The Global Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

©iStock/liuzishan According to the research paper, " Pace of innovation and speed of small and medium-sized enterprise international expansion , there is compelling evidence that innovation capability has a positive impact on the international expansion of SMEs. Unsurprisingly, the relevant literature displays an increasing interest in SME innovation activities and how they influence a firm’s international activities.

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Insurers struggle to manage profitability while trying to grow their businesses and retain clients. They must comply with an increasing regulatory burden, and they compete with a broad range of financial services companies that offer investment products that have potential for better returns than traditional life insurance and annuity products. Although interest rates have increased at an unprecedented rate over the past year as central banks attempt to curb inflation, a significant part of insu

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V-Soft Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Today, companies are continually seeking innovative solutions to streamline their operations and enhance productivity. The integration of ServiceNow, a leading cloud-based service management platform, with ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, presents a dynamic synergy that holds the potential to revolutionize how businesses operate.

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The fast-paced business world we live in today requires smart tools to manage a business’s operations and everyday needs. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business management software built to do just that. This relatively new system offers a centralized platform with applications to manage all aspects of your business from supply chain management to inventory management to financial management.

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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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Intugo

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Benefits of IT Outsourcing to Mexico In today’s globalized business landscape, companies constantly seek ways to optimize their operations, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge. One strategy that has gained significant traction is IT outsourcing, and Mexico has emerged as a prime destination for businesses looking to harness the advantages of outsourcing.

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To keep pace with the dynamic environment of digitally-driven business, organizations continue to embrace hybrid cloud, which combines and unifies public cloud, private cloud and on-premises infrastructure, while providing orchestration, management and application portability across all three. According to the IBM Transformation Index: State of Cloud , a 2022 survey commissioned by IBM and conducted by an independent research firm, more than 77% of business and IT professionals say they have ado

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

IBM Cloud authentication and authorization relies on the industry-standard protocol OAuth 2.0. You can read more about OAuth 2.0 in RFC 6749 —The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework. Like most adopters of OAuth 2.0, IBM has also extended some of OAuth 2.0 functionality to meet the requirements of IBM Cloud and its customers. Access and refresh tokens As specified in RFC 6749, applications are getting an access token to represent the identity that has been authenticated and its permissions.

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inDinero

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Ask any entrepreneur, and they’ll tell you strategy and planning are essential when it comes to running a business. One of the first things you need to plan for is your business start up costs. In this article, we’ll walk you through how to estimate costs in theory and practice with a real-world example. We’ll also identify what the IRS officially regards as startup costs, so you can strategically time your expenses to maximize tax efficiency.

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Security analysts are all too familiar with the challenges of alert fatigue, swivel chair type of analysis, and “ghost chasing” spurred by false positives. Facing massive volumes of data coming from an expanding digital footprint and attack surfaces across hybrid multi-cloud environments, they must quickly discern real threats from all the noise without getting derailed by stale intelligence.

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inDinero

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Ask any entrepreneur, and they’ll tell you strategy and planning are essential when it comes to running a business. One of the first things you need to plan for is your business start up costs. In this article, we’ll walk you through how to estimate costs in theory and practice with a real-world example. We’ll also identify what the IRS officially regards as startup costs, so you can strategically time your expenses to maximize tax efficiency.

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IBM Services

DECEMBER 1, 2023

When migrating off IBM Cloud Functions, IBM Cloud Code Engine is one of the possible deployment targets. Code Engine offers apps, jobs and (recently function) that you can (or need) to pick from. In this post, we provide some discussion points and share tips and tricks on how to work with Code Engine functions. IBM Cloud Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform to (not only) run your containerized workloads.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In various press releases, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has highlighted that an estimated $16.3 billion of the total cost incurred from the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank was designated for safeguarding uninsured depositors. This financial strain emphasizes the critical need for effective regulatory oversight.

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Avasant

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Los Angeles, CA I August 26th, 2022 On August 17th, the Avasant Foundation held it’s first in-person graduation ceremony for the Avasant Digital Skills Training (ADST) in Guyana, a program curated to address the increasing demand for digital talent in that country. Launched amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the training funded by IDB Lab, the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is geared towards bridging crucial knowledge gaps so that deserving Guyanese youth are adequa

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Everest Group

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Operational Technology (OT) Security Products The convergence of IT and Operational Technology (OT) profoundly impacts the OT security landscape, enhancing operational efficiency while introducing vulnerabilities as traditional OT systems integrate with IT networks. Industries recognize the need to protect operational technology systems from escalating cyber threats, leading to a surge in demand for OT security.

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In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Capgemini

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Unlocking the Potential of Small Language Models(SLM) Nisheeth Srivastava Nov 6, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Its fashionable to hear a lot of folk berate LLMs (Large Language Models) these days for what they are or represent. I’m a strong believer in #genai tech at large, while recognizing that it is in its infancy and it will morph into something altogether different as time goes by.

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Capgemini

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Intersection of Humanity and Technology in the Age of Augmentation Pascal Brier Nov 16, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Do you think humans should be augmented by technology ? This debate is always raising fierce arguments from both sides and generally ends up in a dystopian view of the world with trans-humans chasing eternal life. Well, lately a 62-year-old man suffering from Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk thanks to a new spinal neuroprosthesis.

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Capgemini

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Navigating the Ever-Evolving Frontier of Cybersecurity Pascal Brier Nov 6, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The pursuit of unbreakable encryption has been a part of our history for millennia. Did you know that Caesar himself is sometimes attributed with creating his own encryption code, which relied simply on shifting letters placed three spots up in the alphabet (an A for a D, a B for an E)?

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Capgemini

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Positioning and politics in the world of Artificial Intelligence Robert Engels Nov 20, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin From Drivelines to AI: Mercedes and Microsoft navigate shifting competitive landscapes. Together with Wout van der Kooij (ex-Varta and Linde AG) I investigate the parallels in automotive and what currently happens in the landscape of AI technology. or w hat can we learn from the story of Mercedes and Bosch?

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