March, 2023

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Brazil is a world leader in renewable energy job creation

Airswift

Source: AlexLMX/Shutterstock With over 1 million vacancies in the sector, Brazil is one of the largest job creators in renewable energy, and the opportunities in the segment are increasing. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the country is only behind China in the number of jobs added. These include jobs related to biofuels, hydroelectric, wind and solar energy, as well as biomass and biogas.

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Why Is Cultural Fit a Key Element to Offshoring Success?

AS White Global

Outsourcing to an offshore global team can be a smart decision for many businesses, offering access to a diverse talent pool whilst enjoying the value of efficiently investing resources. Though skills and experience are naturally essential when recruiting, cultural fit can also play a significant role in retaining great talent and achieving offshoring success.

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The ultimate list of outsourcing statistics

Microsourcing

Global markets and improvements in technology have changed the way businesses work. For many, staying competitive means capitalizing on the world being a smaller, more tech-savvy place and enjoying the benefits of outsourcing.

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Outsourcing HR for International Expansion

Global Expansion

Businesses considering expanding into foreign markets are more likely to succeed if they can hire talent in their target countries. To be successful, one of the major factors employers must consider is the extent and complexity of global human resource (HR) management. For many companies, handling international HR in-house isn’t a viable option. It could be because of the increased workload, the regulatory requirements of international recruitment, time zone differences, logistical concerns, or

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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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Bright Ideas Closer Together

The Global Small Business Blog

©2023 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together." – Georg C.

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Revealing The Finalists For Forrester’s Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award — APAC

Forrester Digital Transformation

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the inaugural Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award for APAC. Each finalist impressed us with their clear CX visions, sophisticated measurement architectures, and ability to align their organisations.

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Cloud Takes Center Stage at 2023 Bank Automation Summit

Perficient Digital Transformation

Recently, I attended the 2023 Bank Automation Summit , where one of the significant topics of discussion was how banks navigate their transition to the cloud. The “cloud” refers to a global network of servers, each with a unique function, that works in tandem to enable users to access files stored within from any approved device. The computing and storage of cloud data occur in a data center, rather than on a locally sourced device.

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Meet Harishma Devi: #SheTheFuture

HCL Technologies

Meet Harishma Devi: #SheTheFuture abhinay.khandelwal Tue, 03/07/2023 - 11:34 Harishma Devi, a software engineer who is pursuing her B.Sc. Design & Computing offered by BITS, Pilani for TechBees shares her STEM story in this edition of She the Future : “It was love at first sight. The moment I set my eyes on a computer, I knew my life had changed forever.

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What role can web scraping services play in the finance industry?

Offshore India Data Entry

Web scraping services is the process of extracting website contents or data, instead of manually copying and pasting from the websites, you can do it with a click of a button. The common use of web scraping services Data is the foundation for new advancements and innovations for a better future. Machine learning, AI, and robotics are bringing new aspects and innovations such as space flights, electrical cars, and automated driving into the technological world we live in, even the smallest bit of

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Go Broad, Go Deep, and Go Global

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/LinearWorld As countries around the world move forward with strategies to become “crypto hubs,” over the next eight weeks Coinbase is set to accelerate operationalizing its “Go Broad, Go Deep” international strategy in globally recognized markets across six continents.

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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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Generative AI Goes Mainstream In Security With Microsoft Security Copilot

Forrester Digital Transformation

Typically, security is late to the game with technology innovation. Before we get to see innovative technology, we have to wait for it to matter to security. This time, however, is different.

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What is design thinking?

McKinsey and Company

Design thinking is a systemic, intuitive, customer-focused problem-solving approach that organizations can use to respond to rapidly changing environments and to create maximum impact.

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Perficient is a Best Place to Work in St. Louis Once Again

Perficient Digital Transformation

The St. Louis Business Journal has officially identified Perficient as a 2023 Best Place to Work in its annual awards program. Earlier in the year, Perficient was named a finalist by the Business Journal. Now, they have announced the full list of winners in a special publication. We’re proud to once again be recognized for our commitment to cultivating an award-winning culture for our Perficient colleagues.

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IBM again recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms

IBM Services

Artificial Intelligence is once again making waves across the tech world. The combination of new approaches to understanding language – foundation models and the generative AI revolution – and powerful, GPU-based compute is driving step function improvements in our ability to process, understand and engage in natural language. Whether enterprises are leveraging these powerful technologies to process and understand unstructured documents or build conversational AI platforms that surfa

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.

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Uncover the CX and DX Strategy Behind RAYA CX’s High Levels of Customer Happiness

Raya Contact Center

Customer happiness. We all want it but how do we get it, maintain it, and grow it? Customer experience and digital transformation are key differentiators that can make or break a business. As a leading CX provider, we knew that by creating a highly effective CX and DX strategy we would be able to achieve high levels of client and customer happiness.

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Intentionality Is Important For Artists and Collectors In Going Global

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/JLco - Julia Amaral Intentionality with artists and collectors they align with is key, and expanding their global presence (whether opening international gallery locations or increasing global exhibitions) is critical—as is obtaining career-changing museum acquisitions for their rostered artists, and continuing to champion Black and POC artists.

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AI In Collaboration Tools Is A Tech Problem In Need Of A Human Solution

Forrester Digital Transformation

Generative AI — where AI generates novel content in response to a user’s natural-language request — is about to get baked into our collaboration tools. On March 16, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, which injects generative AI directly into the company’s productivity suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and more).

