Enterprise News Spotlight: Retail Index Insights, Connected Cars at CES, Cloud Interconnect

A good sign that the holidays have come to a close is the increased volume of tech news being published since we kicked off the new year. This week: Connected cars had a huge showing at CES with new companies clamoring to add intelligent capabilities to their vehicles and enterprises are turning to cybersecurity experts, like Verizon, to avoid future hack attacks. Finally, Verizon’s concluded its annual Retail Index and you might be surprised just how long the online holiday shopping season lasted. Check out these stories and more in this week’s Enterprise News Spotlight.

The Future of the Connected Car Market and the Business Models That Could Emerge
Telematics offerings will help push forward the autonomous vehicle space. Car makers including Volvo, Ford and others are currently planning to offer cars that can drive themselves at low speeds, and wireless carriers like Verizon will help provide services for those offerings. (FierceWireless)

Beyond the Sony Hack: How Companies Can Clamp Down on Cyberattacks
Regularly monitoring data movement throughout a firm is also an important way of tracking unusual changes, such as a lot of information being accessed remotely or being pulled from company systems. Rather than trying to look for a needle in a haystack ... you really should be looking at the haystack. (CNET)

Holiday Shopping Deals Still Not Over
At the end of a two-month-long shopping marathon that began Nov. 1, data show customers still are clamoring for bargains. Sunday (Dec. 28), in fact, was the largest online shopping day of the season, according to the Verizon Retail Index, which measures Internet traffic over the company's network. (USA Today)

HP And Salesforce Join Verizon’s Secure Cloud Service
Customers of those companies can securely access their cloud applications from their respective providers either via office laptops using Verizon’s global Private IP address network, or from their mobile devices using Verizon’s 4G LTE network (only in the US). (CloudPro)

Marriott Calls on the Cloud for Enterprise Voice
For quite some time, Marriott has been considering swapping out those premises-based systems for a cloud-hosted alternative. Its five-year search ended with the introduction of Verizon Hospitality Communications Express, a cloud-hosted UC solution that is tailored for the hospitality industry. (No Jitter)

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