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2024 Market Research Media forecasted the Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) market to reach $10 Billion in total market value.
2019 Market Research Media began tracking the Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) market, projecting its growth at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30%.
2019 Popeyes launched a viral marketing campaign on Twitter in response to Chick-fil-A, which resulted in an unprecedented boost in chicken sandwich sales. The tweet garnered 85,000 retweets and 300,000 likes, causing many Popeyes locations to sell out of their chicken sandwiches.
June 2018 The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced a request for information for a 'cloud-based internet isolation' solution, seeking a service to redirect internet browsing from end-user desktops to remote servers, external to the Department of Defense Information Network. The RFI targeted approximately 3.1 million users with concurrent use licenses.
2017 Gartner research group identified remote browser isolation as one of the top technologies for security, forecasting that over 50% of enterprises would begin isolating internet browsing to reduce cyber attack impacts within three years.
2016 Sampson further elaborates on his Tarde-inspired 'somnambulist media theory of the viral', providing a nuanced theoretical framework for understanding the spread of information in network cultures.
July 2014 The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social networks, becoming a notable charity-driven viral video phenomenon designed to collect donations.
2012 Tony D Sampson develops digital media theory linking viral phenomena to Gabriel Tarde's early sociological theories of social imitation, challenging biological deterministic theories of cultural contagion.
March 5 2012 Invisible Children Inc. posted the Kony 2012 viral documentary, which garnered 100 million views in just six days, demonstrating the rapid spread potential of viral videos on YouTube.

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