Wed.Apr 26, 2023

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Intellectual Honesty Is Critical for Innovation

INSEAD Knowledge

When top Amazon executives were debating in the mid-2000s whether to greenlight Kindle, the now ubiquitous e-reader, sparks flew in the boardroom. Jeff Wilke, the CEO of Amazon’s retail business at the time, openly challenged Jeff Bezos in front of the board. Wilke argued that the venture would fail because Amazon lacked experience creating hardware.

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Jabil is building reports with IBM Business Analytics Portfolio

IBM Business Partners

Jabil isn’t just a manufacturer, they are experts on global supply chain, logistics, automation, product design and engineering solutions. They are also interested and involved in the holistic application of emerging technologies like additive manufacturing, autonomous technologies, and artificial intelligence. They are a technologically motivated enterprise, so it’s no surprise that they would apply this forward-thinking view to their finance reporting as well.

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MSP Growth Explosive Across APAC: ISG

Channel Insider

Demand for managed services across the APAC region is soaring, according to the latest state-of-the-industry report by Information Services Group (ISG). ISG measures commercial outsourcing contracts with an annual contract value (ACV) of more than US $5 million. At the end of Q1 of 2023, managed services revenue across APAC was $825 million. That’s an increase of 62% year-over-year, but down 37% compared to the prior (fourth) quarter.

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Cloud scalability: Scale-up vs. scale-out

IBM Business Partners

IT Managers run into scalability challenges on a regular basis. It is difficult to predict growth rates of applications, storage capacity usage and bandwidth. When a workload reaches capacity limits, how is performance maintained while preserving efficiency to scale? The ability to use the cloud to scale quickly and handle unexpected rapid growth or seasonal shifts in demand has become a major benefit of public cloud services, but it can also become a liability if not managed properly.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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What it means to continuously improve: Definition and strategies

Hype

How to define Continuous Improvement? Small steps matter, especially when they’re all taken in the same direction. And there are plenty of examples of innovations that have made a difference – not through a sudden big bang but, instead, through a slow, continuous attack on a problem. Driving incremental improvements may seem like taking only small steps, but those small steps combined can add up to big change.

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Effective Change in the Telecoms Industry Is a Priority for CEOs

Frost & Sullivan

As mobile operators struggle with an identity crisis, their vendors have been acquiring new strengths to tackle the potential with digital through M&A. For examples, Ericsson acquired Vonage, and IT players have been encroaching into the network space; Microsoft acquired Metaswitch, for network capabilities to further tap on the enterprise opportunity.

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How Sales Operations Can Effect Revenue Growth: A Comprehensive Guide

SFE Partners

Key Takeaways Components of Sales Ops That Drive Revenue Growth 6 Ways Sales Operations Is Improving Revenue Growth Revenue is an essential part of any commercial business model. Without it, businesses would be unable to stay afloat and continue providing quality products and services. It’s no secret that revenue growth is a business’s top priority.

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Pearl Barraza considers MarketSource her “family away from home.”

Market Source Inc

Team Manager Pearl Barraza tries to live by the mantra of "always be learning". She uses it to encourage her team. As she says, “No matter how much we know, there’s always room for growth. We just have to be open to it.” The post Pearl Barraza considers MarketSource her “family away from home.” appeared first on MarketSource.

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8 Ways to Build a Successful Sales Team

SFE Partners

Key Takeaways 8 Keys To a Successful Sales Team What Makes a Successful Sales Team? Are you trying to build a successful sales team but don’t know where to start? You came to the right place! In this blog post, you’ll discover all the necessities for building and managing an effective sales team. From identifying ideal candidates and honing in on specific qualities that make top performers stand out to following best practices on compensation and training.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Five Tips for Improving Channel Partner Experience

PLM Alliances

We recently teamed up with Zift Solutions to share tips on improving the channel partner experience (PX). From Josh Medeiros, Zift’s Head of Client Solutions, and Raegan Wilson, our VP of Ecosystems Consulting, h ere are our five top ways to add value to your PX and ensure your partner program is best-in-class. 1. Clean up your content As Raegan said, this first tip is an easy one.

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Gain Valuable Predictive Insights and Accurate Forecasts With Data

SFE Partners

Key Takeaways Gathering and Cleaning Sales Data Analyzing Sales Data for Insights Forecasting Sales Making Data-driven Decisions In Sales Generate Data-driven Insight and Forecasts In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape, leveraging data and analytics to create meaningful insights and accurate forecasts is key. Gaining insight into sales data is essential to staying ahead of the competition and making informed decisions.

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An Essential Blueprint to Improving Sales Operations

SFE Partners

Key Takeaways Key Pillars in Sales Ops Tips To Increase Sales Ops Areas To Optimize How Do I Improve Sales Operations? Great sales operations are essential for any organization to achieve success. As a decision-maker, you understand that goals will suffer if your sales team is not properly planned and managed. But do you know how to optimize your processes or train staff on the newest sales ops techniques?

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Business Operations Success Kit: SalesOps & RevenueOps for Greater Efficiency

SFE Partners

Key Takeaways Function of SalesOps Structure of SalesOps Fundamentals of RevenueOps Making The Choice for Your Business Sales Ops Vs. Revenue Ops The business world is changing to meet the demands of modern marketing and customers. As the industry evolves, so do the roles that make it up. Two departments currently gaining traction are Sales Ops and Revenue Ops.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.