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Checking a Bot for Rogue Traffic and Plaintext Connections

Automation Anywhere

It’s a good idea to perform a security review of a bot before you decide to implement it in your network. One test you can perform is to see what types of connections the bot is initiating, as well as what servers the bot is connecting to. If you are a bot developer, it is also important to check and make sure that no data is being leaked over a plaintext protocol that could be read by anyone observing the network traffic.

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LGPD vs. GDPR: Eight Things You Need to Know About Brazil’s New Data Law

Velocity Global

In September 2020, Brazil enacted its sweeping new data protection law, the LGPD (Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados). This comprehensive law unites and updates more than 40 individual data laws, clarifying compliance requirements for companies doing business in Brazil. Companies that do business in the European Union see similarities between the LGPD and the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

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Types of 3D Modeling: Which One Is Best for Your Business?

Magellan Solutions

The 3D industry is a natural response to our technologies becoming more personal. From entertainment to architecture, more and more industries are incorporating 3D objects in their business. 3D modeling seems simple, but not all objects are easy to produce. Some require specific modeling techniques and editing software to make sure your 3D design comes out as planned.

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Top Programming Languages 2020

3Pillar Global

With something like 600+ programming languages floating around in cyberspace and dramatic shifts in demand based on the top coding trends, it’s hard to keep track of which programming languages are in or suddenly out. In 2020, Python, Java, JavaScript, C, C++, and C# continue to reign supreme, proving they’ve got real staying power that stands to continue into 2021 and beyond.

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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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6 Things to Consider When Choosing an RPA Vendor

Automation Anywhere

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a software technology that anyone can use to automate manual tasks and business processes. The benefits of RPA are immediately quantifiable, and the technology can have a high impact across every function of the organization. RPA can accelerate processes completions, reduce errors, boost compliance, save audit time and related costs, and free up your staff for higher-value work.

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Cash is King: Cost Management Priority For Most CPOs

Sourcing Advisors Group

Cost Management – particularly post-COVID – has risen to a much more prominent focus for most organizations across industry segments. Most recently, Deloitte published survey results indicating that 66% of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) have identified cost management as their top priority, a nearly 2x increase compared to pre-COVID survey findings.

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Benefits of Sales Team Outsourcing Every Business Must Know

Magellan Solutions

Small businesses regularly encounter business challenges. They are obliged to work hand in hand with their teams in optimizing marketing strategies while providing quality customer service. And then there’s sales management — a business function that is crucial to growing businesses yet consumes a huge amount of resources. If these challenges resonate with your current situation, then sales team outsourcing is the game-changer you’re looking for.

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Finally, Automation Can Be Leveraged by Everyone

Automation Anywhere

Congratulations. You’ve implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in your enterprise to help accelerate and streamline business processes and increase employee productivity. But not everyone is taking full advantage of the benefits of software bots, right? Some people in your enterprise don’t have the time to be brought up to speed on RPA technology.

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Video – International Expansion: The Basics

UnaTerra

Recorded on: July 2nd 2020. (UnaTerra regularly hosts webinars on. Read more. The post Video – International Expansion: The Basics appeared first on UnaTerra.

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What is Procurement Consulting and What Do They Do?

SourcX

Many businesses acknowledge the advantages of sourcing in low cost countries. Increasing numbers of executives see the writing on the wall, and can no longer ignore the fact that sourcing in low cost countries can reduce labor costs and give them access to robust manufacturing facilities. This is why procurement consulting that allows a business to initiate a strategic sourcing plan is becoming an increasingly appealing option for many businesses.

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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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Building Resilience Into Your Critical Applications

3Pillar Global

Resilience is the bedrock of all IT systems. No matter how potentially powerful a technology can perform, if it’s not resilient, it won’t deliver business value. Your customers, partners, and internal end-users won’t consistently receive the performance they expect from the applications they consume. The keys to building resilient applications are the patterns you use to build your service architecture.

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The IT Service Desk: A Foundational Resource for the Enterprise

Automation Anywhere

Today, no enterprise could function without a strong and well-run IT service desk. Especially in these times of widely distributed workforces—and new, user-facing technologies being introduced to support them—IT service desks are indispensable to the organizations' very survival. What exactly is an IT service desk? It's a back-office main point of contact between an enterprise's IT organization and its users, the non-IT employees.

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There’s Plenty of Room at the Table for Nearshore and H-1B Visa Holders

Future of Digital Sourcing Nearshoring

Related news: Could the Pandemic Bring Outsourcing Closer to Home? In June 2020, in response to the coronavirus, President Trump signed an executive order to freeze access to new H-1B visas for professional and technology workers doing business in the U.S. This has a huge impact, considering in 2019 about 139,000 new H-1B petitions were approved, joining 250,00 which were extended.

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What Is a Sourcing Agent? And Why You Might You Need One

SourcX

Finding a manufacturer overseas is an increasingly appealing prospect for many companies that want to keep labor costs down, increase their profit margins, and gain access to a global skilled labor market. This is especially true for companies that choose to source products from low-cost countries, many of which offer a significant competitive advantage when setting up a global supply chain.

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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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What to Know About NLP

Automation Anywhere

If you don’t know what NLP is, the acronym stands for natural language processing (NLP). It’s a discipline within artificial intelligence and machine learning that allows machines to read human languages and unearth insights or meanings out of them and take action. Alexa, the Amazon voice service, is an example of a solution based on NLP. Handling unstructured data Natural language processing has the ability to take unstructured data gathered from conversations , social media, and emails and fin