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Empowering farmers across the digital divide in Malawi with OpenHarvest

IBM Services

The landlocked country of Malawi, located in southeastern Africa, is home to rich, arable land and a subtropical climate suitable for farming. As a result, over 80% of the population is employed in agriculture, and their livelihood revolves around alternating rainy and dry seasons that dictate how the year’s planting, growing and harvesting will unfold.

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Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023

Everest Group

Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) The global multi-process Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) market continued to grow at a steady rate of 11-13% in 2022 and is expected to continue this growth trajectory for the next three years. Surging inflation, the recessionary environment, and geopolitical instability, coupled with the volatility that the pandemic left the enterprises in, have increased enterprises’ openness to leverage third-party service provider support for their finance f

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Make Music Count embeds watsonx to make perfect music with math  

IBM Services

Over the past ten years, I’ve been on a journey to create an interactive, patented curriculum that combines the power of math with the joy of music. In our program Make Music Count , students from elementary to high school get hands-on experience solving math equations while learning how to play the piano. Since launching, I’ve seen the need, desire and impact: Make Music Count is in over 400 schools with 60,000 registered students and 20,000+ downloads on iOS and Android devices.

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The Road to GBS/GCC Leadership: Perspectives from Executive Search | LinkedIn Live

Everest Group

LinkedIn Live The Road to GBS/GCC Leadership: Perspectives from Executive Search View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Thursday, October 19, 2023. There is an unprecedented transformation occurring in Global Business Services (GBS) / Global Capability Center (GCC) leadership across the industry. The qualities that define the GBS/GCC leadership role and the path to promotion have become increasingly less clear.

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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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Cyber angel: Aarthi Krishna

Capgemini

CYBER ANGEL – AARTHI KRISHNA Capgemini 05 Mar 2024 Diversity in cybersecurity is very different today compared to what it was almost two decades back. It has become a strong weapon in cyber defense. In this conversation, Cybersecurity Vice President Aarthi Krishna highlights how having a diverse team can become the breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

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Global Locations State of the Market 2023: Changing Locations Landscape in the Face of Economic Uncertainty | Locations PEAK Matrix®

Everest Group

Global Locations State of the Market 2023: Changing Locations Landscape in the Face of Economic Uncertainty Offshoring/nearshoring has seen an uptick across functions as enterprises have embarked on a road to recovery post the pandemic. In 2023 as well, rising cost pressures and talent-related challenges in onshore geography will continue to move the pendulum in favor of offshore/nearshore geographies.

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A short guide to AI-first wealth management

Infosys Consulting

With the change from defined-benefit pension plan 1 ; to defined-contribution plan in corporate America and the shifting demographics across the world in client segments 2 , wealth managers may soon transform into “life managers” as preference for self-educated investments, hybrid 3 communication channels and access to niche products and solutions increases.

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Simplify Your Workflow: Streamlining Business Processes with EPM Pipeline Scheduling

Perficient Digital Transformation

If you have worked with EPM Pipelines, you know how incredibly relevant it is for customers who do not have the resources for data integration automation. It has been a saving grace for streamlining tasks and data load processes within the EPM application itself. However, one important element that had been missing from it was a comprehensive scheduling option.

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How to build a solid data culture in the digital transformation era

Airswift

This guide provides a systematic approach to implementing data governance and other important frameworks when building a data culture.

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Operational Hurdles in Healthcare: 4 Ways to Streamline Efficiency and Care

Perficient Digital Transformation

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, operations teams juggle various roles to ensure everything runs smoothly. While their efforts are indispensable, these teams often face hurdles that can affect patient care and services and overall efficiency. Forrester highlights that strategic operational improvements can enhance revenue, control costs, and reinforce resilience.

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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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Executive Presentations in Procurement

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Kate Laing shares her perspective on the importance of a clear, concise presentation and how it is very important for the entire team and reinforces the depth of work performed and the criticality of procurement to your stakeholders. Executive presentations play a vital role in the realm of procurement, as they serve as a powerful tool for procurement professionals to communicate their strategies, initiatives, and achieve

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Optimizely Configured Commerce – Learn CMS Spire 5.X Part-5

Perficient Digital Transformation

In this blog, we will learn below points: Modify existing Spire widget styles: CSS rules. Implementing Custom widget extensions In this blog post, we will explore the process of modifying existing Spire widget styles in Spire, a popular content management system. We will provide examples and step-by-step instructions for custom widget extensions, along with details on implementing these changes on a local machine.

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EOR Services for Startups: Tailored Solutions for India’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Paysquare

Business, in ancient times, used to be a very simple yet tiring one. But, situations have changed for good now. Businesses are no longer about going door to door to sell a product or making more and more people aware of the product manually. Everything has turned social now, and most of the marketing and organization of a business is done online. However, one crucial thing that will always remain important in the business world is left.

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Geoeconomic Fragmentation

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/metamorworks Advanced economies are expected to slow from 2.6 percent in 2022 to 1.5 percent in 2023 and 1.4 percent in 2024 as policy tightening starts to bite. The baseline forecast is for global growth to slow from 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2.9 percent in 2024, well below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.8 percent.

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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.