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HR can do more for your organization than just day-to-day tasks. In fact, many of your peers are using HR to achieve growth goals and other business objectives. See how technology can help you break out of administrative silos, and hear from Workday customers that made HR a more strategic partner for the business.  Read the eBook to learn more. 

In this eBook, we’ve distilled the key information into a “decision guide” to help you head in the right direction with your technology planning. The guide walks you through the five main options for your technology and overviews the benefits and challenges related to each — so you can weigh the pros and cons and make the best technology choices for your organization. Complete the form at right to get your copy today.

Environmental/climate change risk, disruptive technologies and a return to territorialism were ranked the top threats to company growth. Specifically, 68 percent of CEOs agreed that their organisational growth will be determined by their ability to anticipate and navigate the global shift to a low-carbon, clean technology economy. Read now KPMG's CEO outlook report to understand what is on top of the asset management CEO agenda and to find out what investments CEOs are prioritising to improve organisation’s resilience.

Are you ready for a new Recognition & Rewards Platform? Recognition and rewards are an integral part of your company’s employee experience and engagement levels. To determine whether an HR technology provider is the right fit for your organization, we recommend asking questions that address the various components of recognition and rewards, as well as background on the provider’s company and technology. Download our buyers guide for the five major areas you'll need to cover before making a purchase, including: The business value and ROI of recognition & rewards Identifying your need and specific goals for an employee experience program Key questions to ask engagement platform vendors A decision checklist and a detailed comparison sheet Two budgeting exercises to justify your investment

Are you ready for a new Performance Management technology provider? To determine whether an HR technology provider is the right fit for your organization, we recommend asking questions that address the various components of performance management, as well as background on the provider’s company and technology. Download our buyers guide for must-ask questions on: • Performance Management philosophy • Strategic value • Implementation and support • Feature set • Accessibility and reporting • Integrations • and more!

Supply chain managers are increasingly leveraging location intelligence and location data to raise visibility throughout their whole logistics process and to optimize their delivery routes. Leveraging this data requires an ever-more-robust technology stack. As supply chain technology stacks become more complex, diverse and defined by legacy system integrations, Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are becoming essential to making stacks scale, allowing supply chain managers to better meet the demands of the new generation of consumers. Innovative location APIs provide supply chain stacks and applications with: Greater agility Contextual intelligence Real-time data implementation Speed Scale Introducing new technology into an organization can sometimes be daunting. As one of the world’s leading location platforms, HERE shares insights and tips to streamline the supply chain technology integration across the whole organization.

Let’s face it, consumers are addicted to fast delivery. As delivery windows continue to shrink, demand is only growing stronger. The pressure is on for online food delivery and e-commerce companies to consistently meet these ever-tightening deadlines and keep customers happy and loyal. But what happens to your ETAs when a snowstorm strikes? Or a restaurant in your market hosts a promotion that causes demand to spiral out of control? Don’t let times like these send you scrambling to stay ahead of peak demand. Drive down click-to-door times by discovering: • The role location technology plays in food and e-commerce delivery • The benefits of dynamic routing • How to stay ahead of predictable and unpredictable peak demand

At a time when IT leaders should have one major goal— achieving a seamless digital workplace—the same Salesforce technology platform that empowers sales and service teams is poised to drive productivity for every enterprise employee. Frost & Sullivan’s survey offers evidence that many enterprises are responding to the challenge of technological disruption through investments in technology: approximately 69% of respondents plan to increase their general IT budgets with an average increase in investment of 28%.

Discover How Cloud-based Billing Delivers Transformation Enterprise leaders and companies of all sizes are leveraging digital transformation through disruptive technologies like the Internet of Things, AI, business intelligence and big data. This eBook demonstrates 5 strategies for leading the charge for change within your business. Discover how to quickly leverage digital transformation in your technology stack and monetize it quickly with cloud-based billing. Download this eBook to explore how the right solution can help you: • Launch product innovations quickly • Monetize IoT and increase revenue • Automate billing to improve customer retention • Leverage the cloud to reduce costs Adapting today can mean the difference between success and obsolescence. With the right billing solution your business can thrive in these challenging times. Discover how today!

