Sat.May 07, 2022 - Fri.May 13, 2022

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Top 6 Costly Mistakes in Software Development Outsourcing

Groove Technology

Software development outsourcing is becoming a more popular method within businesses of all sizes, and it is viewed as a key strategy for enhancing competitiveness and profitability. Outsourcing IT or software means looking for a third party that can provide solutions such as development, advice, quality management, connectivity, etc. Suppose a company decides to adopt this strategic plan.

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Is Your Business Export Ready?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/lemono Want to grow your business beyond borders? Here's a sample of how Michigan Small Business Development Center determines if a business is ready for export. We provide an early export online assessment to determine where your company is in starting the export journey. We've developed an online training module packed with resources to help businesses explore and get a better grasp of what's involved in getting their company involved in exporting.

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The importance of background checks on potential hires

Airswift

Source: Grapestock/Shutterstock. Background checks help businesses verify candidates during the hiring process. Every time a business hires a new employee, it is an investment in time, resources, and money. In an ideal situation, we want to have all the information we need to assure us that we have made the right decision. Most companies have their own unique set of requirements for conducting background checks but the primary goal is to have the most accurate overview of a candidate before the

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Strategic Considerations You Should Make Before Outsourcing Software Development

Groove Technology

As technology advances at a breakneck pace, outsourcing software development has become one of the most frequently discussed business strategies. Businesses are becoming more productive than they ever have. Most entrepreneurs aim to increase the amount of work they outsource for software development. However, this action plan could mean the difference between success and failure.

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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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MSFT: Launches MDR And Hops On The Everything-As-A-Service Bandwagon

Forrester Digital Transformation

Everything-eventually-becomes-a-service which Microsoft demonstrates by launching its own version of managed detection & response. We discuss what CISOs need to know, how it will impact the market, and what to look for next.

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Meet 300 Visionaries Who Have Transformed Business and Society

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Helin Loik-Tomson While the ongoing global pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have taken a toll on the European market, these 300 honorees remain positive : Some 80% of listees believe the European economy is ripe for entrepreneurship, and collectively they’ve raised more than $2 billion in funding for their ventures—more than double the amount raised by last year’s honorees.

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Groove Technology has been recognized as a Great Place to Work!

Groove Technology

On April 19th, Groove Technology is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work with an employee satisfaction score of 92%. What does it mean to be Great Place to Work (GPTW) certified? Joining the Certification Nation of GPTW is a big milestone in our journey towards building a professional, people-oriented working environment. Since the very early days of Groove Technology, we have always made every effort to provide a supportive workplace where our Groovers can grow, use their creativity a

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Creativity In The Workplace — Six Months In, And I Love This Place

Forrester Digital Transformation

Back in 1998, I was a support manager working at the National Institutes of Health at the Clinical Center. I was a young parent, a manager for the first time, and I was full of ideas on how to make the work environment a better place. Back then, our biggest threat was viruses coming in […].

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Today in Global Small Business: 9 Translation Books You Never Heard About

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/FabrikaCr What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: 9 translation books you never heard about. Mother-daughter duo Pratiksha and Vama Sangoi building a global soap brand , as well as the journeys of other small businesses. From a national business to a global success. Quote of the week: “Words travel worlds.

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Digital transformation on the CEO agenda

McKinsey and Company

Successful digital transformations may not be as elusive as you think. The best CEOs know up front what success looks like—and what stands in their way.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

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!

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All about the offshore dedicated development team

Groove Technology

There is a growing trend in content development companies to hire developers. That is, after all, the best option. With minimal effort, the highly skilled extract the best of the content. Hire offshore dedicated developers to assist the company in forming an easy workflow layout in order to create a perfect product or content. These offshore dedicated development teams make it possible for them to easily manage the work.

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A Path To Growth: Key Insights And 2022 Trends For B2B CMOs

Forrester Digital Transformation

Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2022, revealed insights that can help B2B marketing leaders strengthen their marketing strategy. CMOs are currently confronted with a challenging environment, rapidly evolving requirements, and the need for change, which impacts organizations’ growth strategy and operating business. Most companies are already in the midst of or have planned an entire transformation process […].

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Just Like That: Open a US Bank Account, Remotely, From Any Continent, With No US Social Security Number Required

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Blue Planet Studio What if you could find a banking product for your global business that will allow you, as the founder, to open a US bank account, remotely, from any continent, with no US Social Security Number required? Discover fintech company doola , which does just that. This is a new banking product that supports founders on every continent, with no US SSN required, and no visit to the US required.

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Demystifying the Journey to Enabling Analytics in the Cloud: Gateway to Innovation 2022 Recap

Perficient Digital Transformation

On May 4th, IT professionals from around the region gathered in St. Louis to attend the 2022 Gateway to Innovation Conference. The conference provides a unique opportunity for attendees to network, learn, and gain inspiration from regional successes and national speakers. With over 1,500 attendees, Gateway to Innovation is the region’s premier single-day event designed for the IT executive community.

