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A Vet, Dr. & Biomechanical Engineer walk into a bar: Monitoring, Observability & AIOps in 2022

Forrester Digital Transformation

AIOps builds upon observability and monitoring to develop deep AI driven insights that enhance human judgements. As we move from monitoring to AIOps, we also move from a reactive to active, then proactive footing before establishing the predictive capabilities AIOps promises. Biomedical devices function the same way. They use the body's telemetry and then act on it before harm is done.

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Today in Global Small Business: Future of Food Summit

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/koya79 What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Chicago to host future of food Summit (May 25-26, 2022). How a better globalization could rise from hyper-globalization's ashes. Keep U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports? Quote of the week: “There is no sincerer love than the love of food." – George Bernard Shaw Helping women expand into global markets through Access Abu Dhabi Program.

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Is Low Code For Dummies?

Forrester Digital Transformation

When compared to traditional coding, the benefits of low-code platforms are well understood. Namely: speed, agility, and expanding the developer pool. This last benefit (expanding the developer pool, especially to citizen developers) is the focus of much of the market – and understandably so, given its transformative potential. However: does lowering the technical bar to […].

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Liza Sisler Recognized on 2022 CRN Women of the Channel and Power 70 Solutions Provider Lists

Perficient Digital Transformation

CRN is the voice of the channel and helps solutions providers make the best, most strategic and well thought out decisions for their organizations. The annual CRN Women of the Channel list honors some of the most influential women leaders for their incredible accomplishments, strategic vision, thought leadership, and channel advocacy. READ MORE: Five Perficient Colleagues Recognized on CRN Women of the Channel List.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Home of the Innocents: CJ's Story

V-Soft Consulting

With just over a month until the V-Soft Cares 8th Annual Charity Golf Scramble, we wanted to highlight some of the great work our charity recipient, Home of the Innocents, is doing. Today we spotlight CJ, a young man who recently sought the services of the Home. He first entered the Home before his 18th birthday, but with the guidance and support of the staff, even after turning 18, this inspiring young man chose to take advantage of the services available to him and turn his life around.

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How Long Does It Take to Expand a Company Internationally?

Globalization Partners

How long does it take to expand into a new market? The internet’s interconnectivity has made it easier than ever to expand even the smallest business worldwide. Are you thinking of going global and wondering how companies expand internationally? How long does it take to enter new markets? Consider these steps in your expansion timeline. Education and Strategy — 1 to 2 Years.

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Advanced recycling: Opportunities for growth

McKinsey and Company

As interest in the circular economy grows, emerging recycling technologies that are complementary with mechanical recycling are accelerating.

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Nidhi Shah, Senior Technical Consultant, is Committed to Excellence

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient’s “ People Promise ” emerged from one of our core values: cultivating a culture that challenges and champions our People. Without dedicated team members, Perficient wouldn’t be the global digital transformation power-house that it is today. Nidhi Shah is one of the many incredible colleagues delivering innovative solutions to the world’s biggest brands.

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Solving the net-zero equation in the United States

McKinsey and Company

Achieving net-zero carbon emissions will require investment and action on a massive scale. How can the United States meet the challenge of this moment?

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Why Video Remote Interpretation is the Future

Akorbi

With the advancement and power of technology, interpretation services are more reliable, easy, and efficient than ever before. Through the use of video remote interpretation, individuals that require interpretation services, including members of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community, are able to communicate from anywhere in the world with medical services, legal services, business partners, or friends and family.

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

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Author Talks: Can you trust your gut?

McKinsey and Company

Don’t wing it; Google it. With unlimited information at our fingertips, one data scientist says people can boost happiness and success by relying more on research than intuition.

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Amazon Connect, Contact Centers, and the Five Pillars of Effective Customer Engagement

Perficient Digital Transformation

We are excited to announce that Perficient and AWS are partnering to offer an insight-filled, interactive workshop on Amazon Connect on May 25th at noon CDT – register here. This virtual workshop will help transform your thinking around designing contact centers that engage customers through the Five Pillars of Effective Customer Engagement: Customer Support, Analytics, Customer Relationship Management, Knowledge Base, and Self-Service.

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Navigating the complexity of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

McKinsey and Company

The act funds hundreds of programs. Our BIL Navigator has been designed to help governments identify programs, monitor key deadlines, and more.

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How to Embed Amazon Lex into Amazon Connect

Perficient Digital Transformation

Why Use Amazon Lex? Embedding chat bots and virtual assistants into your applications and contact flows has never been more essential to the customer experience than it is today. Amazon Lex is an Amazon Web Service (AWS) product that provides conversational interfaces powered by the same conversational engine, ASR (automatic speech recognition), and NLU (natural language understanding) as Amazon Alexa.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Nothing Beats the Human Voice When It Comes To CX

Anexa

In a digital world – and especially in a pandemic-affected world – the human voice resonates more than ever, especially when considering how it affects a high-quality customer experience. With consumers engaging in the customer journey via SMS, website, chats and social media, identifying their reason for initiating contact has become vital for any customer-facing operation.

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Appian World 2022 and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)

Perficient Digital Transformation

This is the final post in a series covering the new products released to the public by Appian during Appian World 2022. Read the second blog here. . Appian Intelligent Document Processing (IDP). Every day organizations must sort through numerous documents to find specific data they need to start a task or to influence business decisions. Traditionally, there are two ways to do this, either by hand or by utilizing difficult-to-use software trained to recognize characters in a sequence.

