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5 Important Outsourcing IT Trends to Keep Up With in 2022

Invensis

Companies in every industry are now outsourcing non-core tasks to reputable BPO service providers globally to improve their businesses. Outsourcing trends have provided various advantages, such as great flexibility with no geographical boundaries, access to a large pool of professionals, and short-term collaboration within a single project. Invensis is a reputed leader in empowering numerous global […].

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In Customer Success We Trust

Forrester Digital Transformation

Customer Success is a critical business function and plays an essential role in building trust with customers as a strategy for retention.

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Freight Rates Decline, But Not By Much

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/SHansche Yes, you read that right. Freight rates decline as demand wavers. Shippers are trying to reset contract agreements to cut expenses, but costs remain several times higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. The reduction in transportation costs is good news for manufacturers and retailers after two years of rapidly rising expenses. It also suggests the contribution of the freight sector to inflation is at least leveling off.

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How can offshoring JavaScript Development benefit your business?

Groove Technology

Did you know that JavaScript is the most used language for developing online applications? It is, in fact, supported by all major browsers and has a plethora of integration options. Create applications tailored to your needs using sophisticated JavaScript technologies. You may use it to make your website more interactive, user-friendly, and visually appealing.

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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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Top 7 Benefits of Using Desktop Virtualization

31 West

Applications and software running on physical servers sitting mostly idle in the server rooms have very much become antique. This is an era taken over by Desktop Virtualization, a standard industrial practice of the modern times which has evidently advanced IT efficiency manyfold. Moreover, Virtualization goes beyond the desktop, so in the upcoming years, double-digit growth is anticipated in the use of the network, server, storage, and data virtualization.

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How To Choose The Right Partner For Your Experience Transformation

Forrester Digital Transformation

We track the details of the digital experience services of 66 agencies, consultancies, and technology service providers, and we recently evaluated 14 of the most significant in The Forrester Wave™: Global Digital Experience Services, Q2 2022. The service provider best suited to your needs could be a boutique or a global giant. But which? In our […].

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6 Effective Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Groove Technology

Employee engagement is a company approach that focuses on creating the right conditions for all employees to contribute daily. Employees must be committed to the core principles and goals of their organization. They must be motivated to contribute successfully to the organization’s performance while also gaining a better knowledge of their self-worth.

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Advantages of Microsoft Azure and 10 Reasons to Opt for It

31 West

Cloud computing nowadays is a standard approach for businesses. Microsoft Azure provides a virtual infrastructure that provides a vast range of cloud services. This comprehensive platform allows IoT device connection, data processing, secured storage, and a lot of other facilities. Whether you run a big enterprise or a startup, a productive and secured operation is the key to success.

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Announcing the Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards Semi-Finalists For North America.

Forrester Digital Transformation

Drum roll, please! After a few intense weeks of processing and judging submissions, we are now at an exciting moment! Announcing the seven semi-finalists among those companies nominated for the prestigious Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award 2022 for North America! Without further ado, the semi-finalists are (in alphabetical order): Arch Insurance Group Inc.

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Today in Global Small Business: Is Globalization Fading?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/bagotaj What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Is globalization fading and causing inflation to rage ? Globalization could lead to protectionism, worsening inflation, and a global economic slowdown. A new globalization calculus. Quote of the week: "Globalization is going to bring us closer and closer together across nations and technology you can't stop." – John P.

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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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The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools?

McKinsey and Company

People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs.

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Introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using Blue Prism

Perficient Digital Transformation

Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Robotics is nothing but computers that imitate human actions, the process is a series of steps which mainly lead to some meaningful task, Automation means any task which is done without human intervention is known to be automated. Some common RPA examples and use cases we encounter include automation of data entry, data extraction, and invoice processing.

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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2022

Forrester Digital Transformation

Artificial intelligence applications are beginning to hit their stride, delivering end-to-end experiences for customers and employees that match or exceed human capacities. To help enterprises decide which AI/machine-learning (ML) platform to invest in, Forrester evaluated vendor platforms offered by Amazon Web Services, C3 AI, Cloudera, Databricks, Dataiku, DataRobot, Google, H2O.ai, IBM, Microsoft, Palantir, RapidMiner, RStudio, […].

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THE Most Successful Women Entrepreneurs In the World: The Winners Are.

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Tirachard The write-up below shares the 10 Most Successful Women Entrepreneurs in the World. These businesswomen have broken multiple barriers to achieve the height they are at. Nothing is more empowering than global women entrepreneurs. They rule the world!

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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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Best of both worlds: Balancing digital and physical channels in retail banking

McKinsey and Company

Banking distribution needs to account for the evolving interdependencies between channels. Accelerating digital and upgrading the physical experience to “phygital” offers a viable solution.

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How to Implement Row Level Security in Power BI- Static RLS

Perficient Digital Transformation

What is RLS? . RLS is Row Level security means restriction of data accessing for a particular user. Filters restrict the data at a row level. We can configure RLS for a dataset that we have imported into the Power BI desktop and can configure RLS in Power BI Service by defining the roles in the Power BI desktop. If you have a fixed list of users and a static number of dimensions then the Static RLS method will work.

