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10 Best Practices For Active Directory Security

31 West

Attackers often target Active Directory , the Microsoft-powered tool that facilitates smoother management of IT administration work. Your outsourced IT help desk company controls authorization, employees’ rights, and other security-related operations from the Active Directory. AD covers emails, printing requests, authentication & authorization rules, OneDrive, and other resources that are only accessible to the trusted members of the organization.

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Digital transformations: The five talent factors that matter most

McKinsey and Company

Setting up a winning digital and advanced-analytics organization is hard. Decisions about talent and technology will often determine the transformation’s success.

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Beijing's Global Media Offensive (New Book)

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Oleksandr Siedov James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations, "My sense is that China has consciously decided over the last decade or so, to try to use media power to influence politics in other countries. Can you tell me a little bit about what China has been doing, and why it's pursuing these efforts?" Joshua Kurlantzick , author of Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World: " Well, I think within the last ten years to twelve years, Ch

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Are You Ready For Collaboration By Design?

Forrester Digital Transformation

In survey after survey, leaders say how important collaboration is to organizational success. And it should be even more so now, given the general economic and specific industry changes we are all facing. But knowing collaboration is important isn’t the same as knowing how to collaborate. Human Collaboration Requires A Human Approach You already hear […].

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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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What Modules Are Included In ServiceNow ITSM?

31 West

ServiceNow ITSM is a cloud-based, contemporary, and collaborative service managing solution. It enables you to turn your on-premises IT setup into a uniform compact cloud platform. On this platform, you can enjoy the advantage of data sharing and analytics with AI-enabled workflows. This platform is excellent for IT service desk outsourcing companies to manage service requests in bulk.

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8 Best Practices to Improve React Native Mobile App Performance

Groove Technology

Introduction The popularity of React Native mobile apps is increasing at an astronomical rate, regarding its capability to create a cross-platform app with a fantastic user experience. Receiving 12.57 percent of the votes in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2022, React Native holds the 8th position on the popularity chart. However, React Native performance is on par with native apps in most cases.

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Southwest’s Crisis Is A Lesson For Innovators

Forrester Digital Transformation

Southwest Airline's 2022 holiday travel disaster happened because the airline became a victim of its own success. It failed to realize that the analysts, data and software requirements for maintaining its point-to-point network needed constant upgrading, preferring instead to return profits to shareholders via stock buy backs. The weather this winter caused a cascading series of small errors and failures that increased the load on their aging technology infrastructure, causing further failures.

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Microsoft Office 365 For Business: 10 Reasons You Should Use It

31 West

With remote and hybrid work environments becoming the norm, now there is more emphasis on tools that let businesses communicate and collaborate effectively. Employees need tools that will let them deliver their objectives, regardless of where they are working from. Microsoft 365 for Business is a productivity tool that comes packed with the power of Office apps like Word and Excel.

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The metaverse: Driving value in the mobility sector

McKinsey and Company

Although a fully immersive, interconnected metaverse remains years away, mobility stakeholders can already capture real business value from the technologies designed to enable it.

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Happy 2023 from the Global Small Business Blog!

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Machacekcz "Wishing you a new year filled with joy, possibilities, good health, prosperity and a global mindset!" – Laurel J. Delaney.

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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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Perficient Mobile Solutions Experts Interviewed in Forrester Tech Tide Report

Perficient Digital Transformation

Mobile is the primary gateway to the customer for most businesses. The unique channel provides an always-on relationship with consumers that modern companies desire. Mobile technology decisions are unique to each business, but require careful consideration in order to meet the demands of modern consumers. As the modern mobile ecosystem continues to evolve, mobile developers face greater challenges with choosing the right technologies, frameworks, and tools for implementation.

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Top 10 Service Desk & Help Desk Features In Autotask

31 West

Autotask PSA is a complete business management solution. As it is a SaaS application, you do not have to deal with any overhead of hardware and maintenance. And the service is available for use any time, any place. You can perform several tasks like tracking and managing projects from start to end, sales opportunities, and new accounts. In addition, you can keep track of inventory and manage procurement workflow.

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Unlocking the industrial potential of robotics and automation

McKinsey and Company

Results from the 2022 McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey reveal that industrial companies are set to spend heavily on robotics and automation. However, many will need help to complete the journey.

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Laurel Delaney's Global Trade Trends Report 2023 (wegginar® 1/4/23)

The Global Small Business Blog

©2023 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. A peek into 2023 and all photos from Ireland. LIVE wegginar® presentation, " Laurel Delaney's Global Trade Trends Report 2023 ," Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 11AM CT. Free of charge thanks to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global's lead sponsors: FedEx, Associated Bank, Global Care Clinical Trials and Bluedog Design.

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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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“Mind The Gap” How Oracle Journeys Filled the Space

Perficient Digital Transformation

During my 8 years of implementing Oracle Cloud HCM, I have found that many of my clients have shared a similar problem as they approached Go-Live. Months of work go into designing and tweaking so by the time the project ends, my clients are often subject matter experts. The issue they all face is sharing their newfound knowledge with their coworkers who will be using this system for the first time.

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What Is Autotask And What Are The Top 10 Features?

