{"id":1082,"date":"2014-11-17T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.208.108.186\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2014-11-17T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:52:54","slug":"cyber-monday-is-quickly-approaching-is-your-network-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/cyber-monday-is-quickly-approaching-is-your-network-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monday is Quickly Approaching is Your Network Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1083\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyber-monday-2013.jpg\" alt=\"cyber-monday-2013\" width=\"302\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Cyber Monday crushed it, again.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #282827;\">Online shopping on Cyber Monday hit $2.29 billion in sales in 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adobe reported that Cyber Monday eCommerce sales grew 16% year-over-year to $2.29 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Adobe also said that 18.3% of sales came from mobile devices, an increase of 80% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<li>ComScore reported that Cyber Monday reached $1.73 billion in desktop online spending, up 18% from 2012.<\/li>\n<li>IBM said Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in history, with a 20.6% increase in online sales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1089\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ThanksgivingWeekendByHour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-image-1089 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ThanksgivingWeekendByHour.jpg\" alt=\"ThanksgivingWeekendByHour\" width=\"672\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chart above shows Cyber Monday sales dramatically increasing around 9 am on Monday and holding steady throughout the entire work day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more and more of your employees doing their shopping online, it has become a cyber security issue for businesses making sure their networks are secure, managing bandwidth and protecting their employee from identity theft . CyBlock Web Security products\u00a0will help you manage all of this from an easy to use single console.<\/p>\n<p>CyBlock is a complete Web management and security product:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Web Filtering<\/li>\n<li>Threat Protection<\/li>\n<li>Bandwidth Management<\/li>\n<li>SSL Inspection<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive Reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavecrest.net\/products\/cyblock\/sa\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CyBlock Web Security Products<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber Monday crushed it, again. Online shopping on Cyber Monday hit $2.29 billion in sales in 2013 Adobe reported that Cyber Monday eCommerce sales grew 16% year-over-year to $2.29 billion. Adobe also said that 18.3% of sales came from mobile devices, an increase of 80% year-over-year. 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