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Space: The missing element of your strategy

McKinsey and Company

The space sector is at an inflection point similar to what commercial air travel experienced after World War II and the internet saw in the 1990s. Is your company ready to capture the opportunity?

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Building A Superstar Global Workforce: What We Aren’t Talking About Enough

Companies are turning inclusive by breaking conventional hiring practices and expanding their talent pools. But there are important questions that still are not being addressed. Read this eBook to understand how taking the following seriously can help you build a superstar global workforce: The importance of the new-age manager. Maintaining social capital.

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It’s Probably My Fault – Always Assume the Problem is Yours

Perficient Digital Transformation

It was 2002 when I landed what I considered to be my first real professional job. I was hired by a small advertising agency as a graphic designer, though I mainly got the offer because I also knew how to build websites. At the time, I had not created any principles and would still often assume that a problem is yours. I was still young and fresh out of college, though I was a realistic and logical person with a desire to learn from my mistakes and create habits to help prevent them from happenin

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6 benefits of outsourcing eCommerce tasks

Microsourcing

In today's competitive eCommerce landscape, businesses are constantly looking for ways to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and stay ahead of the competition. One strategy that many eCommerce businesses are turning to is outsourcing. Outsourcing can offer a range of benefits , from cost savings and improved efficiency to access to specialized services and a global talent pool.

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Uncover the CX and DX Strategy Behind RAYA CX’s High Levels of Customer Happiness

Raya Contact Center

Customer happiness. We all want it but how do we get it, maintain it, and grow it? Customer experience and digital transformation are key differentiators that can make or break a business. As a leading CX provider, we knew that by creating a highly effective CX and DX strategy we would be able to achieve high levels of client and customer happiness.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/gopixa The proposed legislation or legal framework brought forward by the European Union (EU), the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, focuses primarily on strengthening rules around data quality, transparency, human oversight and accountability. It also aims to address ethical questions and implementation challenges in various sectors ranging from healthcare and education to finance and energy.

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Reshoring – The Future of Supply Chains

Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast

Supply chain disruptions create uncertainty and unpredictability for both businesses and consumers. These disruptions bring to light an organization's supply chain dependencies, which they were often unaware of when everything was running smoothly. Re-shoring is one solution that is gaining popularity as a result of pandemic-related issues. Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expens

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Sales Content Solutions: A Lid for Every Pot

Forrester Digital Transformation

The Forrester Wave™: Sales Content Solutions (SCS), Q4 2022 revealed a market that has radically expanded its capabilities, truly providing a lid for every pot. Modern SCS are multifaceted, highly integrated keystones of the sales/marketing tech stack and are table stakes for most companies past the startup stage.

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What will it take for nuclear power to meet the climate challenge?

McKinsey and Company

Nuclear power can be an important part of the energy transition. Scaling the industry to meet increasing electricity demand will require leaders to mobilize quickly and efficiently.

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Zombie Properties want to Eat Your Brains

Perficient Digital Transformation

It’s a story as old as time. You work hard to build a great site. You have all the right properties – with descriptive names – that the content authors recognize, and know how to use. Everything is going according to plan. The site is good. Life is good. The client is happy. Then BAM! A property requirement change comes along. You go in and make the change and everything is great again, except the zombie property apocalypse has just started, and they are coming after your conte

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Hackett® Redefines Software & Service Market Intelligence By Analyzing What Truly Matters – Value Realization

The Hackett Group

Hackett Excelleration Matrix Concludes that Modern Customer-to-Cash Receivables Platforms Deliver Superior Value Realization MIAMI & LONDON, March 29, 2023 – Modern customer-to-cash (C2C) receivables platforms deliver superior value realization and return on investment when compared to legacy applications, according to new Market Intelligence Service research from The Hackett Group , Inc.

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Addressing the Global Talent War

Speaker: Jason Ciment - Get Visible | Mark Wald - SPRCHRGR | Leo Gestetner - Thankz | Michael S. Kraus - Expak Logistics

Remote work has helped future-proof organizations and increased their flexibility. However, sourcing candidates nationally poses new challenges and is proving difficult. The global sourcing industry seems to be in a state of war. DEI, attracting qualified candidates, and physical demographics are just a few of the issues that organizations face. Many companies are failing to win in this new landscape due to the intersectionality of problems in global sourcing.

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What Is the Ideal Burn Rate for a Growing Company?

inDinero

For startups and growing companies, burn rate can make the difference between thriving for years or closing up shop. It’s a critical metric for any investor who may be thinking of supporting your business. It’s also frequently misunderstood and underestimated by those who should pay attention to it most. Here’s what you need to know about burn rates, including what they are and why they matter — and how to calculate yours and determine if it’s where it should be.

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Globalization Is a Fact

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Shivendu Jauhari "Globalization is a fact, not a policy," says Condoleezza Rice. With growing concerns that globalization is in retreat amid rising geopolitical tensions, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an audience of policymakers, business leaders, and academics at the 2023 SIEPR Economic Summit that there’s no turning back on the interdependence of world economies.

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Introducing The Forrester Model To Defend Against Nation-State Threats

Forrester Digital Transformation

Given years of cyberespionage, attacks on elections, and, more recently, the melding of kinetic and digital warfare in the Russia-Ukraine war, private sector security leaders in all industries must recognize and prepare for more brazen and frequent nation-state cyberattacks.

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What is Gen Z?

McKinsey and Company

Generation Z comprises people born between 1996 and 2010. This generation’s identity has been shaped by the digital age, climate anxiety, a shifting financial landscape, and COVID-19.

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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.