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According to the latest data from IDC, the public cloud services market grew 28.6 percent in the first half of 2017, with revenues totaling $63.2 billion.
There are now thousands of SaaS applications, available from internet giants to startups. The SaaS segment holds nearly 69 percent of overall public cloud market share.
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The government is set to introduce a "Google tax" on internet companies' royalties made to subsidiaries in low-tax countries.
Philip Hammond said in his budget speech yesterday the measure is predicted to raise £200 million a year and will start in April 2019.
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As Bitcoin continues its stride towards mainstream adoption, it turns out that its surging price rates are not the only thing experiencing a sudden increase. New research indicates that the popular cryptocurrency now consumes more electricity than more than 20 countries in Europe.
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Fragrance brands often struggle to create compelling content on social media, as visuals are not their strong point. Instead, they have historically relied on traditional media investments for social fodder: big-budget celebrity-led TV commercials are scaled down for YouTube and re-cut into stills and clips for Facebook and Instagram.
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Private equity firms have been hit in the pocket by the latest UK Budget.
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced yesterday that a carried interest tax loophole will be closed, a move that could see UK private equity professionals pay more tax than expected.
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London-based premium women’s sports brand Sweaty Betty has opened a store in upscale US ski resort Aspen today in time for the forthcoming ski season.
The seasonal store will be dedicated skiwear and apres-ski; a growing category for the business, which was founded almost 20 years ago.
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Yoox Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP) is gearing up for the peak pre-Christmas online shopping spree, Cyber Weekend, and says it expects self-gifting of hard luxury items such as fine jewellery, watches and party wear to be a key sales driver.
The online luxury group expects orders to peak at around one every two seconds during Cyber Weekend and is ramping up capacity at it eight distribution centres to cope with demand while each of its businesses has special events and content to drive sales.
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96% of shoppers in the capital say they will shop with a retailer who offers a timed delivery slot and 89% say the delivery provider influences their purchase.
A new survey of 1,000 London shoppers, conducted by Vitreous World on behalf of Brisqq, revealed that while timed delivery slots were a major deciding factor when choosing a retailer more than two thirds of respondents (67%) believed those currently offered were “too vague”, while 31% felt delivery options were not flexible enough to meet the demands of their busy lifestyles.
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Brandwatch's leading social intelligence group offers marketeers a portfolio of social and content marketing technologies. With its flagship products, Brandwatch Analytics and the Vizia platform and last month's acquisition of BuzzSumo’s influencer identification platform, the company looks well-set for 2018 and beyond.
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With the UK government continuing to face down criticism over how it is handling plans to remove the UK from the European Union, today the country’s Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered an annual Autumn Budget that underscored its continuing push to win over the tech world.
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