Close Window
 

Author Archive | Tim Walters

Free Developer Report

How to Survive and Thrive Under the GDPR: An Essential Guide for Marketers

Despite its name, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not something that will be taken care of by the lawyers in the compliance department and the data security pros in IT. The GDPR – which takes effect May 25, 2018, and applies to every company that touches the personal data of people who live… read more >

Free Developer Report

Smart Data is the Key to Building Trust with Consumers

Data is the currency of today’s increasingly digital economy — the coin of the digital realm. Data reveals consumers’ needs and desires and makes it easier for brands to more quickly respond with the appropriate message, offer, or product. When data is currency, it seems to follow that firms should collect as much of it as… read more >

Free Developer Report

Beyond Technology: Aligning People and Processes for Customer Experience

Vast amounts of attention, effort, and money have been expended on customer experience management  (CEM) over nearly a decade – by vendors, service partners, and practitioners. Yet global consumer surveys show conclusively that most firms are struggling to make or sustain real progress with improved customer experiences.  DCG has analyzed several of the reasons firms… read more >

GDPR time

Data protection concerns are shaking up every industry. Are you ready to respond?

Barely a year from now – on May 25, 2018 – the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will institute a revolutionary new business environment for any company that does business in the European Union. As explained in our Executive FAQ, our webinar, and our blog posts, the GDPR requires significant and fundamental changes in… read more >

Free Developer Report

Get Ready for the GDPR: Talking to Colleagues and Vendors

  Did you know that selecting the wrong vendor or services partner could put your company at risk of violating customer data privacy regulations? It’s true. The provisions for data protection by design (DPbD) effectively require that controllers and processors – that is, your company – may work only with vendors and service providers with… read more >

EU-US-Privacy-Shield

Privacy Shield and GDPR: Sorting Out the Business Obligations

The global transfer of data between entities and across national borders is increasingly at the heart of digital business. Today’s Wall Street Journal article (access may require a subscription) explores the troubled status of transfers between the EU and the USA – the second and third largest economies by GDP, respectively. (China was first in 2015,… read more >

MAILMASTER __Subject: Emailing: dreamstime On 2014-05-01, at 3:13 PM, Stocks, Kathryn wrote: Dreamstime surveillance image for Opinion, May 2, 2014.  dreamstime_l_25233703.jpg

Does Amazon Go + GDPR = Amazon No-Go?

Yesterday, my colleague and commerce guru Jill Finger Gibson did a great job explaining Amazon Go, the retail behemoth’s experiment with what might be called “1-Step” grocery shopping: Walk into the store, grab what you want, and walk out. Amazon’s surveillance technologies (cameras, microphones, device identifiers, facial recognition, etc.) will (supposedly) take care of accurately… read more >

metahippo

What’s in Store for BloomReach + Hippo?

My colleague Jill Finger Gibson has done a great job analyzing the challenges and opportunities presented by the late October acquisition of WCM vendor Hippo by Silicon Valley’s BloomReach, which offers a commerce-centric personalization platform. Not the least of those is the perrenial question when a company is acquired: What does it mean for the… read more >

ribbon-cutting

Firms and Service Partners Must Abandon the Project Mentality

In recent discussions with both IT and marketing leaders at over ten firms, they consistently noted one common barrier to improving customer experiences. As one said, “Getting the capital expenditure budget for the project is actually not that hard. But approval for on-going operational expenses is very rare.” This build-launch-and-forget mentality was never a good idea…. read more >

Free Developer Report

From Projects to Solutions: Accelerating Web Development for Customer Experience

Over the last decade, leading web content management systems have evolved from a standalone application for managing the information on one or more websites to a vital component at the core of most firms’ customer experience management ecosystems. This transition reflects, and is fueled by, the increasing desire of consumers for seamless, holistic experiences across… read more >

Meet us at: