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How to Pay an Independent Contractor in India: A Guide for Global Companies

Velocity Global

India holds one-sixth of the world’s population, many of whom speak English and are highly skilled in tech, IT, and other critical sectors. Naturally, global companies are seeking talent in India to work as remote contractors. However, this poses an important question: How do you securely pay an independent contractor in India? Although there are several payment methods available, companies must also consider other factors before engaging contractors, including taxation, IP protection, and compl

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How Do You Grow Your MSP Business?

31 West

Cybersecurity threats have become the biggest cause of concern for businesses. Unfortunately, the risk isn’t just for the large corporations that report annual revenues in millions. But SMBs are also exposed to these attackers. Businesses are turning to MSPs ( Managed Service Providers ) for IT operations and security. Small businesses, particularly, work with the IT help desk to mitigate the risk of security breaches.

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What Drives Globalization?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/nadia_bormotova The author of "De-globalization – Myth or reality?" sees three forces that drive globalization. The first is the ability to shorten distances in both transport and communication. The second is the commitment of nation states to establish and adhere to rules, standards and safeguards that ensure that goods, services, capital and labor can move relatively freely across borders.

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How IT Leaders Can Manage Costs during Inflation and Develop Better Outsourcing Partnerships | In the News

Everest Group

The best strategy to maximize business needs amid inflation involves appreciating existing shifts in economic forces to source partnerships for improved business value. Amy Fong, Partner at Everest Group, says that industry stakeholders can only lower outsourcing costs by appreciating the concern’s existence and developing appropriate strategies to improve flexibility in industrial operations.

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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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Dedicated Team Service for an eCommerce Company

Groove Technology

Customer. Our customer is an eCommerce company based in Germany. Their main product is related to organic cosmetic. Challenge. Our customer reached to us when they needed a dedicated team to support them in developing a delivery app. Technologies. React Native,NET, MS Azure.

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How We Picked The 2022 Top 10 Emerging Technologies

Forrester Digital Transformation

Since we published The Top 10 Emerging Technologies In 2022, we’ve been getting questions about how these technologies were selected out of the hundreds that Forrester tracks. Clients also ask, “Why are some obvious ones like machine learning, blockchain, the metaverse, or quantum computing missing?” Here are our top 10. Please read our four-part blog […].

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Top Cities With BPO Growth For 2023 

Redial

Since exploring the economic context of countries and markets is a fundamental part of our day-to-day, we couldn’t resist looking up what is ahead for the Business Process Outsourcing industry for 2023. . What are the top places aiming to invest in and generate more opportunities for companies and their people? South Africa. If you have been reading our latest blogs, you know South Africa has been a topic of discussion, becoming a preferred destination for BPOs searching for lower costs a

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Credit app development for a finance & investigation company

Groove Technology

Customer. Our customer is an Italian credit company operating for the local market in Financial & Reputation Investigations. Challenge. The company came to us when they lacked a technical team who could help them build a mobile app for their credit service. Technologies. React Native, Node.JS, MongoDB.

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Want To Improve Employees’ Insights-Driven Decision Making? Data Literacy Programs Alone Won’t Help

Forrester Digital Transformation

Companies want to be insights-driven, customer obsessed, and future fit. This journey includes investing in data literacy or spending on tech. In 2022, 75% of US business decision-makers responded that they are adopting enterprise-wide data literacy, and companies are projected to spend 4.7 trillion dollars on technology globally. But if tech execs think that these […].

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Retailer's Huge Holiday Wish?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/pialhovik Retailers’ biggest holiday wish is to get rid of all that excess inventory. As some of the nation’s largest retailers report quarterly earnings and revenue, Wall Street is paying close attention to another number, too — inventory levels. Who isn't carrying a great deal of inventory lately? And who isn't experiencing issues with goods ordered pre-pandemic that are finally arriving now?

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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 clean hydrogen opportunity for hydrocarbon-rich countries

McKinsey and Company

Hydrogen could play an important role in helping hard-to-abate sectors meet climate targets. Countries with hydrocarbon resources and industry expertise can help build and scale the needed technology.

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Advantages of Using OCR while Document Scanning

Offshore India Data Entry

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of the most advanced methods of data entry that can help a business concern increase its operational capabilities. Emerging technology is developed using different languages ??and large datasets. OCR document scanning helps businesses convert typewritten or printed text data into editable and searchable machine-encoded text.

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Design Do’s and Don’ts for Retailers This Holiday Season

Forrester Digital Transformation

Retailers can improve their websites and boost customer experience this holiday season by applying these tips.

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Today in Global Small Business: Gratefulness Edition

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Olga Beliaeva What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Gratefulness: a necessary ingredient for relationships (and in business). Why gratitude matters in our world. Quote of the week: "Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don't forget to lift someone up." – words from Roy T.

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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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Even in the metaverse, women remain locked out of leadership roles

McKinsey and Company

Five early indicators on women in the metaverse reveal gender inequality—especially in the leadership creating and setting metaverse standards.

