There’s nothing like the excitement of receiving a parcel. It’s all the magic of Christmas morning, but on a rainy Tuesday in the office. The thrill of a new delivery, combined with the convenience and cost-saving of eCommerce has tempted us all into buying more – we’re even ordering things we could buy from a […]
Back in the mid-80s two scriptwriters named Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale sat down to work. They wanted to envision a technological landscape three decades into the future. After many late nights of work, they had imagined a neon, glowing future with self-lacing trainers, 3D movies and a tyrannical, completely unqualified bully named president. Many […]
Following the success of our recent eCommerce webinar, we’re delighted to welcome a guest blog from Digital Next COO Mark Blackhurst. As a joint founder of Digital Next, Google partner and official web partner of UKFast, alongside my brother Justin Blackhurst, I was invited to offer my thoughts on how your website can play a huge […]
More than 250,000 merchants across the globe use Magento as their ecommerce platform. The market is growing at an incredible rate – between March 2016 and February 2017 the number of websites on the internet using Magento increased by over 48,000. Go to video Approximately 87% of UK consumers have bought at least one product […]
You may have heard the term GDPR banded about in the media quite a lot in recent months, but do you know what it is and how it applies to your business? Over a series of blogs – which kicked off last week – we’ll be helping you understand your new responsibilities under the General […]
A data breach is amongst the worst things to befall a 21st century business. The consequences of a cyber-attack include significant loss of customers, irreparable reputational damage and, soon, significant fines under the GDPR. And that’s just scratching the surface. Some of these attacks, such as ransomware and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can […]
You probably remember an influx of cyber-attack reports circulating the media last year (well frankly, they dominated the headlines). Over two billion records were stolen in 2016, and as we progress further into 2017 the question is: have we emerged enlightened? Or are we still burying our head in the sand? When award-winning security blogger […]
Yesterday hundreds of cyber-enthusiasts and business leaders descended on UKFast Campus to unlock the mystery of protecting your business online. The conference showcased the top experts in cybersecurity and business, with speakers including cyber analyst Graham Cluley, Lloyds Banking Group’s Justin Joyce and Cisco’s Terry Greer-King. Having been terrified by a live hack, brain-boggled by […]
To encrypt or not to encrypt? That is the question! Well, it is one question among many when it comes to cybersecurity. After the Home Secretary raised concerns over encryption and data privacy relating to the fight against terrorism, encryption and privacy remain at the top of every techie and business leader’s agenda. The debate […]
We headed down to London this week and were greeted with warm, sunny skies and not a cloud in sight. That much can be said for outdoors at least, but it was a completely different story in the ExCel as the huge theatre was completely taken over by cloud – computing, we mean. Cloud Expo […]
