My colleague Garry Moroney asked the very pertinent question “Is your data ready for Global Data Synchronization?” in a recent blog – Given the massive rise in online sales during the recent holiday period in the US there is an equally burning question to be asked about whether your data is ready to sell on-line?

So-called Cyber Monday – the online equivalent of Black Friday – saw online sales grow 22 per cent to $1.25 billion, according to research firm comScore, to become the biggest online shopping day in history and the second day on record to surpass the billion-dollar threshold. More than $15 billion has already been spent online during this year’s holiday season – a 15-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year.

That’s impressive, but there is evidence that shows it probably could be better (more…)