday are set to cross £1bn in Britain for the first time.
There was one overarching theme in Adaptive Insights’ 2015 CFO Indicator: successful CFOs are those that are using technology to lead business strategy with financial data and insights. However, CFOs predict the amount of data they manage will greatly increase by 2020 – which will come with its own set of challenges.
By Sean Owen
If British businesses are to remain competitive in global markets they, and the education system that underpins the workforce, must recognise data science as not just a gimmick, but rather an integral part of business strategy and wider education agendas.
By Mark Edge
Mark Edge, UK country manager at Brainloop, talks about the implications of boards embracing digitalisation, and the ways in which this can be achieved.
As hackers become increasingly sophisticated with their methods, businesses and staff within them remain pretty static with regard to protecting their materials – especially when it comes to the password, which is often the same across all accounts for most people.
James Collins, MD at Rakuten Attribution, part of Rakuten Marketing, explains why data that provides marketers with an understanding their customers’ full journey to purchase is critical.
A new business incubator targeted on open data has chosen the first seven winners from its €650,000 pot, and UK businesses led the charge as three were named among the victors.
