The Global Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

©iStock/LewisTsePuiLung A Hong Kong court on recently ordered the liquidation of Evergrande, the heavily indebted Chinese property giant. The decision comes two years after the company defaulted, setting off a financial crisis at other developers and adding to the challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy. The company’s dissolution raises questions about fairness for overseas creditors — which could have wider implications for foreign businesses operating in China.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

There are many reasons to move to a managed DNS platform, but they all revolve around a central theme. Once you reach a critical mass of traffic and start getting concerned about the performance and reliability of what you’re delivering, it’s time to consider a managed DNS solution. There are several well-known options out there, and to a newcomer they can appear relatively similar at first.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In today’s digital age, businesses are always looking for new, creative ways to communicate with their clients, partners, and staff Salesforce Experience Cloud is one potent tool that has become very popular. With the help of this innovative platform, businesses can build vibrant, interesting, and useful online communities that promote deeper relationships and productive interactions.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

There’s a moment in the life of most enterprises where the connection between Domain Name System (DNS) and revenue comes into greater focus. It’s the moment when businesses discover that delivering high-quality applications, services and content requires more attention to the quality of DNS connections. For most businesses, this is also the moment when they discover that the free DNS services offered by domain registrars or DIY systems they’ve been using are no longer fit for p

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In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Setting Imagine a solitary walk in a crowded park in the middle of downtown. Walking down the main path, one can hear joggers bounding past one’s left, a couple laughing to one’s right, a street musician playing the violin over one’s shoulder, and a group of children laughing at the playground somewhere off and to the left. As one walks deeper into the park, the number of conversations grows, and the amount of discernable words shrinks to zero.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Almost a year ago, IBM encountered a data validation issue during one of our time-sensitive mergers and acquisitions data flows. We faced several challenges as we worked to resolve the issue, including troubleshooting, identifying the problem, fixing the data flow, making changes to downstream data pipelines and performing an ad hoc run of an automated workflow.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the world grapples with the realities of climate change , sustainability has evolved from a buzzword to a global imperative. Countries, communities and corporations are seeking ways to slow the pace of change and reduce the impact of human and business activities on the environment. Today, sustainability efforts are being shaped by new urgency and new technology.

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Everest Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

See how Generative AI can cut costs for organizations, with proof of concept and early investments showing potential savings.

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IBM Services

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Through the GRAMMYs®, the Recording Academy® seeks to recognize excellence in the recording arts and sciences and ensure that music remains an indelible part of our culture. When the world’s top recording stars cross the red carpet at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards, IBM will be there once again. This year, the business challenge facing the GRAMMYs paralleled those of other iconic cultural sports and entertainment events: in today’s highly fragmented media landscape, creating

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Everest Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Explore how leading providers are suggesting the impact of generative AI in deals related to application development.

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Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Global Expansion

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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Everest Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Generative AI is impacting data center, cloud ops, workplace services, and cybersecurity. Explore its impact on diverse infrastructure services.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Invoice data entry services are vital for any business. However, it’s also a major pain point—especially when done manually. Don’t be shocked if there are repetitive data entries, incorrect dates, and other missing information. The end result? Delayed payments, strained supplier relationships, and operational inefficiencies. It’s no surprise, given over 60% of enterprises struggle with capturing and processing their invoice data—wasting up to 9 days per month on repetitive man

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Everest Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Explore the influence of generative AI on the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) at various stages and examine several use cases illustrating its impact.

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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Paysquare

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Running a company is a very complicated task. The main task a businessman has to do is to keep the company’s employees on good terms with the company. Employees are the backbone of any company running smoothly, and that is why there’s nowhere to go if they are ignored. Simply giving up on all the demands of employees will not bring any profit to the company.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Honoring the Black Community Black History Month honors Black individuals’ contributions, achievements, adversity, and legacy in the U.S. and beyond. This is a time to honor the role of the Black community throughout history and celebrate its culture. It’s also a time to reflect on the future and on the importance of continuing efforts to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in organizations.

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Paysquare

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Technology is getting improved to a great extent day by day. Going along with this technology is the need of time but cannot be achieved that easily in a lot of fields. Adopting technology is specifically very difficult in the industrial and business fields. This is because changes keep emerging almost every day, and adopting them takes much more time.

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