Fri.Sep 23, 2022

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Let Freedom Ring, or … Compute? – Open Mainframe Summit 2022

Forrester Digital Transformation

The Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project just finished up their 3rd Summit and first in-person event – hosted in Philadelphia, PA. While the project has been around for about 7 years, accelerating interest in mainframe modernization has stimulated more vendor involvement as well as community participation. The in-person component of the event was small, participants […].

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Don't Ask Why, Ask Why Not? – When Going Global

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Peach_iStock The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates nearly 96% of the world’s consumers live outside the United States, and two-thirds of the world’s purchasing power is held in foreign countries. Yet only 3% of the U.S.’s small businesses export goods or services. For many U.S.-based entrepreneurs and SMBs, this is a blind spot. For SMBs, tapping significant growth opportunities internationally isn't as difficult as it once was.

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Presentations Are About To Get Swamped In AI-Generated Images

Forrester Digital Transformation

…and I’m not sad about it. The rise of large language models, and the tools built upon them like DALL-E mini, Stable Diffusion, and others, are being touted as the heralds of a new age of capabilities in AI tools and products. On a micro scale, they are already changing my day-to-day worklife in a […].

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Data ethics: What it means and what it takes

McKinsey and Company

Every company must establish its own best practices for managing its data. Here are five pitfalls to avoid based on our conversations with experts and early adopters.

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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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CommunityLIVE 2022 in pictures

Hyland

In this piece: As seen at CommuntyLIVE: We’ve got friends in high places. Workin’ 9 to 5 … but what a way to make a living! Music City looks good with CommunityLIVE in it. Walk the line with inspirational presenters. More than 1,400 Hyland customers and guests made their way to Nashville for our annual customer event, CommunityLIVE. We already shared the top 10 stories we loved at CommunityLIVE 2022 , but everyone knows pictures really bring an event to life.

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To slow down attrition, pay closer attention to what workers really need

McKinsey and Company

The Great Attrition continues, but if companies understand the differences among five common employee personas, they may be able to find and retain talent more effectively.

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A new approach to advanced analytics in utility asset management

McKinsey and Company

Studying how one North American transmission and distribution utility’s implementation of advanced analytics in asset management can help other organizations embark on similar journeys.

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What’s next for CX?

Intelligent Sourcing

Without question, the past nearly three years have strained the customer management outsourcing community like no other period of time. The milestones over this period have been numerous and cataclysmic. The Dunkirk-like shift from in-center delivery to remote-working was perhaps the most obvious example of this disruption, but no one should underestimate others that occurred […].

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Green corridors could lead the way to zero-carbon shipping. But how can they become a reality?

McKinsey and Company

A new report by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in collaboration with McKinsey lays out a blueprint to assess the feasibility of green corridors.

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Must See New Feature for Oracle Enterprise Data Management

Perficient Digital Transformation

Oracle’s September release of new features for EDM (Enterprise Data Management) contains a feature that every EDM customer currently using or considering integrating with Financials Cloud General Ledger must see… end-to-end processing of segment values and trees! Management of segment values and hierarchies/trees outside of the ERP application has been a long standing tradition for organizations with mature MDM processes & tools.

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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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Should I stay, or should I go? Australia’s nurse retention dilemma

McKinsey and Company

One-fifth of Australia’s registered nurses say they intend to leave their current role in the next year. Avoiding major staff shortages will likely require targeted interventions from stakeholders.

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Helping a Global Media Powerhouse Overcome Challenges with QA and In-House Turnover

SEBPO

“Amazing!!! You guys are so awesome, thank you!” – Digital Advertising Tracking Specialist. Case Study. Helping a Global Media Powerhouse Overcome Challenges with QA and In-House Turnover. Even one of the biggest names in global business and financial news isn’t immune to in-house turnover, inefficiency, and quality control challenges.

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Funding of emerging-technology areas pursued by nontraditional companies

McKinsey and Company

The authors look at which types of technologies pursued by nontraditional defense contractors have received funding through US Department of Defense Other Transaction Authorities.

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Ecosystem-enabled transformation for banks

Capgemini

Ecosystem-Enabled Transformation for Banks Anuj Agarwal 26 Sep 2022. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Traditional banks are at crossroads As the industry struggles to embrace change in a rapidly evolving world, agile new competition in the form of neo-banks, digital banks, and in some cases, not even banks, are challenging the traditional definitions of success in banking.

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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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Leading operating model modernization: What do transformation leaders say?

McKinsey and Company

Leaders of agile centers of excellence came together to discuss key success factors for going agile and their conviction that doing so is the best way to safeguard the future of companies.

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Saudi Arabia Labor Law: Reforms and Termination Explained

Velocity Global

In the past few years, Saudi Arabia made sweeping labor reforms aiming to further empower both employers and employees. While these reforms made strides in making Saudi Arabia an attractive place to work for both Saudi nationals and expats alike, they can be confusing for foreign businesses operating in the country or digital nomads looking to work there.

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Merchant acquiring at the crossroads: An industry reinvents itself

McKinsey and Company

Once viewed as a mundane realm of payment processing, merchant acquiring in Asia is undergoing a transformation to seize the opportunities created by increased demand and digitization.

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The Complete SDLC Life Cycle

Bydrec

Digital transformation is a constant evolution and new digital business models emerge every day. In this fast-paced environment, staying ahead of the curve and identifying ways to leverage emerging technologies for long-term sustainability is imperative. Digital transformation requires an organization to transform its business model and operate in an increasingly digital way.

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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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Revenue growth management: Building capabilities to sustain impact

McKinsey and Company

Consumer companies must ensure people throughout the company have the capabilities to drive their RGM strategy and react to market shifts.

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How multi-access edge computing is future of IoT?

Serigor Inc

How multi-access edge computing is future of IoT? 5G has made multi-access edge computing or MEC change the course of data transmission for every dependent industry from telecommunication to industrial sectors to the manufacturing of IOT-powered products. Multi-access edge computing or MEC is a technology that is designed to move cloud computing services to the network’s edge.

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The Value of a Contingent Workforce

Aspirant

In my last post , I talked about the seismic shifts underway in regard to how candidates and employees think about work. Between the “Great Resignation,” “Quiet Quitting,” and mandates from the C-Suite to RTO (Return to Office), many companies are struggling to keep and bring top talent back to a traditional work environment.

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Can EU Citizens Work in the U.K.? A Post-Brexit Guide for Employers

Velocity Global

The short answer: Yes, EU citizens can still work in the U.K. But the logistics of how that happens can be complicated. Businesses and citizens navigating Brexit — the word given to the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) departure from the European Union (EU) — have to adapt to many changes in their life and work. For example, in early 2021 Brexit ended free movement between the U.K. and EU.

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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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10 Benefits Of Live Chat Software On Your Website

SPD Load

In the digital age, we no longer want to be patient. Most channels in the customer service sector have a wait time.

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Why Europe’s provision of eHealth services needs a digital injection

Capgemini

Why Europe’s provision of eHealth services needs a digital injection Capgemini 23 Sep 2022. The online maturity of eHealth services was rated at just 63 percent in the European Commission’s 2022 eGovernment Benchmark survey of businesses and citizens. Clearly, there is room for improvement in Europe’s delivery of digital health services. Health and wellbeing have been uppermost in our minds in the past two years as we’ve all learned to live with the coronavirus pandemic.

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