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
OpenAI refuses to open source AI innovation
By Clare Hopping published
News Although the technology can effortlessly write stories, researchers fear it could be used maliciously
AWS launches five new bare metal instances to give customers greater cloud control
By Clare Hopping published
News The have been designed for running data-intense applications via virtualisation secured containers
DataSolutions sinks £220k into UK distie agreement
By Clare Hopping published
News The company will be Safetica's distributor in the UK and Ireland
25% CISOs say job is causing mental health issues
By Clare Hopping published
News Increased workloads, lack of resources and long working hours are causing undue stress
IBM pushes Watson onto other cloud services
By Clare Hopping published
News Watson Assistant and Watson OpenScale will be the first AI tools available for developers
Lenovo TruScale bundles data centre hardware into a cloud-like model
By Clare Hopping published
News The service is more flexible for businesses that lack the capital to pay upfront
UK and US team up on emergency drone hackathon
By Clare Hopping published
News Participants will model scenarios to combat wildfires and help search and rescue teams
How to install the Windows 10 Creators Update from USB
By Clare Hopping, Wayne Williams published
Tutorials How to create a bootable USB and install the latest version of Windows 10 on your PC
Google releases Hire recruitment automation service in UK
By Clare Hopping published
News The talent management platform will help recruiters find the best candidates and communicate with them throughout the onboarding process
Healthcare providers slowly embrace benefits of hybrid cloud
By Clare Hopping published
News Adoption is predicted to almost double in the next two years according to Nutanix
ScanSource reveals UK expansion plans
By Clare Hopping published
News A new distribution centre and office will enhance the company's customer service operation
Tech consortium pledges to make tech employment fairer
By Clare Hopping published
News Tech London Advocates is bringing together 200 leaders to champion diversity in London's booming tech sector
Mendix natively integrates with IBM Cloud to open Watson AI access
By Clare Hopping published
News The low-code system can now be used with IBM's advanced AI platform to build smarter applications
CIOs will drive culture change as much as HR chiefs
By Clare Hopping published
News Data analysis by IT teams is evolving the way businesses consider moving forward, Gartner claims
Carbonite will buy Webroot to boost data protection products
By Clare Hopping published
News The acquisition will allow Webroot to combine security with cloud-based backup and recovery
CBI: Brexit could increase UK's "digital divide"
By Clare Hopping published
News CBI chief UK policy director calls for government to make significant changes to digital strategy ahead of Brexit
Google's Adiantum brings encryption to low-end devices
By Clare Hopping published
News The concept will solve one of the biggest Android problems: running AES on devices with less than 1GB RAM
IBM scores a major cloud win with multi-million dollar deal
By Clare Hopping published
News The five-year partnership with Smart Energy Water will help energy companies provide better user experiences for customers
SysGroup snaps up Certus IT in £8m deal
By Clare Hopping published
News SysGroup wants to grow its business by using acquisitions as a springboard
Children's smartwatch recalled due to "serious" hacking risk
By Clare Hopping published
News European Council says criminals could hack the Enox Safe-Kid-One watch to access location data
Dell EMC updates security to protect multi-cloud businesses
By Clare Hopping published
News Data Domain and Integrated Data Protection Appliance now work across the majority of public cloud providers
Google reveals Password Checkup and Cross Account Protection
By Clare Hopping published
News The tools will alert users if their username and password have been breached across all websites and services
Avaya unveils Avaya & Friends partner alliance awareness initiative
By Clare Hopping last updated
News The move will hopefully boost the company's presence in cross-platform UC and CC service development
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