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2022 Breaches And Fines Offer Lessons To Security Leaders

Forrester Digital Transformation

2022 didn’t let up on the security incidents – according to Forrester’s 2022 Security Technographics Survey, 74% of security decision makers experienced at least one data breach at their firm in the previous twelve months.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Study Global Business

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/dusanpetkovic Because global business is such a multifaceted field that’s often studded with high-risk, high-reward opportunities, it can be intimidating to dive in. Here’s a look at what global business is , five ways studying it can help you as an organizational leader, and how to kick off your education.

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Ranking and Prioritizing Channel Partners: To Tier or Not To Tier?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Based on evolving B2B buyer needs and preferences, investing and collaborating with your channel partners is becoming increasingly prevalent and important. That said, it is unwise and unrealistic to support all partners in your ecosystem equally. Aligning resources to engage and enable the right ones is crucial.

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Digital Transformation 2.0 And Its Impact on Business (DT 2.0)

Zinnov

Digital Transformation 2.0 (DT 2.0) is an extension of the first wave of digital transformation, which was primarily focused on automating existing business processes and enhancing customer experiences. DT 2.0 pertains to utilizing emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to create innovative business models, streamline operations, and derive valuable insights from data.

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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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Safety Shouldn’t Mean Censorship: Maintain Section 230 And Incentivize Moderation

Forrester Digital Transformation

If a party guest made a racist comment at the dinner table, would you blame the host? What if the host remained silent and did nothing to stop the guest? How about if the host gave that guest a microphone?

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6 Factors To Consider In Nearshore Investment

Redial

Considering investing in nearshore markets can be a smart way to expand your business operations, reduce costs, and take advantage of new growth opportunities. However, there are a few factors to consider before leaping. In this blog, we’ll look at six key factors you should consider when evaluating, alongside your team, nearshore investment opportunities.

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5 Things INGOs Must Consider When Building Remote Teams

Global Expansion

5 Things INGOs Must Consider When Building Remote Teams International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) have typically relied on remote workers in the past. However, due to the pandemic, shifting global markets, and other factors, there’s a greater emphasis on building remote teams. Naturally, INGOs need to have a global presence, and hiring workers in the countries INGOs operate in makes sense.

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‘Confidence without attitude is critical for today’s leaders’

McKinsey and Company

In the fourth episode of The Quarterly Interview: Provocations to Ponder, Ann Harrison, dean of the Haas School of Business, talks about what it takes to develop leaders for the modern era, and what makes for a great business education today.

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How Will CX Look Like in the Metaverse?

Raya Contact Center

The metaverse, a virtual world where people can interact with each other and digital objects, is quickly becoming a reality. With the rise of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology, businesses have a unique opportunity to enhance customer experiences and create new ways for customers to interact with their brands. The metaverse runs on different platforms some of the leading are Decentraland, The Sandbox, Bloktopia, Roblox, and many others.

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Telecom networks: Tracking the coming xRAN revolution

McKinsey and Company

A boom in adoption of new technologies could help fuel innovation and cost reduction, but the industry must navigate several issues to deliver on the full promise of xRAN.

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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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Model Validation Usage in Oracle EPCM

Perficient Digital Transformation

It is common practice to update metadata (renames/corrections) in the business world to address the changing business needs. Here we will discuss how the Model Validation page in Oracle EPCM can be used to identify the allocation rules referencing the dimension member and update the corrections. As an example, a new parent member CC9000 with the child members CC9100, CC9200, CC9300, and CC9400 under Entity dimension has been created as shown in the below screen.

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Black swans, gray rhinos, and silver linings: Anticipating geopolitical risks (and openings)

McKinsey and Company

The need for board-level strategic conversations on geopolitical risk is urgent.

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Using PowerShell Scripts to Help the Client Make Informed Decisions

Perficient Digital Transformation

Every week, you buy broccoli at the grocery store to make your family for dinner. If you knew that 3 of your 5 family members didn’t like broccoli and never ate it, would you still buy it every week? If your client constantly funnels effort towards a component that was rarely used or in a low visibility portion of their website, would they continue to spend time and effort on that component if they knew of its usage?

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GPT-4: How ChatGPT's upgrade will revolutionise your team's dynamic

Airswift

Source: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock With GPT-4, everyday tasks can become a dynamic collaboration between worker and AI Are you already familiar with terms such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ChatGPT? If not, it’s essential that you become familiar with these terms as soon as possible. On the other hand, if you are a machine learning enthusiast, work with machine learning, or even manage a whole machine learning team , chances are that you have heard about Generative Pre-trained T

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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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Tips To Find The Perfect Kotlin Developer: 2023 Kotlin Hiring Guide

Invedus

Technology has constantly been evolving, since the launching of smartphones, the trend of mobile apps has been increasing day by day. But finding a good mobile app developer is a lot difficult. Recently, we have heard the term Kotlin very much. Kotlin is a modern programming language used to create high-performance mobile applications. Due to this, Kotlin developers are very much in demand.