31 West

Running a business, big or small, requires managing several different departments. For example, you may need to manage resources, inventory, contracts, accounts, documentation , and service desk, among others. Having different tools and software for these operations can be a hassle. You need to ensure the tools are compatible and also technically train employees on using them.

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Employer of Record or Global Relocation: Which is Best?

Global Expansion

Hiring international employees has many benefits — such as opening up new markets, broadening your services, or tapping into a wider talent pool. Depending on your business needs, there’s a few different options you can pursue for hiring international workers. One is to relocate current staff to the new market through global relocation. The other option is to find and recruit talent in the new destination using an Employer of Record (EOR) solution.

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Today in Global Small Business: The World Ahead in 2023

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/royyimzy What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Laurel Delaney's Global Trade Trends Report 2023 on 1/4/23 (n/c). The world ahead in 2023: global order continues to reshape. Quote of the week: "An optimist stays up all night to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." – William E.

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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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Salesforce Spring ’23 Release Highlights

Perficient Digital Transformation

Salesforce Spring’23 Release Highlights & Quick Summary. On the 06th of January 2023 , Sandboxes will be upgraded, and as a result, your organization/Environments will get the latest updates/features of the Spring ’23 release. Spring ’23 Pre-Release Org – Register today for early access to the brand-new features. Sign up, and we’ll send login information for your new Spring ’23 trial account. – [link] /.

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Why Do I Need ServiceNow ITSM Pro?

31 West

ServiceNow ITSM pro is a powerful pack of exhaustively operational solutions for business processes. It incorporates the procedures and techniques to design and deliver IT services to support businesses to benefit from IT infrastructure. ITSM Pro possesses the capacity to accelerate standard ITSM elements. It enhances regular work with more automation resulting in the efficient delivery of services.

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Products, Platforms, and Ecosystems – A Natural Evolution (Part III)

comeMakeit

The previous parts of the transcription of the discussion between Kiran, Co-founder and COO of coMakeIT, Part of Xebia, and Sundar Sarangan, Executive Director, ISG Research, facilitated by Runki Goswami, Chief Marketing Officer, Xebia, talked about what is a platform, what is not, the platform mindset and its attributes, and why project or even product thinking is not appropriate for platforms.

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Innovation in an age of disruption

Hyland

Organisations across all sectors have never before been under such pressure to modernise and transform as their old worldview certainties get swept away by post-COVID ‘new normal’ customer behaviours, harsh economic realities, evolving regulatory landscapes in new technology areas, and ongoing disruption from fast-moving, savvy competitors. Some of these you might already know about; others, perhaps from other sectors, you might not … yet.

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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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The impact of 5G on BPO Industry.

Go4Customer

The introduction of 5G technology is revolutionizing the way we communicate and access information. With its high speed and low latency, 5G is expected to have a significant impact on various industries, including the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. In this blog, we will explore how 5G is likely to transform the BPO industry and the challenges and opportunities it presents. 1.

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Mobile Devices in the Workplace: 40 Statistics You Should Know in 2023

Perillion

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, many employees were already using smartphones and tablets to collaborate, access company information, and get more done.

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From sci-fi to reality: Autonomous driving in China

McKinsey and Company

New technologies and regulations have made autonomous driving possible. In this changing landscape, the strategic roles of manufacturers may vary.

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6 Steps to successful autoscaling on Kubernetes

Perficient Digital Transformation

Introduction. One of the big drivers of adopting containers to deploy microservices is the elasticity provided by platforms like Kubernetes. The ability to quickly scale applications up and down according to current demand can cut your spending by more than half, and add a few 9s to your SLAs. Because it’s so easy to setup nowadays, there’s really no good reason for autoscaling not to be one of your top priorities for a successful adoption of Kubernetes.

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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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Importance of Knowledge Base and Ways to Create One for Call Center Services.

Go4Customer

Everyone has first-hand experience speaking to a call center agent. Oftentimes we notice that call center agents put our calls on hold or ask us to wait a moment as they wish to confirm or collect some pieces of information. The information they seek comes from a knowledge base built by an SME (Subject Matter Expert). A knowledge base is an effective tool that helps the call center agent reciprocate with accurate information.

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Busting Myths On creating A Learning And Development Strategy

Zinnov

A report by NASSCOM-Zinnov indicates that India will face a shortage of 14-19 lakh tech professionals by 2026. This has given rise to an important predicament – creating a future-proofing talent strategy. Every organization at all levels wants to ensure they are prepared for upcoming scenarios, whether talent trends, recession, or another pandemic. Learning and Development (L&D) has become an inevitable function, just like any other in an organization.

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Real-world data quality: What are the opportunities and challenges?

McKinsey and Company

Growth in the availability and variety of real-world data, including nonhealth sources of data, opens up new opportunities, as well as challenges, in their application to real-world evidence and improving health outcomes.

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Filters and Types of Filtering in Power BI

Perficient Digital Transformation

Power BI filters are useful tools for organizing data, visualizing and comparing your data visualizations, and creating reports. They are utilized to sort data according to a chosen condition. Filter Types : Visual Level Filter 2. Page Level Filter 3. Report Level Filter 4. Drill Through Filter. On the right side of the dashboard, locate the Filter Pane.

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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.