Workers often unclear on the sensitive nature of business data

Businesses are not doing enough to instil the importance of proper data handling into employees, a new report from KnowBe4 suggests. The cybersecurity firm polled 408,929 workers worldwide and found that roughly a quarter (24 percent) are unsure whether the data they work with is classified or not. The construction, education, transport, and retail sectors are most at risk, with …

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Business inboxes bombarded with dangerous scams

Business email inboxes are being flooded with fraudulent messages, with cybercriminals looking to capitalize on gullible and overworked professionals.  This is according to a new report from GreatHorn, which states that spoofed email accounts were the most common form of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack last year. Out of 270 IT and cybersecurity professionals surveyed, almost three-quarters (71 percent) reported …

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Toe the line: harness data lineage to drive business success

With data growing exponentially in volume and technology continuously evolving, organizations are now finding themselves inundated with an overwhelming amount of information to manage. Without an effective data management solution in place, this situation often leads to countless hours spent trying to reconcile pervasive poor-quality data, inaccurate reporting and lack of compliance for many organizations. Business leaders are now recognizing …

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Digital due diligence – the new front line in business valuation

What is digital due diligence?  Due diligence is the investigation and audit based on the examination of financial records, compliance and legal, before entering into a proposed transaction with another party. It is performed to confirm the facts or details of a matter under consideration – typically an acquisition. Due diligence will typically consider the structure, assets, and liabilities that …

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Transforming business mobility with tech innovation

Disruptive technologies are transforming transport and mobility – and we’re just at the start of the journey.  A paradigm shift in how we live and work beckons, with tech advancements promising to make all our journeys fasters, cheaper, more convenient and sustainable. And as exciting new opportunities emerge for the transportation of goods and people, alternative commercial models will be …

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Wondering what’s stalling your business growth and recurring revenue success? Consider these six systemic issues

Businesses today realize they must optimize front and back-office operations—a process collectively referred to as lead-to-revenue operations—to shift to a recurring revenue model, unlock data and get closer to the customer. Easier said than done?  In a recurring revenue model, organizations must sell, serve, deliver and account in a unified way, with fully connected people, processes, technologies and systems. That …

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IT could be the key to helping your business go green

If your business is looking to go green(er), technology might offer a way forward. A new report from the IT monitoring specialist Paessler AG has found that many organizations are turning to technology for sustainability, with IT playing a major role. According to the report, there are four key ways technology can help an organization’s sustainability efforts: using only necessary …

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Quality data is the bedrock to true business intelligence

As with everything nowadays, the Business Intelligence (BI) industry is expanding and evolving at a rapid pace – by 2022, Reuters expects the global revenue of BI to be worth $29.48 billion. The rising volume of data available to businesses means that they are constantly evaluating their collection and understanding process of data to serve customers or target markets better. …

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AI-powered Integrated Business Planning is crucial to post-Covid recovery

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved out of the lab into the boardroom. From analyzing and predicting customer behavior to powering operational automation, the benefits of using AI in global enterprises are now well-proven. Indeed, adoption is rising quickly. A recent study by McKinsey has found that businesses plan to invest even more in AI in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, …

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Supply issues driving the price of business hardware through the roof

Margin mugging, a practice whereby businesses purchase products with heavily inflated margins, was rampant in the IT industry last year, a report from managed IT services firm Probrand suggests. As reported by The Register, the firm analyzed $6.6 million worth of hardware bought by businesses in the three months before the pandemic, as well as the rest of 2020. It …

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