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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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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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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

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

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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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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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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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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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Blockchain For CEOs

Forrester Digital Transformation

CEOs often ask me: “What is blockchain, and what impact will it have?” After tapping into Forrester’s research, here’s my answer.

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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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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

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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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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Top 5 Reasons to Consider Managed Services for Microsoft 365

31 West

Meeting the growing demand for remote work capabilities has become one of the pressing concerns of almost all companies around the world. And many found refuge in adapting to cloud services, which is preferably wise and good penny-worth! Reportedly, 94% of enterprises use cloud services you know why? Microsoft , the behemoth of cloud solutions providers made it easy for the companies to remain flexible and competitive despite the rapid changes.

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Choose Apple Lockdown Mode, Choose Security

Forrester Digital Transformation

Users get to make their own choices about security and privacy when using Apple devices, not carriers, application developers, or advertisers.

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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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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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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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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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Five Straightforward Steps To Identify A Strong Product Vision

Forrester Digital Transformation

When I ask clients, “Why do you continue to work with your security vendor?”, the answer I get most often is “I believe in its vision for the product.” A vendor’s product vision is its point of view on the biggest challenges to the industry and a tool that security pros can use to identify […].

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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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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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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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5 Key Differences Between Data Warehouses and Data Lakes

31 West

Are you someone who rules the IT field like a King, having managed to build a magnificent empire for yourself and yet turn a blind eye towards the “nerdy” stuff in the field? Well, stop doing it right away, because you always stand on the precipice and need to project yourself precocious in order to preserve your place and stand out from your competitors in this field!

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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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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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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

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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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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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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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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What is diversity, equity, and inclusion?

McKinsey and Company

It’s three values held by many organizations working to be mindful and supportive of different groups of individuals.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

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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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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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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Sales Leaders Guide to B2B Sales Strategy Amid Economic Downturns

Forrester Digital Transformation

Evidence from past economic downturns suggest leaders who quickly assess and then decisively act will best position their company for success. But what are the critical assessments and actions sales leaders should make in their ongoing B2B sales strategy? Education Become versed on economic principles (inflation, stagflation, recession). In addition, understand the financial impacts of […].

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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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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.