Data mining is a form of business intelligence and data analysis. It is the process of analysing data to draw useful conclusions or predictions from it. It’s a technique frequently adopted by large-scale ecommerce businesses to aid with marketing and product development. Data mining eCommerce to build user profiles Because of the nature of…
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Apache vs NGINX Webserver Linux
When it comes to picking different WordPress websites. There’s good reason for Apache’s popularity. It’s reliable, open-source, and supported by an extensive community thanks to its twenty years of service. Over the years it’s become am integral component of many web service models, such as the LAMP stack, being highly adaptable for a variety…
What the XSS is cross-site scripting?
Recently we highlighted the risks posed by SQL injection. The other major type of injection attack is known as cross-site scripting or XSS. To understand cross-site scripting, you have to look back at the history of the internet. In the early days of the World Wide Web, most websites were simple text documents formatted…
Progressive Web Apps: best of the web in an app
The humble webpage has traditionally had a rough time on phones and tablets. Ever since the release of a certain fruit-related device in 2007 and the subsequent smartphone explosion, the mobile web has played second fiddle to native mobile applications. It’s not hard to see why, with mobile websites often delivering a slow and…
What is an SQL injection attack?
This week saw more progress in the trial of a 17-year-old boy accused of hacking into a well-known telecoms provider. The teenager has admitted taking part in the October 2015 attack, which resulted in a breach of personal information from over 150,000 customers, including more than 15,000 sets of bank details. The method he…
How to use online marketplaces
Marketplaces like eBay and Amazon offer instant access to a ready-made audience of millions. It’s no surprise that online marketplace selling is incredibly popular and highly profitable, with around 2,000 millionaire eBay sellers in the UK alone. The potential rewards are clear, but how should you actually go about selling on these platforms? How…
The cloud, Pixar, and Hollywood computing
Gradually, more and more industries are seeing the benefits of cloud over traditional computing. A growing list of advantages includes dynamic scalability, security, cost-effectiveness and speed. The latter is particularly prevalent in perhaps the biggest (and possibly most surprising) industry to have made the transition to the cloud in recent years: Hollywood. The Cloud…