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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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A Complete Guide to Hiring Remote Software Developer

Groove Technology

Today’s job market is far from ideal. Any recruiter will tell you that they use a lot of creative thinking to bridge the supply-demand gap. However, this disparity is nowhere near as wide as it is in the IT industry. Even when the world is your oyster, finding an excellent remote software developer is one of the most difficult challenges for any startup or established company.

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What’s Next For Digital Consumer Behaviors?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Read why you should eschew “new normal” thinking when it comes to consumer behavior. We’re in a deeply unsettled, volatile moment—and change is here to stay.

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Pass Violets Looking For Roses

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J, Delaney. All rights reserved. "We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory." – Bernard Williams.

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Optimizely Page Publish Options – Do’s and Dont’s

Perficient Digital Transformation

Page Publish is the most basic feature of a CMS. This is what makes our content visible to the world. Episerver CMS (now known as Optimizely Content Cloud) too has the feature and some more flexibility built around it to aid our content authors. There’s the usual page publish, where you hit a button and its out there. And there is also capability to schedule a page publish so its open to the world at a specific time in future, without needing manual intervention.

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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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10 climate tech companies to watch in 2022

Airswift

Source: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock. Based in different countries, these startups show how new clean technologies are reshaping the market and working towards decarbonizing the planet by 2050. In the past, we've talked about why the new generation of clean technologies, — also referred to as Cleantech 2.0 or climate tech — are more promising than their predecessors.

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Introducing Forrester’s Employer Branding Research

Forrester Digital Transformation

“Now is the time … when talent is the number one priority among our leaders.” — Benji Baer, CMO at commercial real estate company CBRE The business news of late has been rife with discussions on whether or not brands should take a position on social issues. Disney’s ongoing tussle with the Florida administration is playing out […].

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The Best Kept Secret For Powering Your Cross-Border Business: Foreign Exchange (wegginar® 5/11/22)

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. Why waste a second? Register immediately: [link]. We'll answer the following questions: Are your sales denominated in foreign currency? Are you purchasing anything abroad in foreign currency? Are you clueless about how to manage foreign currency? We've got your back! At least wegg® does when it comes to their next wegginar®.

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Five Perficient Colleagues Recognized as 2022 CRN Women of the Channel

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient is a dynamic, driven organization that challenges, champions, and celebrates our people. Today, we are excited to announce that CRN® , a brand of The Channel Company, has named five Perficient colleagues to its esteemed 2022 Women of the Channel list. Liza Sisler, partner marketing and alliances director. Lynn Brading, global alliance director.

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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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Delivering on the promise of federal infrastructure funds in states

McKinsey and Company

Thanks to the combined impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and pandemic-related recovery bills, states and localities could have a meaningful effect on lives and livelihoods.

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Top Five Most Critical CMO Priorities For B2C Brands

Forrester Digital Transformation

Today, we have fresh data from Forrester’s Q2 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2022 — a cross-industry survey among 153 US B2C marketing executives, VP and above, at brands with at least 500 employees. We provided a list of 13 trending marketing priorities and asked respondents to indicate the degree to which each is a […].

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A car isn’t a smartphone on wheels – yet

Capgemini

To find out, Capgemini has conducted industry research, including a series of in-depth expert interviews. The results show that several gaps need to be filled before even the most advanced cars are as smart as smartphones. For example, car makers need to combine a comparable range of everyday functions seamlessly into a single platform. (And that’s before we even consider whether the smartphone is really the model that we should ultimately be aiming for.).

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Introduction to the Awesome World of Cypress automation – Getting Started

Perficient Digital Transformation

What is Cypress? Cypress automation is the latest front-end testing standard that every developer and QA engineer should know about. It is a cutting-edge front-end automated testing solution for modern web applications. Cypress is mainly used for: Unit Testing. Integration Testing. End-to-End flow Testing. Nonetheless, it can be used for functional testing as well.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

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.

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How to get the most of supply chain technology

Hyland

Alan Pelz-Sharpe is an automation and business modernization expert. He is the founder of the analyst firm Deep Analysis and host of the webinar, Thinking intelligently about automation. Since the pandemic, the global supply chain has come under incredible pressure and scrutiny, taking a rare place on center stage. The challenges of managing an efficient supply chain and remaining profitable in the face of such disruption have never been more significant.

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The Connected Car Of The Future Is The One Open To Third Parties

Forrester Digital Transformation

With its revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), Europe aims to make payments safer and increase consumers’ protection, integrating new digital players into its market and requiring financial institutions to open their data and services to third parties. Doing so enables competitors to offer their own clients innovative digital experiences that would radically shake up traditional […].

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Why is it essential to define your goals before modernizing legacy applications?

comeMakeit

In our previous blogs, we’ve discussed why you should modernize legacy software and how to. Of all the steps outlined in the process of modernization the most important one in my view is this: Start with the goal. The goals, whether related to business or technology, determine the process of and the reasons behind modernization, in other words, the why and the how.

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Enabling OpenAPI Specifications for Azure Function

Perficient Digital Transformation

What is an OpenAPI Document ? According to Swagger – OpenAPI Document is a document (or set of documents) that defines or describes an API. An OpenAPI definition uses and conforms to the OpenAPI Specification. “The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of the service without access to source code, documentation, or through network traffic inspection

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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.