The digital field is growing and of focus for 2014. Checking the job postings out on LinkedIn will display multitudes of listings for digital development, and marketing professionals. Companies are still trying to understand this new buzzword and it's going to encompass several skills for them to have in order to build that digital strategy. What are some of the fields you need to understand in order to be someone those companies are going to reach out to?

So CPU is spiked and it's time to upgrade your web server to a new one. Or is it really a problem with CPU?
In many cases finding what the particular performance issue is with a website can be complicated. There can be several layers to a web application.

Audiences are craving authentic and relevant experiences from the brands that they care about. As a result, one of the struggles that content marketers face is the ability to maintain relevance and stand out amidst the competition for audience attention. Tools like social media can provide the real-time data needed to help you the craft messages that will resonate and have the greatest impact possible.

Web apps have appeared to become less susceptible to attack having decreased continuously since the previous year. The application layer attacks represent only 11!% of the attacks. However, when the attacks are more significant where bots are being installed on the servers and then used to attack other networks. With the advent of cloud hosting it makes it more difficult for companies to block or blacklist the network due to the changing nature, and growth of sites being hosted on cloud providers.

comScore released its monthly ranking of U.S. desktop web activity at the top online properties for June 2014 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix® service. Google Sites ranked as the top property on desktop with 189.7 million unique visitors, while AddThis topped the Ad Focus ranking with a U.S. internet reach of 97.3 percent.

An infographic, based on a survey conducted in Q1 among more than 250 Style Coalition network members, showcases the scale these influencers had to achieve to become attractive for brand collaborations, the amount of effort that goes into maintaining their audience and finally, the revenue opportunity in the space.

Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in June with 67.6 percent market share, followed by Microsoft Sites with 19.2 percent (up 0.4 percentage points) and Yahoo Sites with 9.8 percent. Ask Network accounted for 2.1 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.3 percent.