Clare Hopping
Clare is an experienced marketer and entrepreneur. In 2016, she founded Blue Cactus Digital, a digital marketing company that helps ethical and sustainability-focused businesses grow their customer base, where she remains its director. Clients include the likes of the University of Surrey, the History Market, Confident Tiger, and Rethink Partners.
Between 2014 and 2016, she also spent time at Thunderfoot, Harver, and Swan Creative in creative and marketing roles. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
Prior to her marketing career, Clare was a journalist specializing in mobile devices. She worked as a staff writer and later the features editor at What Mobile, before becoming the founding editor of Know Your Mobile. She later moved on into freelance writing for a number of years.
It was during her time as a freelance journalist that she regularly wrote for ITPro, covering a range of topics as a news reporter, as well as drawing on her knowledge of mobile technology when writing features.
She also penned a number of tutorials for ITPro helping users navigate knotty issues around Windows 10 and various email applications, as well as in-depth explainers of topics like the semantic web and how to get started with data mining.
Latest articles by Clare Hopping
Apple MacBook Pro 13in (2018) review: Perfection, redefined
By Clare Hopping last updated
Reviews Apple’s latest 13in notebook is virtually flawless
What is user experience design?
By Clare Hopping last updated
In-depth We explain the principles of user experience design and how to make sure you offer the best experience for your users
What does the future of work look like?
By Zach Cooper, Clare Hopping, Esther Kezia Thorpe last updated
In-depth How remote working, automation and AI will affect the way we work
What is ISO 27001?
By Dale Walker, Clare Hopping, ITPro last updated
In-depth We explain what ISO 27001 is and how it relates to IT management systems
IFS adds four more partners to UK reseller list
By Clare Hopping published
News Anthesis, Cedar Bay, Cooper Software and MASS have joined the company's IFS Partner Network at Authorised Partners
Data recovery: Why is it so important?
By Clare Hopping, Esther Kezia Thorpe published
In-depth We explain why your business needs to have a data recovery policy and how to manage data loss
What is Hadoop?
By Rene Millman, Clare Hopping, Adam Shepherd published
In-depth We explain the Java-based framework powering Big Data and another industrial revolution
How to use Google Analytics
By Dale Walker, Clare Hopping published
In-depth We explain how your business can get the most out of Google Analytics
What exactly is The Cookie Law?
By Dale Walker, Clare Hopping published
In-depth The Cookie Law explained: What it means and why it's important
Gumtree goes on hiring spree to boost tech capabilities
By Clare Hopping published
News Arman Abbasi and Alastair Bradley are joining to support the company's digital transformation efforts
CompTIA exam aims to boost cloud comprehension in business
By Clare Hopping published
News The beta exam is targeted at those who have been working as IT analysts for 6-12 months
Half of IT professionals have suffered data breach
By Clare Hopping published
News Workers level blame at IT teams for such information leaks
UK tech sector 'resilient' despite lack of optimism
By Clare Hopping published
News Greater demand from the US and moving to new international markets is boosting business
AWS keeps driving Amazon profits as more move to the cloud
By Clare Hopping published
News The company's cloud products contributed almost half of its total profits for the first quarter of 2019
AI analyses tweets to help figure out flood risks
By Clare Hopping published
News Data from Europe’s Flood Awareness System (EFAS) will be combined with tweets
Government appoints Cyber Security Ambassador
By Clare Hopping published
News Dr Henry Pearson's job will be to work closely with the banking sector and governments in South East Asia and Gulf
Microsoft says expiring passwords are no longer secure
By Clare Hopping published
News Windows 10 May 2019 update will stop forcing users to change passwords every few months
Asus Zenbook UX305CA review
By Clare Hopping, Dale Walker published
Reviews A solid business device with an unnecessary QHD screen
Gartner flags AI & IoT as 2019's top supply chain trends
By Clare Hopping published
News RPA, autonomous devices and Digital Supply Chain Twins will also see rapid growth
Samsung takes aim at Intel with $116bn chip investment
By Clare Hopping published
News The investment includes onboarding 15,000 new workers across its R&D and production divisions
Intel's 9th-gen mobile CPUs to support 5GHz laptops
By Clare Hopping published
News i9-9980HK processor offers a third more power than a three-year-old computer
Equinix extends European cloud footprint by buying AM11 data centre
By Clare Hopping published
News The company will interconnect its newest data centre with another of its facilities in Amsterdam
Salesforce upgrades Sales Cloud with productivity tools
By Clare Hopping published
News The new features are designed to eradicate admin tasks and make it faster to identify prospects
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