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Our Easy 9-Step Guide on How to Turn Black Friday Customers into Your Everyday Customers

Raya Contact Center

We know your sales in the retail and e-commerce industry skyrocket on Black Friday and the Christmas sale seasons, but what if you could catch those customers and keep them loyal? We know your sales in the retail and e-commerce industry skyrocket on Black Friday and the Christmas sale seasons, but what if you could catch those customers and keep them loyal?

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Capitalize On Search Marketing’s Evolution With Two New Reports

Forrester Digital Transformation

In 2023, marketers plan to spend more on paid and organic search despite data deprecation and economic headwinds. According to Forrester’s Q3 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 82% of CMOs plan to increase paid search budgets and 74% plan to increase SEO budgets in 2023. As search budgets grow, the medium is changing radically. The […].

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The Three Dimensions of Product Engineering 

comeMakeit

The Three Dimensions of Product Engineering " decoding="async" srcset="[link] 1200w, [link] 598w, [link] 300w, [link] 768w, [link] 120w, [link] 81w, [link] 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" title="MicrosoftTeams-image (5)"> Innovations stem from ideas. Yet not all of them can take shape into products or businesses. Sometimes, these ideas may be well ahead of the time and seem more appropriate for a sci-fi movie than for a business.

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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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Unfolding the Crucial Benefits of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) Services.

Go4Customer

Today, we are going to discuss some critical aspects of the KPO industry. The KPO industry has served companies with top-notch computational solutions and contributed greatly to the process of business expansion. It is also a kind of business process outsourcing service yet it is more focused on information-related business operations. As we are slowly progressing deep into the digital era, every business is hugely dependent on large ch.

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Shaping the future of Thai banking: Reinventing purpose to ignite growth

McKinsey and Company

With new opportunities on the horizon, the Thai banking industry could ignite new growth and invigorate its profitability by redefining its meaning and purpose, reinventing its traditional role, and making bold and innovative operational changes.

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Learnings From Our Cloud Cost Management Wave

Forrester Digital Transformation

It’s been a grand spring, summer, and fall of Wave evaluations for me. These evaluations are time intensive. I’ve spent many nights, weekends, early and late hours on two separate cloud management evaluations. The participating vendors each spent long hours submitting answers to detailed questionnaires, lining up customer references & executive briefings, and preparing for […].

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Everything You Need to Know to Get Started on Agile Project Management

Bydrec

Agile project management enables projects to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities. It helps teams collaborate and make good decisions quickly, so they can deliver what their customers need. In this post, we explore five agile project management principles that will help you streamline your project management processes. These principles are based on the Agile Manifesto , which states that effective collaboration between team members is paramount for creating great software.

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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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A CCO Alone Won’t Fix Your CX

Simplr

Research shows that 89% of companies that lead with customer experience (CX) perform better financially than their competition. Brands that excel in CX promote a customer-centric culture and adopt inclusive approaches to CX that encompass all departments. These brands ingrain CX and experience management across the organization and, as a result, can react quickly to shifts in consumer behavior and the marketplace.

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What matters: How to scale advanced analytics in corporate functions

McKinsey and Company

Organizations are starting to embrace advanced analytics as a core pillar of innovation within their general and administrative functions.

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Slow And Steady: Steps To A Successful Total Economic Impact™ Study With Forrester

Forrester Digital Transformation

Both in training and in producing a TEI study, keeping things moving is the most important part. Fortunately, Forrester helps you throughout the entirety of the TEI process.

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Students Complete Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamps Hosted by Perficient in Dallas & Houston

Perficient Digital Transformation

As we look to the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), we are also looking to the next generation of AI leaders and how we can support them. For the second consecutive year, Perficient volunteered to host training centers for free AI Bootcamps for local high school students in collaboration with the Mark Cuban Foundation.

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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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When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your eCommerce Management System

Magellan Solutions

When is the Right Time to Outsource Ecommerce Management? By 2022, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to have the world’s biggest and fastest-growing ecommerce (electronic commerce) market. It is expected to make $1.77 trillion in sales. Ecommerce management should be a big part of retailers’ plans for growth if they want a good source of income that can help them deal with changes in the market.

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In the boardroom with Alison Watkins: CEOs, boards, and leading through crisis

McKinsey and Company

Alison Watkins, who is a board member of CSL, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and Wesfarmers, believes that there is growing alignment—and a healthier balance—between CEOs and board members.

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Adopt Inclusive Design Practices That Put Users First This Holiday Season

Forrester Digital Transformation

Incorporate inclusive design this holiday season by prioritizing digital accessibility, using inclusive language, and showing that you care.

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Why You Should learn Katalon Smart Wait

Perficient Digital Transformation

For Selenium WebDriver fans, there is Good News , test scripts can be run continuously Without the need for Time Lag Debugging. Since version 7.0.0, the Smart Wait functionality of Katalon Studio is equipped to handle Selenium wait issues without the need for additional code. To address the issue, Katalon Studio version 7.0.0 created and implemented the Smart Wait Function.

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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.