Everest Group
JULY 29, 2022
Driven by the increasing numbers of mobile workers during the pandemic, VDI implementation has rapidly grown as a secure solution that provides flexibility and cost savings. While it’s a good fit with today’s steadily growing remote workforce , VDI must be implemented properly to avoid pitfalls. Read on to learn the challenges and benefits of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure.
The Global Small Business Blog
JULY 29, 2022
©iStock/Ridofranz Despite the relative sophistication of its economy and business environment, South Africa’s record in regards to its promotion of women in the business environment is poor. If women are to take their place as equal citizens in South Africa, this must include their ability to run and to grow businesses. Funders should be taking note.
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Aspirant
JULY 29, 2022
In order to find a flaw in your go-to-market strategy, you will first need to have a good understanding of both your customer and your competition.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 29, 2022
After years of spending lavishly on growth, Amazon cut costs in Q2 2022, reducing headcount by 6% and, according to CEO Andy Jassy, “improving the productivity of [its] fulfillment network.” As a result, Amazon reported a $2 billion loss, marking the business’s second consecutive quarterly loss, which hasn’t happened since 2014. Amazon’s revenue rose 7.2% […].
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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
Groove Technology
JULY 28, 2022
The software and services sector has historically had a number of quick-moving innovations, and IT companies are constantly working to keep up with or even get ahead of their rivals in this market. And in that race, hiring a professional dedicated web development team from the outside has always been a viable alternative that many businesses worldwide favor as a cost-effective fix.
The Global Small Business Blog
JULY 25, 2022
©iStock/Big Joe What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Indiana, the land of startups. Yes, you read that right. Tech workers want to stay home, especially in San Francisco. Governments of the United States of America and the 17 partner economies on the occasion of the Supply Chain Ministerial Forum says , "The shocks to global supply chains from pandemics, wars and conflicts, extreme climate impacts, and natural disasters have put in stark relief t
Global Sourcing Brief brings together the best content for outsourcing professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 27, 2022
Is your organization starting to embrace the idea that value for customers matters? Great. But your organization cannot “deliver” it. No one can. That’s not how value works. Check out this 90-second video below (no audio) to learn: Three truths about value for customers that explain why no organization can “deliver” it.
Groove Technology
JULY 25, 2022
IT outsourcing and outstaffing models have developed to service businesses worldwide. While both strategies essentially work in the same way—remote developers employed by a different (non-your) organization assist you with the jobs your in-house team is unable to complete—they are not the same. Discerning the right strategy for your projects can be aided by understanding the distinctions between outsourcing and outstaffing models.
The Global Small Business Blog
JULY 28, 2022
©iStock/Robert Way Alibaba is going through a major transformation – transformation these days means cutting budgets, firing people and running a much leaner ship. Also with the transformation comes a more realistic goal on their future performance. History: Alibaba launched its B2B eCommerce site, Alibaba.com, in the U.S. three years ago and set a goal of adding 1 million local businesses and global reach, but the company has fallen short of those targets in the ensuing years, the report said,
31 West
JULY 27, 2022
Once upon a time, there was a renowned Lodging Services Corporation. It lost its customers’ credit or debit cards, card numbers and their security codes to a data breach! The End. What you just read might sound like a story but it’s not! Hospitality Industry has been a constant target to the cybercriminals for its vast potential for revenue. It’s just “mo’ money, mo’ problems”.
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Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 25, 2022
When a customer opens a mobile banking app, they are usually trying to complete a specific task: paying a bill, seeing how much money they have left for the month, finding a recent transaction, requesting money from a friend, etc. But banking customers increasingly want more and better features on these apps. Forrester’s Mobile Banking […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
JULY 26, 2022
Azure Data Factory is a strong ETL tool, with the capacity of creating ETL pipelines using low code/no code approach. This can be achieved with using “ Activities ”. Activities are the tasks that are conducted on data within a pipeline. In this post I demonstrate an ETL process which copies data from one source to another, and performs some tasks on data using Activities in Azure Data Factory as follows: Extracts files with a specific substring in their file names from a pool of data files as a
McKinsey and Company
JULY 27, 2022
The leader of a cutting-edge institute talks about innovative new materials that “eat” carbon and may enable cotton growing without irrigation, as well as the potential for building the world’s shortest supply chain in two 40-foot containers.
31 West
JULY 25, 2022
A phishing attack involves social engineering where the attackers dupe people to steal confidential data. The hostiles mainly aim for credit card details and login credentials. In this type of cyber-attack , the enemies pretend to be a trusted body. They mislead victims to open an email or text message that carries malware. As soon as the recipient clicks the malicious link, the installation of malware starts.
