Police reports suggest that the group was responsible for transferring in excess of 3 million euros during 2007 and 2008, which was sent from Spain to bank accounts in China, Panama, Venezuela and the United States and were eventually collated at a fake dentistry foundation...
Bitcoin is a virtual currency. Transactions are made anonymously without bank involvement. Since Bitcoins aren’t tied to any country or subject to any regulations, international payments are easy and cheap. Every user has a Wallet ID, but the names of the buyers and sellers are...
A consumer-oriented company can use big data to listen to, learn from, and leverage consumer feedback to produce targeted B-to-C campaigns. All of the feedback collected from social media and surveys allows a company to build and update consumer profiles and then execute personalized marketing...
Cloud-based solutions are no longer the wave of the future they are a necessary driver for most Enterprise businesses. The “cloud” which is really just a very large, remotely-connected server to store and access data isn’t a new phenomenon, but there are still the same...
Today’s market is all about data. Consumers want to capture information relevant to their user experience; marketers want to capture that information to customize offerings for the consumer; enterprises want to turn data into business intelligence so as to secure a core competitive advantage; and...
Mobility is the trend of the new generation. Increased access to tablets, smartphones, robust data networks and even Wi-Fi everywhere has extended the capabilities of the professional in the field. When the BlackBerry first emerged on the market, the enterprise acquired, provisioned and controlled the...
Businesses of all sizes are flocking to the cloud for business intelligence and analytics as it provides vast computing and storage resources without significant investment. Plus, the ability to gather and act on granular information is a key competitive advantage and one that is difficult...
While BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) offers plenty of benefits for the enterprise and the employee, a strategic approach is necessary to mitigate the risks associated with users accessing the network and supported applications from outside of the corporate firewall. ...
Existing business cultures will have a profound impact on how those initiatives are carried out. In other words, a company’s “personality” and working environment may have as much to do with data governance success as any other factor in the plan. ...
Bad data within a corporate environment can also lead to interruptions in core business processes. Downtime can be particularly significant if the poor quality information in question triggers or is consumed by automated workflows. These disruptions not only drain worker productivity, they can...