As the first major memory and storage breakthrough in 25 years, Intel Optane technology combines industry-leading low latency, high endurance, QoS, and high throughput that allows the creation of solutions to remove data bottlenecks, and unleash CPU utilization. With Intel Optane technology, data centers can deploy bigger and more affordable datasets to gain new insights from large memory pools. Here are just ten way Intel Optane technology can make a difference to your business. To find out more download this whitepaper today.

War is being waged for talent, and the spoils will go to those organizations that arm their recruits with the technology that makes them work more effectively and creatively. Technology is now the primary way that organizations engage with their workforce. According to a Harvard Business Review Analytic Services survey of 677 executives, the overwhelming majority—86%—believe that technology has a greater impact on employee engagement today than it did three years ago, and a similar number say that technology will continue to be a major factor in engaging the workforce in the years ahead.

"Optimization. Rationalization. Cost-Recovery. All buzzwords for a simple concept: how do technology leaders ensure that every dollar spent is directed towards business value? In this eBook, we walk you through the four ways to optimize your IT costs and offer up prescriptive questions to make your analysis crisp and your conclusions actionable. Learn more about these four ways to optimize technology costs, including: - Scrutinize to close financial loopholes - Economize to eliminate waste - Rationalize to avoid duplication - Commercialize to curb demand"

In this white paper we discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with customer experience management and highlight three key areas of future focus for successful European marketing leaders: customer consent management in marketing in the light of GDPR; the future of AI-driven customer engagement in marketing; and customer journey management as the new mantra and operating model for marketing operations management. Our observations and conclusions are backed by rigorous research results based on a representative sample of telephone interviews with marketing leaders across Europe. We hope you enjoy this paper and would be interested to hear your feedback. We believe the paper provides the benchmarks and insights to guide the next generation of marketing domain digital technology deployments and beyond into enterprisewide customer experience management.

"What trends should you be following for the next 6 months? We’ve pored over the data, sorted through the news, and interviewed experts and (former) fraudsters. Whether you’re planning for the next month, quarter, or year, this ebook can be your guide. READ THIS GUIDE TO FIND OUT: How fraudsters are using technology against us Whether cryptocurrencies are driving fraud or helping to stop it What GDPR tells us about the future of regulation Why content abuse is getting harder to fight How businesses balance user experience with protecting user data "

Companies across the globe are all facing the same economic headwinds: business change in the form of competitive threats and new opportunities is coming at an unprecedented pace. The watchword for meeting these challenges is innovation – both in terms of business processes as well as the underlying technology that enables those processes. The sum of the experiences discussed in this report showcase how SAP S/4HANA, running on-premise or in the cloud, can form the basis for a broad-based business transformation that does not require a big bang implementation to succeed.

Small and midsize retailers around the world are seeing their businesses transform in a variety of ways. These firms, typically with fewer than 1,000 employees, have been transforming themselves as customers seek new types of engagement and as suppliers expect higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness. New business models and new competitors are changing the way retailers do business. Rather than simply react to new threats, successful retailers are leveraging technology in new ways to sharpen business practices, improve agility, and better serve customers while strengthening the role of retailers in the supply chain. Through digital transformation including the effective engagement of the internet of things (IoT) to track inventory, the opportunity to maintain and gain competitive advantage can be significant.

As applications and services become more central to business strategy, and as distributed methodologies like agile and DevOps change the way teams operate, it is critical for IT leaders to find a way to integrate their backend systems, legacy systems, and teams in an agile, adaptable way. This e-book details an architecture called agile integration, consisting of three technology pillars—distributed integration, containers, and APIs—to deliver flexibility, scalability, and reusability.