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Want to Talk About Failed Startups? 27 Companies That Went Under and Why

TMS

Before beginning a startup, it is wise to think twice. The rate of failed startups is very high. But that high percentage can also be viewed in a positive light. It means that there is much to learn from other people’s mistakes. A new business owner is likely to make mistakes and that is ok. But it is not necessary to make the same mistakes that led to the downfall of other startups.

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The rise of the mass affluent

Capgemini

THE RISE OF THE MASS AFFLUENT Anuj Agarwal 28 Feb 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Over the last few years, a growing middle class has led to a steep growth in the number of mass affluent customers across the world. This segment of wealth customers, described as those having investable assets in the range of US $100,000 to $1 million, accounted for about 11% of the overall global population in 2020, a healthy proportion of which are digitally engaged young professionals.

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What Is Nearshoring and How You Can Benefit from It

TMS

To understand what nearshoring is, first it’s necessary to understand what offshoring is. Offshoring is a common practice nowadays. It is when a company moves its operations or manufacturing to a lower landed cost country. That is a country where it costs less for the company to operate and manufacture products. In recent years, nearshoring has become more and more common.

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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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Employee Benefits in Germany: A Guide to Mandatory and Common Benefits

Velocity Global

Hiring talent in Germany presents an exciting opportunity for foreign employers. However, companies interested in engaging German employees must also adhere to the country’s local labor laws, which include providing mandatory benefits. Beyond mandatory benefits, employers should also provide supplemental benefits to their employees in Germany if they want to attract and retain top talent.

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Accelerating Net-Zero Progress with Innovative Technology

Intelligent Sourcing

Governments and enterprises have been doubling down on the development of their net-zero targets in recent years, seeking to demonstrate ambition and accountability. Timely examples include the European Union’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050, supported by recent actions such as the launch of a new Biomethane Industrial Partnership. The EU also recently announced […] The post Accelerating Net-Zero Progress with Innovative Technology appeared first on Intelligent Sourcing.

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What is Master Data Management? The Foundation of Analytics

Aspirant

Analytics and AI are dominating the headlines. But how often is your company examining its Master Data Management (MDM) strategy ? Are you utilizing the revolutionary technology that is so plentifully available in this modern age? To truly operationalize the efforts of MDM, and unlock sustainable advantages, requires clean and consistent data. It's not just about pushing data through your company's system; it's about getting the right data to the right people at the right time.

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ChatGPT on MVS: Week 3

CDS

For week 3, we delve into the world of End of Service Life (EoSL). As with week 2, we also ask more specific questions about the networking powerhouse Cisco. The remaining text comes directly from ChatGPT. End of service life (EOSL) for hardware systems refers to the point in time when the manufacturer or vendor stops providing support and maintenance for a particular product.

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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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3Cs of Emerging Risks – How Insurers Can Capitalize on the Opportunity | Blog

Everest Group

Insurance carriers need to transform their risk function, become more agile, and proactively create new offerings that protect against the threats of 3Cs: climate risk, cyber risk, and crypto risk. Read on to learn how this environment can create opportunities for insurers. In today’s evolving risk landscape, insurers need to seek new technologies to improve efficiency, streamline workflow, and fill coverage gaps.

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Success in the M&A rebound: Riding the coming wave of upstream deals

McKinsey and Company

Historically high cash generation across the North American upstream industry could create the perfect market conditions for accelerated M&A activity for market leaders.

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Four Steps to Transformation: Overcoming Buyers’ Achilles Heel in IT and BPO Deals | Blog

Everest Group

By starting with four basic elements in agreements, buyers can realize the transformation objectives they desire but often struggle to achieve from their outsourcing relationships. Read on to learn recommendations from our findings evaluating sourcing proposals over the past two years. It is no secret that when buyers evaluate proposals for IT and BPO work in a managed services model, they consider various criteria such as provider capabilities, cultural alignment, pricing, etc.

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Pixels of Progress: How a microregional perspective can inform your strategy

McKinsey and Company

Over the last three years, companies have faced a series of challenges and crises, from a global pandemic and supply challenges to inflation and rapidly rising food and energy costs. As companies determine the best strategy for the future and how to adjust operations, understanding what places have grown or shrunk at a more granular level is more important than ever.

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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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Private 5G and Wi-Fi 6: Competition or Cooperation? | Blog

Everest Group

While Wi-Fi 6/6E and private 5G technologies each offer advantages in different applications, these next-generation wireless networking technologies can work better together than against one another. Read on to learn how these solutions can complement each other and support enterprises’ technology transformation journeys. Driven by massively increased device penetration and interconnectedness in recent years, combined with rising investments and research from technology and solutions providers,

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Dame Sally Davies: ‘Make the healthy choice the easy choice’

McKinsey and Company

UK physician and healthcare leader Dame Sally Davies says governments, employers, and individuals share responsibility for good health.

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Pillars of Metaverse Regulations | Market Insights™

Everest Group

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8 Key Server Performance Metrics For Actionable Insights

31 West

It does not matter how good, responsive, or well-designed your system is. Your customers will leave if it does not meet their requirements. A system that is slow or crashes is poor. End users will get frustrated, and your business might lose revenue. This is one of the reasons some businesses get outsourced IT help desk services , especially if they cannot afford to hire an in-house team.

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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.