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How the latest GDPR trends affect Analytics

Introduction With the huge surge in the digital revolution, we are all connected with each other through Digital Platform like never before. And due to this fact field of data analytics has seen the boom like never before. We all frequently visit various websites, like, share or comment on various articles, posts, or pictures, etc. All these reactions, posts, shares can be analyzed through multiple analytical tools. The data analysts can analyze your interest in a particular segment and then provide the data to a marketer working in a similar field, who will then pitch a product falling in that category through email or digital advertisement etc. While analyzing an individual’s data to determine his or her preferences in a particular category might have benefitted the data analysts and marketing companies like never before, and they have reaped massive amount of benefits through the proper utilization of analytical tools, but that comes at the expense of a privacy violation of an

Is WordPress 4.9.6 GDPR Compliant?

WordPress has updated their version to 4.9.6 in their latest release. The updated version is a privacy and maintenance update, targeted towards meeting the GDPR compliance set by the European Union (EU). The WordPress 4.9.6 GDPR complaint version empowers the users of the EU as to how their personal information is collected and used. The EU guidelines stated that the GDPR compliance WordPress version should be released within the set deadline, else every website based on the WordPress platform would be in the non-compliant zone. What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance? WordPress has said that the latest update is released in accordance with the EU’s May 25  GDPR deadline 2018 . The new update gives the users the ability to control how their data is collected and used. Though the EU’s guidelines are set only for the EU users, it is not just limited to users within the EU but also EU residents who are accessing the websites from any corner of the globe. Hen

GDPR and It’s Impacts on Email Marketing

Introduction As we all know, the common practice for marketers is to send the mass emails to all of their potential customers. These potential customers may have opted for the subscription recently or they might have subscribed some time back or in some cases they might not have subscribed. As of date the email marketers could send the emails to all such potential customers. This is clear violation of the privacy of an individual. But from this  25 th  May , it is about to change. Now the marketers will need to have the  Written Consent  of the data subjects (person(s) to whom email is sent). If this compliance is not adhered by, then marketers stand to face hefty  Penalties  that could be as high as  20 million euros or 4% of annual turnover  of the company. Before understanding the extent to which GDPR will affect the email marketers emailing to the European Union (EU) citizens, we must understand what GDPR is first. What is GDPR? Why is GDPR being introduced ? The General D

Agile v/s Scrum? Things you need to know

Introduction The first decision which you will have to make initializing a project is the project methodology that will be implemented. The frameworks that are generally implemented vary from Kanban to Waterfall to Scrum to Agile. They follow different paths and based on your requirements you have to decide which methodology will be applied. Here we will be discussing the difference between Agile and Scrum. With the dynamic changes in the customer demands, requirements of the projects, the companies are changing their approach from traditional Waterfall Methodology to Agile Methodology. Agile Methodology An incremental, iterative approach which enables the changing requirements based on feedback from end users instead of having in-depth planning right from the beginning. It can be implemented with  Scrum , Extreme Programming (XP), and Rational Unified Process (RUP). As Agile is more flexible Methodology, it lets the teams to bypass the sequential model and finish the work

Apple ioS 12 Rumors: Date, Features, Release Date & Things to Know

iOS 12 is on its way, Let’s do the Spadework Right Away ! iOS 12 is all set to be launched by this autumn, the rumors and assumptions are taking hike regarding the changes, updates, and features for the oncoming IOS 12. The market is expecting a lot of help for the developers and early testers as the first crack at Apple’s next big update for the iPhone and iPad. According to  Bloomberg , Apple was initially planning to introduce features including a refresh of the Home screen with a redesigned app grid, improvements to core and updates on the camera as well as photo sharing. But has made these priority, making  iPhones more responsive and less prone to create customer support issues , keeping other specifications delayed till 2019. Now, comes a quick question – “What are the notable changes in the interface and performance expected and what could be the add-on features that will make the user interface even better? The answer to these questions are all included in the forthcoming

Road Map to ERP System Implementation

What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is business process software that empowers an Enterprise to manage the plethora of integrated applications related to the day-to-day process. Designed to be used by businesses and often requires dedicated teams to customize and analyze the data and to handle upgrades and deployment. Why Organisations implement ERP? Most organizations implement ERP systems to replace legacy software or to incorporate ERP applications, following are the reasons to implement ERP:- To replace in-house systems To replace current accounting software To replace other non-ERP systems / had no system Based on what best meets the specific needs and technical capabilities of the organization, the individual ERP module can be implemented as per requirement. Read More:  https://www.wisdomplexus.com/blogs/what-is-erp-and-how-to-successfully-implement-erp-system/

Microsoft Could Give a Tough Battle to Competitors this Year

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)   has not attained notable success in the mobile market and has struggled to acquire any right amount of market share. Surface Phone is expected to be one last attempt to make Windows Phone a hit, making others think it’s too far behind Android and IOS to be a real competitor. Microsoft is being seen with no launch of a new Windows phone for more than a year now, and this results in Windows Phone market share has shrunk below 1 percent. Then with the Surface team – the innovative group of people responsible for disrupting the computing industry with the Surface Book, Surface Pro, and Surface Studio, there’s a possibility the Surface Phone can be a Microsoft big next thing this year. Will Surface Phone be the next big device of 2018? Microsoft with its next device cannot lose the opportunity to make a good market so; it has come up with surface phones which are fully equipped with unique and smart features that can influence the customers for a good sale.

BYOD – An Inroad to a Global Business

What does ‘ BYOD’ Stands for? BYOD abbreviated as “ bring your own device ” is the evolving trend towards the policy of allowing employees to bring their Personal digital assistant like smartphones and laptops, to their business workplace, and to use them for accessing business applications. This policy permits the employees to freely use theirs within the respective business entity. This practice is gaining pace with the growing IT especially in the bigger sections of Information Technology. Next, when we talk about BYOD, questions like how beneficial is it? And do companies look forward to implementing this practice in their organization? Come to our mind.  So, let’s take a deeper look into it…. The BYOD market is on target to reach nearly $367 billion by 2022, up from just $30 billion in 2014. As of 2016, six out of 10 companies had a BYOD-friendly policy in place. 59% of organizations allow employees to use their own devices for work purposes. Another 13% had planned to a

Top 5 Features of Angular 6 Beta

What is Angular? In simple terms, Angular, is Google’s popular JavaScript (Type script) based open source front-end Framework for building mobile and desktop applications. Angular 6 release date Recently the Angular Team has released their brand new version Angular 6 Beta on  28 th  March 2018  with lots of new features, not only will Angular 6 be smaller, faster and easier to use but will also make developers life much more easier. The Top 5 blazing Features of Angular 6 beta are: Scope Hosting : – Web pack module bundler for JavaScript, for generating smaller modules. Tree component in Angular with CDK (Component Development Kit) to help visual structures such as list of files. 7+ support to make coding much more easily with default declaration, class initialization etc. ngModelChange  is now emitted after the value/validity is updated on its control. Form control status changes and Form Pattern Validators Improvement. Read More:  https://www.wisdomplexus.com/blogs