Employers switch to temporary workforces
Global businesses are increasing their reliance on contingent labour – the practice of filling full-time positions with contractual workers – and this has quickly turned into a trending long-term practice. Today, almost 26% of the average workforce is...Mobile ransomware attacks on the increase
Malicious software that locks mobile devices and demands payment is becoming more common, and users must proactively guard against it. Fortinet has advised mobile device users to be on the alert for mobile ransomware, which has seen a steady increase worldwide in...Supply chain software revenue nudges $10bn
Revenue from supply chain management (SCM) software is on track to reach $10-billion in 2014 – a 12,2% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. This would be the highest annual growth rate since 2011. “The market for supply chain technologies is...Search marketing still top of the pops
Despite the arsenal of digital marketing tactics now at every retailer’s fingertips, one customer acquisition tactic still stands above the rest: paid search programs. According to the 2014 Shop.org/Forrester Research State Of Retailing Online study, which surveyed 81...Beware of the data lake fallacy
The growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space, according to Gartner.Several vendors are marketing data lakes as an essential component to capitalise on big data opportunities, but there is little alignment...