Information Policy

Uzbeks to create anti-hacking, e-government centres

TASHKENT – A September 16 Uzbek Cabinet of Ministers resolution calls for creating a state-run, anti-hacking centre and an e-government centre, Norma.uz reported September 22. Both centres would fall under the auspices of the State Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Telecommunication Technologies.

The anti-hacking centre would protect government agencies' information systems and resources, define and analyse threats to information security, and devise solutions to information security problems facing the Uzbek effort to institute e-government.

How to Unblock Blocked Sites Before Internet Censorship Becomes the Norm

idcloak Technologies, known for its free Web Unblocker proxy, has released a new article on the looming threat of internet censorship in the US and the world more widely. The piece calls for a deeper public awareness of how to unblock blocked sites before the censorship curtain falls.

E-government is dead, long live 'digital government'

Almost every day I either read an article, or hear from a client or discuss with a colleague about “digital government”. Every single jurisdiction has or is in the process of cranking up a digital plan of some sort, or is in the middle (or better the beginning) of its implementation.

L'Oreal Attacks Fast-Growing E-Commerce Space

By: Jack Neff

After years of boosting spending on digital media, L'Oréal is now looking for more direct payback with a bigger and multifront focus on e-commerce.

Those efforts include three new business models for the company: the launch last month of L'Oréal's first brand to be born and live almost entirely in e-commerce and social media; the December acquisition of Baxter of California, in an effort to use e-commerce to address U.S. men's reluctance to adopt high-end grooming products; and a host of L'Oréal brands that have launched online auto-replenishment programs.

The growing focus on e-commerce wasn't necessarily what led L'Oréal last month to launch a review of its digital media-buying and -planning account, said Marc Speichert, CMO-Americas of L'Oréal. But working in an environment where digital marketing increasingly spurs online sales will clearly influence the pitches.

Source: http://adage.com/article/cmo-interviews/l-oreal-attacks-fast-growing-e-commerce-space/244015/

UN Broadband Commission releases latest country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide

Mobile broadband is the fastest growing technology in human history, according to the 2013 edition of the State of Broadband Report.