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Three Techniques To Better Manage Digital Disruption To The Enterprise

Forrester Digital Transformation

When disaster strikes, how organizations respond is critical to minimizing the impact.

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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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An Introduction to human resource outsourcing

Airswift

Source: Panchenko Vladimir/Shutterstock.

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Be Like a Train

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. “Be like a train; go in the rain, go in the sun, go in the storm, go in the dark tunnels! Be like a train; concentrate on your road and go with no hesitation!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan.

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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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Data Into Dollars: Can You Turn Your Data Into Revenue?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Every organization desires a positive return on its investments in data. Forrester data shows that advanced insights-driven businesses (IDBs) are 8.5 times more likely than beginners to report at least 20% revenue growth in 2021. It pays off to become an insights-driven business. Vendors and the media trumpet the success stories of companies that build […].

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How to Create a RESTful API for Your Mobile Application?

Groove Technology

APIs have become essential parts of mobile applications and offer a variety of useful functions. Therefore, custom RESTful APIs for unique and inventive purposes are becoming increasingly popular. Top application developers eventually strive to understand and study API development. If you do not have much experience with API development, building one may appear to be a daunting task.

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Presented by John Yunker: Web Globalization Tips for Small Businesses (wegginar® on 6/1/22)

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. There is no one who knows web globalization better than Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global's next wegginar® presenter John Yunker, co-founder of Byte Level Research. John is back by popular demand! Yes! Let me challenge you a bit to see what you know before I entice you to register for our (free of charge) wegginar, " Think Big; Think Global: Web Globalization Tips for Small Businesses ," taking place on tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1st LIVE

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B2B Companies Take Action, To A Point, In Response To The War In Ukraine

Forrester Digital Transformation

On February 28, 2022, BP withdrew from a $25 billion investment in the Russian oil company Rosneft. This decision was an abrupt U-turn from a mere two weeks earlier, when the CEO of BP, Bernard Looney, confidently stated that the company would “continue the business of business” in the country, even as Russian troops massed […].

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M?ng ngày qu?c t? thi?u nhi

Groove Technology

?ã ??n lúc dành cho nh?ng món quà ??y màu s?c và ni?m vui vì hôm nay là Ngày qu?c t? Thi?u nhi. Cùng v?i món quà nh? này, Groove chúc cho tình yêu th??ng và ti?ng c??i luôn hi?n di?n trên khuôn m?t c?a m?i b?n nh?! Hãy cùng bi?n th? gi?i này tr? thành m?t n?i an toàn và thú v? cho nh?ng ??a tr? c?a chúng ta – nh?ng ng??i xây d?ng t??ng lai.

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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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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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Oh Everything Is Messed Up Right Now: War, China Covid Curbs, Shootings, Global Supply Chain Woes, Inflation and Rising Interest Rates

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/natrot Manufacturing growth slowed last month in economies as diverse as France, Japan to Malaysia, business surveys showed recently, illustrating the challenge policymakers face in trying to combat inflation and a whole heck of a lot of other things while not stifling anaemic economic activity. Global growth in factory activity slowed in May as China's strict coronavirus curbs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted supply chains and dampened demand, adding to woes for businesses alr

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye … Get Your New AIOps Reports Here!

Forrester Digital Transformation

It’s been a long time coming, at least in mind anyway, but I’ve finally got some great news to announce. We have just published four AIOps-related reports that I’m really excited for you all to finally read and provide feedback on. Read on below to get a synopsis of the three reports. The fourth report […].

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What Should You Know About Outsourcing Python Software Development?

Groove Technology

Python is a high-level programming language that’s mostly used to create web applications, websites, and desktop programs. Other than web development, the general-purpose language is utilized for server-side mobile and web development, big data processing, system scripting, mathematics calculations, advanced analytics, cryptocurrency solutions, and so on.

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Author Talks: Think digital

McKinsey and Company

People have long worried about being replaced by machines, but Tsedal Neeley says the true threat to job security in the digital age is other humans—namely those who know how to use digital tools.

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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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Today in Global Small Business: Remembering and Honoring Those Who Have Served

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/vitalik19111992 What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: What is Memorial Day 2022 and what is the real meaning? Memorial Day. Originally called Decoration Day , the Memorial Day holiday honors all soldiers who died during service to the nation. Quote of the week: “Let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.” – Abraham Lincol

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Your Buyers Are Evolving, And You Should Follow

Forrester Digital Transformation

Marketers need to understand how their buyers are changing and enable their buyer-facing roles with key insights to gain competitive advantage and drive growth.

