June, 2022

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Put Your Computer Vision Models In “The Matrix” With Synthetic Data

Forrester Digital Transformation

As artificial intelligence charges forward on many fronts, computer vision continues to be one of, if not the most, critical method of connecting the real and digital worlds. Computer vision is now well out of niche implementations and use-cases and has mass-market appeal across industries and applications. Despite its usefulness, computer vision is hamstrung by […].

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Factors to Consider When Scaling to a Global Workforce

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Vadym Pastukh As Davis Nordell, technology senior analyst with RSM US LLP, writes, "The globalized economy and the possibilities of remote work mean companies are considering building international workforces. But you need to plan carefully for any international expansion. Despite the current problems plaguing supply chains, tech companies — especially those outside of the hardware sector — have limited exposure to or concern for supply chain risk.

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Understanding the Internet of Things (IoT) and Its Connection to Automation

Automation Anywhere

Since the term “Internet of Things” was coined in 1999, there’s been a lot of noise around it and its impact on our personal and business lives. From the way we shop and travel to the way manufacturers monitor and manage inventory to the way farmers keep track of their livestock, IoT has transformed life in many areas and gone from just a crazy vision to an essential reality.

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The next frontier for AI in China could add $600 billion to its economy

McKinsey and Company

By 2030, AI could disrupt transportation and other key sectors in China, adding significant economic value—but only if strategic cooperation and capability building occur across multiple dimensions.

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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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Perficient Named a 2022 Top Workplace in St. Louis

Perficient Digital Transformation

We are honored to announce that Perficient has once again been named a Top Workplace by the St. Louis Post Dispatch ! It is with integrity, pride, and a driven team of colleagues that we are able to call ourselves a Top Workplace. “It’s an honor to be recognized as a Top Workplace again in 2022. Our team’s selfless nature and dedication is truly inspirational and something I’m that I am honored to be a part of.” Brian Conway, St.

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How to Retain Relocating Talent

Globalization Partners

Companies invest a significant amount of money and time recruiting and onboarding top talent for key positions. Therefore, it makes sense to invest in retaining valuable employees, particularly during a time when the job market is in the hands of the employee versus the employer. With the onset of remote work and an increase in international job opportunities, professionals’ job searches are no longer limited to the local area — borders are no longer boundaries to finding work.

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Overcommunicating Is Essential in Our World

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/metamorworks In March, Global Business Fellows (GBF) students presented their final consulting report to executives at Uber in Madrid, Spain, as part of their Global Business Experience course (GBE). “My biggest takeaway from working with a foreign client was that sometimes overcommunicating is essential,” said [Lindsay (SFS’22) Bing [a member of a student team that consulted for Uber on three different business challenges in the areas of commercial partnerships and customer experience].

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How to Create a Positive Customer Service Experience for Your Brand

Influx

Gone are the days of long wait times, incomplete answers, and mediocre resolutions. Well, at least that’s the way it needs to be if you want your brand to succeed in this era of customer experience. After all, it only takes a few bad reviews or negative customer experiences to cause some serious damage to your company’s reputation. . Estimates of poor customer service cost companies between $75 billion to $1.6 trillion annually (NewVoiceMedia).

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How technology is shaping learning in higher education

McKinsey and Company

New McKinsey research shows that students and faculty are eager to continue using new classroom learning technologies adopted during the pandemic, but institutions could do more to support the shift.

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4 Common Application Modernization Myths

Perficient Digital Transformation

In my last post on the Application Modernization Journey , we discussed the three questions organizations should ask before starting App Modernization Programs: the “Why, How, and What” App Modernization Programs help us to realize the benefits when they are executed well keeping the “Why” in target during every phase of the program.

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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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10 European offshore wind projects to watch

Airswift

Source: MR1805/iStock. Europe can top 4GW for the first time and more than double offshore wind capacity additions seen in 2021, the best year ever for the global offshore wind industry. The ‘old continent’ is the world’s most mature region in the sector and has been a pioneer over the last decade. The region was responsible for 50.4% of total cumulative global offshore wind installations, followed by Asia with 49.5% market share.

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Actionable Insights and Metrics That Unlock Channel Sales Growth

Forrester Digital Transformation

Importance Of Channel Sales Metrics Today, actionable insights are the backbone of channel sales organizations. Collecting the right data and transforming it into actionable insights enables channel sales leaders to spot risks, find opportunities for growth, and make smarter decisions. In other words, tracking the right metrics could mean the difference between hitting your channel […].

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Entertaining Diversions

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/DisobeyArt Although evolution has hard-wired us to be negative, we have the ability to change by adopting new thought patterns and "entertaining diversions" that can help us to accentuate the positive. How do we define happiness and can we actively make ourselves happy? The happiest people benefit from close social connections and resilience against life's complications, according to scientists and researchers on the subject, and there are clear steps we can take to improve our chances o

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Six lessons from Xander Schauffele’s sixth career PGA Tour title

Hyland

Xander Schauffele is one of the best golfers in the world. His resume — which in the last year has added an Olympic gold medal, a Ryder Cup championship and yet another top-five finish in the FedEx Cup — speaks for itself. The Hyland brand ambassador didn’t need to win the Travelers Championship to establish himself as one of the elite players on the PGA Tour.

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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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The importance of purpose: An interview with Acha Leke

McKinsey and Company

A senior partner in McKinsey’s Johannesburg office and chairman of the firm’s Africa region shares his views on purpose, untraditional paths, and why people must be not only good mentors but also good protégés.

