Why Compliance Matters
Many companies are so focused on developing products and running their business that they ignore the growing need for a compliance management strategy.
According to the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigation Report, 92% of data breaches were discovered by third parties. This statistic tells me that most businesses only focus on compliance management when customers or partners tell them about a breach that has already occurred, or even worse, they see themselves on the news. By that time, however, it is already too late.
According to the same report, 97% of those attacks were easily avoidable. But if you’ve ever had to prepare for a compliance inspection, you know how easily it turns into a frantic scramble. So let me repeat: 97% of those attacks were easily avoidable. It’s not rocket science, it’s just sound business. Compliance directives encourage companies to act responsibly towards their customers, employees and business partners; to consider their environment and shareholders. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under compliance management, data breach, Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigation Report
Yosuke Ito will be conducting a webinar, “Navigating Japanese E-commerce” where you can learn more in-depth tips and information about succeeding in the Japanese e-commerce market.
Japan is the perfect opportunity for software vendors and e-commerce professionals looking to expand their global reach.
Writing about Japan, critic A.A. Gill said, “Today, even in the slough of a prolonged depression, it’s still the second biggest economy in the world, with a GDP as large as Britain’s, France’s and Germany’s combined. That’s astonishing, not least because Japan is about 1 1/2 times the size of the UK with twice as many people and only a third of its land habitable, yet it has no natural resources to speak of.”
Market Size
Japan has 128 million citizens compared to the United States’ 300 million and Germany’s 82 million. Japan also has the most amount of fixed and wireless broadband subscribers in the whole world, second only to the US, as indicated in these charts from the OECD. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Japanese E-commerce, Localization
One of the biggest challenges facing business today is simplifying choice for online consumers. If we ignore this challenge we fail to grasp the context of our role in the consumer’s life. As consumers, our attention is finite; 24 hours per day is all we have. At work or play we are bombarded by choice and content has no respect for time.
Anything we do to make consumers choice easier and less time consuming is critical. If businesses fail to make choice easier, consumers simply buy from vendors who do.
The question is: Are your products and services easily understood and easy to buy? Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under Interactive Video, Lenovo, Online Choice, online shopping, Pete Callaghan, video content
