Making supply chains fit for the future
When we’re munching on asparagus in winter or sourcing hi-tech automotive components from the other side of the world, it’s easy to get the feeling that we’ve defeated distance and gained mastery of the globe. And then the pandemic hit. All of a sudden, the supermarket shelves we’ve long expected to be groaning with surplus were standing empty, and production …
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Cybersecurity and remote working: How to equip and empower a safe and secure remote workforce
Only back in 2018, people suggested the growth of remote working was grinding to a halt, with only 6 percent of the UK workforce operating remotely on a regular basis. What’s more, remote working was only typically available to a select few, namely those working in the tech sector, where the parameters and expectations were clear and obvious. The rest …
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Understand your customers to build the perfect small business website
Every small business thrives or fails based on how it treats its customers. Keep their needs front-of-mind, and you’ll strengthen trust, enhance repeat sales, and boost your revenue. Fail to understand your customer, and you’ll drive them into the arms of a competitor. When you’re building a small business website with one of the best website builders or one of …
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Migrating to the cloud is the top priority for most firms
The amount of unstructured data harvested by enterprises is growing fast, forcing organizations to improve their data management strategies and move deeper into the cloud. This is according to a new report from data management firm Komprise, based on a poll of 320 IT and storage professionals, which states that more than half (56 percent) are now prioritizing moving more …
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Businesses still face the same old cloud migration problems
Cloud migration has been a priority for businesses for years now, but even with organizations having shifted much of their data, the same old problems still persist. This is according to a new report from automated cloud migration company Next Pathway. Polling approximately 1000 IT decision-makers for the report, the company found that more than half of firms (54.1 percent) …
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Online collaboration tools can end up hindering productivity
Although communication and collaboration platforms are designed to improve productivity, they can sometimes have the opposite effect. A new report from enterprise search platform Sinequa asserts that having too many platforms to work on causes staff to forget who shared what with them – and where that data is stored. As a result, they spend too much time searching for …
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Businesses are struggling to maximize the value of their CRM systems
As customer expectations change, businesses are increasingly leaning on customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for help. However, maximizing the value of these systems seems to be a challenge, a new report from Salesforce claims. Polling almost 800 executives and nearly 1,500 CRM users across 15 countries for the report, Salesforce found that CRM systems are used to drive customer growth, …
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Employees push back on zero trust ambitions
Zero trust may be seen as a great method of securing a company perimeter from both internal and external threats, but to make it a reality, everyone needs to be on board. However, a new report from zero trust segmentation firm Illumio suggests employees are pushing back on the initiative, due to an unwillingness to change and concerns about their …
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The shift away from in-person meetings is set to continue
Since the pandemic kicked off, the majority of meetings have taken place online instead of in-person. While some believe the trend is going to die down once the pandemic subsides, Gartner begs to differ. A recent report from the analyst firm says the shift away from in-person meetings is actually expected to continue. By 2024, Gartner predicts the proportion of …
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Many businesses continue to underestimate phishing threat
Despite being around for almost three decades, phishing is still a popular cybercrime tactic, a new report from Sophos claims. Phishing owes most of its popularity to its simplicity, scalability and capacity to flex to current events. To address the issue, most businesses are deploying cyber awareness programs and various training initiatives, with varying levels of success. The biggest problem …
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