When adware becomes madware

As annoying as mobile malware is, it is far from the only security problem plaguing smartphone users across the globe. A threat that is starting to take centre stage, is “madware” – a new variety of mobile adware, which covers aggressive mobile advertising...

Teradata CMO launches marketing book

Teradata Corporation, the leading analytic data platforms, applications and services company, recently announced that all profits from global sales of Teradata Applications CMO Lisa Arthur’s newly published book, Big Data Marketing, will be donated to The American Red...

POPI heralds dawn of a new marketing era

With the advent of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) that has been passed into law, it is essential for marketers and entrepreneurs alike to understand the impact that this Act will have on the way in which we conduct business. Instead of passively...

Big brother and big data

“Big data” has become the latest panacea for creating customer loyalty. “Big data” usually goes with other mysterious terms like “analysing telephony metadata”, “separating the signal from the noise”, and “we know the precise ARPU for our clients”, says Aki...

Content marketing pays dividends

Communication professionals are seeing a high return on investment from implementing a content marketing strategy. This is according to a report by Waggener Edstrom entitled Content Marketing: Puncturing the Hype and Getting Practical, which found that of the 82% of...