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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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Failure is not an option: Increasing the chances of achieving net zero

McKinsey and Company

Countries and companies globally are taking action to pursue net-zero emissions, but their plans could easily be derailed by myriad factors. Here are some considerations for helping to keep them on track.

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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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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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The ASM Landscape Is Shifting Under Our Feet — As Are The Acronyms

Forrester Digital Transformation

Since publishing my first report on attack surface management (ASM), Find And Cover Your Assets With Attack Surface Management (one of my favorite titles to date), the market has taken off in a number of different directions and developed several flavors — and acronyms. Forrester defines ASM overall as follows: The process of continuously discovering, […].

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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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Navigating inflation in retail: Six actions for retailers

McKinsey and Company

Retailers are facing the possibility of persistent inflation—but they can meet that challenge in ways that streamline operations, retain customers, and drive profitable growth.

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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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How to Combat the Great Resignation with Outsourced Support

Influx

Businesses around the globe have been affected by an unprecedented churn in the labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Widespread job losses in the first few months of the pandemic gave way to tight labor markets in 2021, in part due to what is known as the Great Resignation. What is the Great Resignation? The Great Resignation is the current economic trend of employees voluntarily resigning from jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021. 4.4 million workers quit their jobs in September 2021 al

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Perspective Is Key To Understanding AIOps

Forrester Digital Transformation

When I joined Forrester last fall, I was immediately asked, by both vendors and clients, “So how are you defining AIOps?” I was caught off guard and a bit surprised at how little guidance existed, especially from a practitioner perspective available in the industry. The prior AIOps NowTech and Forrester Wave™ evaluation were nearly 12 […].

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What Do the Amendments to Australia’s Fair Work Act Mean?

Globalization Partners

Globalization Partners: What Do the Amendments to Australia’s Fair Work Act Mean? In 2009, the Australian government passed the Fair Work Act , which serves to govern the employee-employer relationship in most private workplaces within the country. There are a lot of details to consider, but it works by providing the terms and conditions for employment, as well as detailing the rights and responsibilities of both employees and employers.

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Forward Thinking on measuring the value of the digital age with Avinash Collis

McKinsey and Company

Born in India and now a professor in Texas, Avinash Collis talks about his work on creating a data dashboard that will enable us to measure the true value of the digital age.

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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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The Azure Well Architected Framework: Performance Efficiency Pillar

Perficient Digital Transformation

A group of five pillars encompassing Reliability, Security, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Performance Efficiency. The Well-Architected Framework was introduced in July of 2020 to help manage the growing complexity of the cloud. The pillars of the framework can rarely be implemented individually. As you continue to grow the functional capability of your workloads, the impact it has on the system can be profound.

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Invest In The Healthcare Data Of The Future Or Flatline

Forrester Digital Transformation

My name is Kyle Rybarczyk, and I recently joined Forrester as an analyst covering data analytics, AI/ML, enterprise health clouds, electronic health records, and the digital front door in the healthcare sector. I have a passion for healthcare, the ever-changing digital world, and how the two will combine to streamline workflows and improve patient outcomes […].

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4 Transition Management Questions to Ask Your BPM Partner

Provana

Due to the current talent crunch, small-to-medium size agencies are more readily turning to the idea of outsourcing to augment their staffing capacity. However, modern firms are looking for solutions beyond their predecessor’s ideas on outsourcing. Agencies are now preferring Business Process Management (BPM) over the conventional Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model, due to its sophistication and end-to-end operations management capability.

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Houston as the epicenter of a global clean-hydrogen hub

McKinsey and Company

Clean hydrogen is emerging as a viable way to reach net zero. In the United States, clean-hydrogen efforts in Houston, Texas, could serve as a template for other regions.

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A Deep Dive Into Supply Chain Strategy: Why Yours Isn't Working

Speaker: Michelle Meyer, Founder and CEO of MatterProviders

Michelle Meyer is the Founder and CEO of MatterProviders, and a supply chain professional of over 30 years. Fortunately, she's here to walk you through the future of supply chain strategy and why your current approach is probably not working. In this exclusive webinar, she will explore ways to develop and perfect your new, innovative supply chain design in this post-pandemic era of economic uncertainty.