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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.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 29, 2022
When you strip a song down to its base, you end up with a simple acoustic version, free of overproduction or electronic distractions. The most striking example of this for me is Eric Clapton’s version of “Layla” from MTV Unplugged. When you strip a contact center down to its base, you end up with one-on-one […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
JULY 26, 2022
Creating a culture of innovation is a fragile effort. It needs to be nurtured and encouraged. If your work culture doesn’t allow for creativity, your organization’s big ideas might pop like a broken lightbulb! In the world of digital marketing and consumer experience, things change so quickly that you can’t let your ideas be shattered. You could get trampled by your competitors who avoided the following four harmful innovation myths.
McKinsey and Company
JULY 26, 2022
Banks today urgently need a new core platform, but building one is time-consuming, expensive, and uncertain. It may help to think strategically and pursue a two-track process.
Everest Group
JULY 26, 2022
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR. Razor-sharp Solution Sizing for IT Services – How to Ensure Competitive Pricing. There is clear intentionality as IT applications and infrastructure move to managed services, a shift that the global challenge to find talent across industries accelerated. Pricing model asks are now moving from simple day rates to more complex pricing constructs, such as pricing for agile pods, weekly pricing, fixed fee, and output and outcome-based pricing.
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.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 29, 2022
Recently released Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo M-22-16 outlines, and further aligns, Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies’ FY2024 budgetary considerations for cross-agency cybersecurity investments. The guidance in M-22-16 provides enables federal civilian agencies to properly assign cyber initiative funding towards the most critical areas of cybersecurity.
Perficient Digital Transformation
JULY 25, 2022
Perficient is regularly recognized as a best place to work with a culture that encourages all colleagues to grow both personally and professionally. We have the best and brightest colleagues in the industry, and company initiatives like Growth for Everyone , our LiveWell@Perficient wellness program, and learning resources like Perficient Academy offer every colleague the opportunity to grow.
McKinsey and Company
JULY 26, 2022
McKinsey’s recent US travel survey shows that leisure travel is booming, and this summer many people are planning to take their vacations “no matter what”.
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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.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 28, 2022
In Q2 2022, Spotify’s revenue, advertising, and monthly active users (MAUs) grew, defying fears that inflation and subscription fatigue would weaken demand. Spotify’s strong Q2 2022 performance continues the company’s rebound from its bouts with cancel culture in Q1 2022. Advertising Growth Is Solid, But Subscriptions Bolster Business Unlike Snap and Twitter, whose revenues fell […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
JULY 28, 2022
Introduction About Drupal. Written in PHP and published under the GNU General Public License, Drupal is a free and open-source web content management system (CMS). At least 14% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide and 1.2 percent of the top 10 million websites use Drupal as its open-source back-end architecture. These websites range from individual blogs to business, political, and governmental sites.
McKinsey and Company
JULY 25, 2022
The electrification of heating systems could play a significant role in the transition to net zero—and heat pumps are emerging as a solution.
.orgSource
JULY 29, 2022
When the first crew of astronauts departs for Mars, Suzanne T. Bell’s work will play a large role in their success. Bell is an associate professor of industrial and organizational psychology at DePaul University. She studies team composition. During the Mars mission, astronauts will be confined in a space the size of a studio apartment […]. The post Build a Mission Worthy Team appeared first on.orgSource.
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HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.
Forrester Digital Transformation
JULY 28, 2022
As I wind down the last few days of my Forrester career before I retire, I am very conscious of the fact that I am leaving behind two customer experience (CX) analysts who are in various phases of creating a Forrester Wave™. I won’t be here to see them through the process, so I wrote […].
Perficient Digital Transformation
JULY 27, 2022
Obsession is often misconstrued in many forms, but when it comes to your customers, it’s seen as a competitive advantage that helps your organization develop personalized content for your buyers. It can also help your business to curate customer journeys so focused on the customer that you’ll never feel as though you’re missing the mark in meeting the expectations of your target audience.
McKinsey and Company
JULY 25, 2022
With thousands to train, the transformation of Coca-Cola’s commercial product supply operations needed buy-in from the boardroom to the front line.
Globalization Partners
JULY 27, 2022
Several industries had embraced remote working long before the 2020 pandemic. However, since the Covid-19 outbreak, flexible working arrangements have become even more popular. The benefits of remote teams have become more apparent to companies as they can hire people from all over the world while saving on office space, utility bills, and other resources.
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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.
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