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How To Kick-Start Your Innovation For Creating An Environmentally Sustainable Enterprise

Forrester Digital Transformation

Technologies such as cloud computing or energy consumption monitoring only marginally support sustainability efforts in traditional IT. How can R&D units and innovation leaders make the innovation process more environmentally friendly?

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Connecting Culture Through Fashion wegginar® with LaShawn Kenley on July 13th

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® All rights reserved. How does she do it – go global? Find out at our upcoming wegginar® Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 11AM CT (free of charge thanks to our sponsors as noted in the beautiful graphic). Listen to the great and mighty LaShawn Kenley, CEO and founder of Sun Gods LLC when she talks about " Connecting Culture Through Fashion.

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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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Hybrid working models can leverage talent and skills across industries

McKinsey and Company

Digital technologies and advanced analytics are here to stay. Cognitive, digital, and self-leadership skills can help hybrid working models thrive in metals and mining and heavy industries.

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The Fifth Thing to Know When Looking to Replatform

Perficient Digital Transformation

A significant driver for needing to change platforms is when your business undergoes a significant digital transformation effort. Typically, a company chooses to undertake a digital transformation because they need to change the experiences their customers have with their brand. Usually, that means some amount of change in systems in order. Reason #5: Your Business is undertaking a Digital Transformation.

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Is Your Data Culture Future Fit Or Foolish?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Learn how to create a scalable data culture in your organization in this sneak peek of our upcoming Technology & Innovation North America event.

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Simplr CX Agent Spotlight: Meet Lindsey E.

Simplr

What’s the secret to Simplr’s CX success? Our SimplrFlex agents like Lindsey E.! Simplr’s distributed, fully remote Human Cloud Network is made up of agents just like Lindsey who are committed to delivering top-notch customer experiences. Get to know Lindsey by checking out her Q&A below. How did you hear about SimplrFlex? If someone referred you, who was it?

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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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Explainer: The low-code vs. no-code debate and how to get started

Hyland

In this piece: High-code, low-code and no-code explained. Which is better? No-code or low-code? 10 questions to ask no-code/low-code vendors. Until recently, organizations had only two options when it came to building new applications — coding a customized application from the ground up or buying them from vendors. Both options have some significant drawbacks.

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Pipelines and activities in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics

Perficient Digital Transformation

Overview: A Data Factory or Synapse Workspace can have multiple pipelines. Pipelines are groups of activities that perform a specific task together. Data integration and ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) services in the cloud work together to orchestrate data movement and transform data with ease. There are workflows that can ingest data from disparate data sources (called pipelines) that you can create and schedule.

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Who’s Responsible For Cyber Insurance Policy Misrepresentations? It Depends.

Forrester Digital Transformation

On July 6, 2022, The Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (Travelers Insurance) filed a suit in Illinois Federal Court against International Control Services, Inc (ICS) asking for policy rescission and declaratory judgment against ICS. Travelers alleges that ICS misrepresented its use of multifactor authentication (MFA) on its policy application, which should be sufficient legal […].

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How to Increase Customer Engagement

Influx

Strategies to Increase Customer Engagement. Businesses are more focused on people than they are on products. This isn’t to say that your products shouldn’t be the very best you can offer, but rather that people are the ones supporting and buying your products, and if they’re unsatisfied, everything will crumble. Emphasizing people as a business means putting customer engagement at the top of your priorities and striving to deliver consistent, amazing customer experiences across all touchpoints.

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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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5 Key Practices to Lead in Today’s Employee-Centric Workplace

Globalization Partners

As the workplace is now more employee-centric than ever, companies are realizing that higher pay and extended benefits are no longer enough to attract and retain talent. Today’s employees are looking for employment opportunities that are exciting yet provide both financial stability and emotional well-being. This priority shift calls for leaders to reevaluate traditional workplace practices and keep a close eye on workforce trends to create new strategies to strengthen and retain modern-day team

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Pass Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst Exam | PL-300

Perficient Digital Transformation

I will be sharing my personal experience with learning Power BI and clearing the PL-300 (Earlier called DA-100) exam. I hope this will help the other aspirants. I would not be compromising the signed NDA; hence no questions will be disclosed in this article. About the Exam : PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst. Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI (PL-300) is the requirement for Microsoft Data Analyst Associate Certification.

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Why Netflix Chose Microsoft In Its Bid to Enter Advertising

Forrester Digital Transformation

The speculation has been swirling for months that Netflix was getting into the ad business. We’ve long seen this as necessary for Netflix, and have been clear about the upside, so no big shock there. What IS notable is the news that Netflix chose Microsoft as its adtech partner. Why Microsoft? Microsoft’s acquisition of Xandr, announced […].

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What is innovation?

McKinsey and Company

Innovation—in a business context—is the systematic practice of developing and marketing breakthrough products and services for adoption by customers.

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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.