At the heart of the Data Solved promise are three core attributes - People Powered, Technology Focused and Infrastructure Invested. We leverage our strong, diverse team of more than 700 employees to enable our Powered by People motto and deliver on our promise. With 24 data centers on four continents, we are poised to deliver world-class infrastructure and value added technology services to our more than 1,000 customers in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Although data and analytics are highlighted throughout the popular press as well as in trade publications, too many managers think the value of this data processing is limited to a few numerically intensive fields such as science and finance. In fact, big data and the insights that emerge from analyzing it will transform every industry, from “precision farming” to manufacturing and construction. Governments must also be alert to the value of data and analytics as the enabler for smart cities. Institutions that master available data will leap ahead of their less statistically adept competitors through many advantages: finding hidden opportunities for efficiency, using data to become more responsive to clients, and developing entirely new and unanticipated product lines. The average time spent by most companies on the S&P 500 Index has decreased from an average of 60 to 70 years to only 22 years. There are winners and losers in the changes that come with the evolution of both technology

Businesses who have lived through the evolution of the digital age are well aware that we’ve experienced a generational shift in technology. The rise of software as a service (SaaS), cloud, mobile, big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), social media, and other technologies have disrupted industries and changed customers’ expectations. In our always-on, buy anything anywhere world, customers want their shopping experiences to be personalized, dynamic, and convenient. As a result, many businesses are trying to reinvent themselves. Success in a fast-paced economy depends on continually adapting and innovating. Companies have to move quickly to keep up; there’s no time for disjointed technologies and old systems that don’t serve the customer-obsessed mentality needed to thrive in the digital age.

Digital transformation (DX) is a must for midsize firms (those with 100 to 999 employees) to thrive in the digital economy. DX enables firms to increase competitive advantage through initiatives such as automating business processes, creating greater operational efficiencies, building deeper customer relationships, and creating new revenue streams based on technology-enabled products and services. DX is a journey, and it starts with firms embracing an IT-centric vision that guides a data-driven, analytics-first strategy. The outcome of DX initiatives depends on the ability of a firm to efficiently leverage people (talent), process, platforms, and governance to meet the firm’s business objectives.

The way we work has completely transformed. New technology is changing how, where and when we work. In this new landscape, businesses are facing challenges specific to growth, talent acquisition and productivity. Employers need to embrace new technology to get ahead in this new world of work, and put people at the heart of their strategy. However, HR and People leaders are in fierce competition for the all-important slice of budget, which makes it vital to build the strongest business case for technology investment. This guide is intended to help HR and People leaders like you get the financial support you need. You’ll get practical, effective tips on: • Understanding and explaining the true benefits of investing in a new HR system and the likely return on investment. • Positioning HR as a driver of change throughout your business. • Ensuring your HR vision aligns with the business strategy. • Getting management and key stakeholders to buy in. • Building the strongest business case pos

What if defenders could see the future? If they knew an attack was coming, they could stop it, or at least mitigate its impact and help ensure what they need to protect most is safe. The fact is, defenders can see what’s on the horizon. Many clues are out there—and obvious. For years, Cisco has been warning defenders about escalating cybercriminal activity around the globe. In this, our latest annual cybersecurity report, we present data and analysis from Cisco threat researchers and several of our technology partners about attacker behavior observed over the past 12 to 18 months.

The modern digital experience is very much a visual experience. It's through images that we tell our stories, market our products, impart news, and entertain — and forge an emotional connection with our customers. However, delivering today's increasingly image-rich experiences is fraught with complexity. It requires dozens of renditions to optimize an image for all the devices that customers are using, not to mention their current network connection. Without an automated system, it's a daunting task. Dynamic imaging technology is the solution.

Engage everywhere to improve everywhere Two out of three executives under the age of 35 are frustrated by technology at work, but believe they can be more productive with information sharing, and that better communications will positively impact business growth. Find out how else the digital revolution is impacting midsize businesses.