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Colleagues Rally to Support the Cheatham Family and Create a Home at Perficient

Perficient Digital Transformation

My family experienced a terrible tragedy on the morning of Friday, April 8. The incredible outpouring of support from my Perficient colleagues helped to lift us back up, so much so, that I felt compelled to share our story. The following excerpt is my first-hand account of the tragic events that we shared via a GoFundMe started with the support of my Perficient team.

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4 Reasons Why Global Payroll is the bedrock of EOR

Neeyamo

Recent analysis indicates that remote work is here to stay. By the end of 2022, 25% of all professional positions in North America will be remote , and opportunities for remote work will continue to increase through 2023. With the increase in remote work , accurate reporting and local labor law compliance are among the many aspects that factor into payroll calculations.

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What’s New In EMEA Mobile Banking

Forrester Digital Transformation

Mobile banking apps are a crucial component of the overall banking experience. To identify mobile banking best practices, we reviewed the mobile apps of 13 EMEA banking brands in March and April of 2022 for both functionality and user experience.

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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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Ryan Heath Says Globalization Isn’t Over, It’s Just Outgrowing the World Economic Forum

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Peach_iStock As Ryan Heath, Editorial Director of Global Growth for Politico says, "Once upon a time globalization was mostly about economics: intensifying trade, falling tariffs, outsourcing and the rise of multinational brands." He goes on to say, "No longer. Today political risk is multiplying and power is decentralizing, changing globalization with it.

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RAYA CX and Palm Hills Developments Celebrating a Successful 5-Year Partnership of CX Excellence

Raya Contact Center

This month RAYA CX and Palm Hills Developments celebrated their 5-year partnership going strong with the attendance of the VP of Client Relations of Palm Hills Developments, Mohamed Hegazy, our COO, Alaa El Shafei, and the operations and CSM teams. The leading luxury real-estate development company in Egypt has had an incredible success story since choosing RAYA CX in 2017 to uplift its customer experience and over the years optimize its database and launch telesales team.

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Fear factor: Overcoming human barriers to innovation

McKinsey and Company

Worries about failure, criticism, and career impact hold back many people from embracing innovation. Here’s how to create a culture that accounts for the human side of innovation.

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Integrating Terraform with Jenkins (CI/CD)

Perficient Digital Transformation

Automated Infrastructure (AWS) Setup Using Terraform and Jenkins (Launch EC2 and VPC). In this blog we will discuss how to execute the Terraform code using Jenkins and set up AWS infrastructure such as EC2 and VPC. For those of you are unfamiliar with Jenkins, it is an open-source continuous integration and continuous development automation tool that allows us to implement CI/CD workflows, called pipelines.

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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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What Employers Need to Know About Remote Work Visas

Globalization Partners

Countries offering remote work visas are a product of remote work becoming a long-term reality for many companies and workers. While the transition did not occur under the ideal setting, some workers now may express interest in being offered the tools and freedom to become “ digital nomads.”. According to Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics : “Having had a taste, even under less-than-ideal conditions, employees are saying they want more.

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Three Ideas To Make Your Messaging A Hit With Buyers

Forrester Digital Transformation

Enticing plot, captivating characters, and spellbinding world-building are all examples of what may come to mind when thinking about what we love most in a good television show. These elements are carefully crafted by screenwriters in the writer’s room, who meet and brainstorm how to deliver the most engaging experience. B2B marketers could learn a thing or two from these writers, especially when it comes to building and enabling effective messaging.

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Today in Global Small Business: The iOS App Economy

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Blue Planet Studio What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Smaller and emerging developers find global success on the App Store – showing the iOS app economy continues to grow. How to build resilience in emerging economies ? Support global small businesses. Staying global: 3 steps. Quote of the week: “I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway?

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A tech CISO’s 11 tips for managing a successful cybersecurity program

Hyland

This article is based on a recent podcast episode of Healthcare IT News , a HIMSS Media podcast. In “ Creating a strong, cybersecure organization ,” HIMSS Senior Director of Client Content Development Patty Enrado spoke with Hyland Chief Information Security Officer Dan Dennis about navigating the dynamic cybersecurity landscape in healthcare. In this piece: 11 tips for leading a successful cybersecurity program.

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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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Sustainable and inclusive growth: A weekly briefing

McKinsey and Company

A new era is possible—one that sees growth and societal benefits as complementary goals that reinforce each other. Our weekly digest of McKinsey insights explores the topic.

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From BRO to Know- An Adobe Marketo Cinderella Story

Perficient Digital Transformation

This past week Garett Meznarich, Marketo practice director at Perficient, got to sit down and hear from Brandon Ratliff, digital marketing operations leader at Qualcomm and Kalie Nitzsche, Marketo sales manager at Adobe, as they discussed lessons learned throughout their digital experience build-out with Adobe Marketo. Post webinar we were able to further digest some of the major takeaways.

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Sam Hanna on CX Challenges, Data, and Technology in Interview with CX Live

Raya Contact Center

Watch our CRO, Sam Hanna share his insights on the main CX challenges, the importance of data analytics as well as many CX issues in an online interview with CX Live and host Wai Mon Aung. He also shares how RAYA CX uses technology to help brands deal with the flood of data and make the most out of it to reach their goals and the ROI they seek. Hanna highlights success stories made with RAYA CX’s clients and the pros and cons of outsourcing vs in-house customer experience operations.

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If you can say it, you can see it: Dall-E and You

Forrester Digital Transformation

Or, “How a natural-language image generation AI used as a meme generator by social media may impact your business.” Welcome to the future, it’s got AI-generated art. Let’s play a quick game – which of the below images were made by an AI system generating images based on word prompts? Let’s pretend you guessed […].

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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.