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Getting Closer to The Customer

Anexa

The reports are in, and B2B trends for 2022 are all about a laser-like focus on the customer and improving CX. Furthermore, these B2B companies must prioritize supporting a digitally-framed CX that will allow them to meet demand, minimize disruption and create opportunities for growth. First of all, let’s establish the fact that CX is no longer a component of business – it IS business.

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IQ Bot Named a Leader in Everest Group Report

Automation Anywhere

The Automation Anywhere IQ Bot has been named a Leader in Everest Group’s Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Products PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022. Everest Group is a research firm focused on strategic IT, business services, and engineering services. The firm studied 36 IDP technology providers to create its report. This is the third consecutive year that our IDP solution has held a leadership position in the assessment’s vision and capability and market impact categories.

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Top 7 Global Employment Challenges

The benefits of expanding internationally are endless, especially if you approach it the right way. However, there are pitfalls along the way that can slow down progress. Global expansion brings many opportunities for companies —business growth, brand-building in new markets, and access to diverse talent pools worldwide. However, international growth can come with challenges.

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The Next Normal: The Only Constant is Change Itself

Anexa

A two-year global pandemic flattened many economies and had the unexpected effect of transforming others. It raised many questions, like can productivity and efficiency be an integral part of the work-from-home model, and how can advanced technologies support seamless operations? And how can organizations advance their digital agendas and most importantly – learn to work within a constantly evolving environment?

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ENA Makes Culture a Magnet for Talent

.orgSource

I once overheard a volunteer at a nonprofit organization say that replacing a key staffer would be easy. Not only did this employee have impressive credentials, she also was making significant contributions to the group. However, in this board member’s view, there were plenty of eager young professionals who could step into that important spot. […].

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Material Requirements Planning (MRP) – The Advantages

Anexa

Something that likely doesn’t get enough attention in the business ecosystem is Material Requirements Planning (MRP). What exactly does MRP refer to? It’s a term used to identify the process used for management of production and demand within a company – and allows for strategic calculations about materials and time required to fulfill customer orders.

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Hiring Advice In Light Of Potential Recession

Everest Group

Although companies are experiencing growth now, the signs are clear that a US recession is coming and likely will be upon us within a year. The Fed is starting to take measures to reduce liquidity and raise interest rates. Typically, recessions cause companies to pivot from their growth agendas into cost-saving agendas – including layoffs of staff. But layoffs would be a mistaken approach to a recession this time around.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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BIL Navigator

McKinsey and Company

Explore Bipartisan Infrastructure Law programs and monitor upcoming deadlines with BIL Navigator.

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How to Develop a Software-as-a-Service Application? The Complete Guide

SPD Load

Are you a startup founder, product manager, or serial entrepreneur who wants to know how to develop a SaaS platform?

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Déjà Vu As Synopsys Buys DAST

Forrester Digital Transformation

Synopsys announced its intention to acquire WhiteHat from NTT for $330 million in cash. WhiteHat was acquired by the Japanese telecommunications provider NTT back in 2019. The subsidiary was later rebranded to NTT Application Security. In the press release, Synopsys emphasized the strength of the WhiteHat brand, its dynamic application security testing (DAST) offering, and […].

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People And Process Transformation Before Digital Transformation

SIG Speaks

In this fourth and final installment in this Keynote Series, we talk about the "judicious deployment" of emerging technology without losing sight of the human side of digital transformation. To achieve this "balance," Mattress Firm's VP of Indirect Procurement, Quave Burton , discusses the importance of motivation through employee recognition while challenging her team to "stretch themselves" to learn new and better ways to achieve strategic objectives.

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Global Hiring Guide: Top Emerging Fintech Hubs

The fintech industry is growing exponentially — in the first quarter of 2022, the sector saw a 182 percent increase in tech job growth. However, experts are warning that local candidates to fill those roles may become scarce in certain areas. In fact, according to a report from Korn Ferry, by 2030, more than 85 million jobs could go unfilled across three major industries: telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology.

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Digital M&a Is Here to Stay

Anexa

Digital transformation of the global economy has affected every industry, and clearly, is here to stay. Nowhere does this have more impact than in the dynamic M&A (mergers and acquisitions) field of digital companies. Transactions involving digital assets have significantly increased with the surge of technology as a result of the pandemic. Approaching a digital deal requires a steady eye – this means a clear rationale and value-creation playbook that supports corporate strategy.

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Outsourcing Demand Held Steady in Q4 2021 as Global Sourcing Industry Exhibited Modest Signs of Post-COVID Recovery | Press Release

Everest Group

Setups of Global Business Services centers increase in India and China, providing evidence of post-COVID economic recovery. In its latest quarterly report on the global outsourcing industry, Everest Group revealed outsourcing demand held steady from Q3 to Q4 2021, with 404 transactions reported in each quarter. Activity in offshore locations experienced an increase, providing evidence of post-COVID economic recovery, particularly in India and China; however, offshore activity has not yet reach

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Useful Recommendations to Build a Successful Remote Software Development Team

Groove Technology

For many software engineering businesses, a dedicated remote software development team has become “incredibly competitive”. There are numerous advantages: remote teams provide access to a wider talent pool, boost a culture of diversity, assist valuable workers who do not enjoy sitting in an office, and allow them to work where and how they are most efficient.

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Talent Demand Supply Gap by Geography for Full Stack Developers and Cloud Architects | Market Insights™

Everest Group

Full Stack Developers. VIEW THE FULL REPORT.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.