The availability of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and MySpace compared

OK, I have to say sorry to the folks at Twitter. Although Twitter, in my opinion, seems to have slightly more ‘capacity’ issues lately, they of course are not the only ones that pay the price of success.

Now that I think about it: I would like to see this blog being over capacity now and then.

On a serious note: you probably know that there are thousands of companies worldwide that monitor the uptime and availability of (corporate) websites. They offer what is called “web performance management solutions”.

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The rise of omnichannel shopping, brand connection and Twitter in retail

IDC Retail Insights recently finished a new report, called “Guide to Enabling Immersive Shopping Experiences”.

Just as marketing is and should be cross-channel, shopping has become what IDC calls ‘omnichannel’ too. And I’m not talking online shopping here, I’m talking shopping, online and offline.

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