Retail — Keeping websites up and running through peak periods, even when servers become overwhelmed

With more and more transactions taking place online, retailers have come under increasing pressure to ensure consistent and reliable online transactions to a growing number of shoppers.

Subscribing is the new buying. Our consumer habits have moved away from the idea of ownership, opting instead for usership, consumption-based buying and product-as-a-service.

The media industry had lots of fun at the expense of e-commerce outlets on Black Friday, mercilessly reporting on site crashes and outages.