April, 2023

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Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Alliance Managers?

Peter Simoons

Over the past few months Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been in the news quite a lot, especially in the form of ChatGPT. Even though ChatGPT promises to be a useful tool, the news has not all been positive. The EU privacy regulators have created a special task force to investigate ChatGPT and Italy has already banned access to ChatGPT. Microsoft has heavily invested in the company behind the tool, which rekindled competition between the big IT companies.

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Bridging the gender gap in public transport is crucial for achieving equality

Compare The Cloud

No matter how established, extensive, and sophisticated a city’s public transport system is, it probably wasn’t designed with women in mind. If you’re a woman, you might have suspected that’s the case—but it’s not just in your head. As Caroline Criado Perez notes in her book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (2019), it’s something that impacts every aspect of transportation, starting with the routes.

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Your worst nightmare could be your best prospect

Stellar Partnerships

When non-profits look for new corporate prospects, they look for things they have in common. Unlike dating, opposites don’t attract in corporate partnerships. Finding alignment with elements such as shared audiences, brand, or geographic footprint is a great way to start. But sometimes it’s worth thinking laterally when it comes to the right fit. The most unlikely companies may be your most promising prospects.

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Making Strategic Decisions Together: Do We All Need to Agree?

INSEAD Knowledge

Top management teams often find it difficult to agree on a course of action for their firm. Whenever we participate in firm strategy retreats, we see managers grappling with collective decisions. After weeding out inferior strategic alternatives, they are left with a set of promising but mutually exclusive options, and often struggle to make a call.

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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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From Crisis to Comeback

Collaboration LLC

In today's unpredictable economic climate, many businesses are struggling to navigate periods of change and uncertainty. In 2010, RRM Design Group experienced a business-threatening financial crisis. Discover how we assisted RRM Design Group during a period of layoffs and helped them become more resilient. "Since we got it operationalized in 2010.our company has almost tripled in size, and I attribute a lot of that to Collaboration's clarity of directions and the metrics they helped establish."

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Helping banks think like tech companies

McKinsey & Company

Mambu co-founder Eugene Danilkis talks about how banks can approach core technology transformation and keep up with the fast pace of change, then offers his take on the future of human interaction.

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Backup Security: Protecting Business-Critical Assets from Ransomware

Compare The Cloud

A litany of research reports cite the inevitability of cyber-attacks and the ongoing sleepless nights this reality can cause. For instance, it’s estimated that a ransomware attack occurs every two seconds – and these attacks are coming at major cost, both financially and mentally. While ransomware and cyber-attacks top the list, they’re certainly not the only significant worrisome risks to critical data that compound the problem and that can cause IT leaders to lose sleep: Disruptions and outage

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6 things your community partner wants you to know

Stellar Partnerships

I’ve amassed a ton of photos from family trips when my kids were little. We uncovered some albums recently and sat down together to revisit happy memories. We found pictures of a trip to Amsterdam and I recalled the canals, the flowers and the fabulous Van Gogh museum. My son remembered it differently. He loved the trip because he got to eat chips out of a cone, served with mayonnaise instead of ketchup.

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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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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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ISO 20022: Are your payment systems ready?

IBM Business Partners

ISO 20022 is a global standard for financial messaging that aims to standardize electronic data interchange between financial institutions. It provides a structured way of exchanging data for financial transactions, including payments, securities and trade services. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed the standard, which is being adopted by countries and financial institutions worldwide.

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Chinese Automakers and Electric Cars Dominate at Auto Shanghai 2023

Frost & Sullivan

The Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition – or, Auto Shanghai – was back in full throttle with over 1000+ exhibitors, 90+ global debuts, 60+ concept cars, and 500+ new energy vehicles. Now in its 20th edition, the biennial Auto Shanghai more than made up for a pandemic break last year. The big themes coming out from the event which runs from April 18 – 27, 2023 is that electrification is bigger than ever before, and the Chinese juggernaut is looking to conquer global markets.

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The next frontier in risk efficiency

McKinsey & Company

As global risks increase and economic uncertainty persists, the risk functions within the financial services industry must continue to evolve talent to ensure organizational resiliency.

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Getting Web Analytics Right: The Power Of Accurate Data

Compare The Cloud

I f you’re looking to establish a strong online presence, you must have a strong grasp of web analytics. The insights gained from web analytics can help you understand your audience, improve your marketing strategies, and ultimately help you make your way to a significant increase in revenue. However, collecting accurate web analytics data can be quite challenging, especially if you’re dealing with a large volume of data.

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The B2B Sales Leader's Guide for Any Economic Environment

When economic headwinds pick up, sales leaders are the first to sound the alarm — and chart a new course. Longer sales cycles, larger buying committees, increased price pressure, and smaller teams can quickly combine to reduce your margin for error and increase the urgency to find a solution. To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on.

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Five life lessons from Maternity leave

Remarkable Partnerships

This is a guest blog written by Laura Hughes-Onslow from The Sutton Trust and Lila Dowie from Demelza Hospice Care for Children. Last September, I closed my laptop ahead of starting maternity leave, certain there would be very little to connect my day job working with corporate partners and my year ahead raising a tiny human. It was through a cuppa and a chat with Lila, on maternity leave for the second time, that we reflected on how much we were learning and how much was relevant for fundraisin

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Russian Business Leaders in a Time of War

INSEAD Knowledge

Last year Russia President Vladimir Putin started two undeclared wars that dramatically changed the context for business in the country. The first war, begun on February 24, was a conventional war against Ukraine in which Russian forces began attacking Ukrainian cities, towns, villages and infrastructure. The second was a hybrid war against the West, in which Putin used natural, financial and informational resources to inflict damage on Western countries and strengthen his position at home.

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Why companies need to accelerate data warehousing solution modernization

IBM Business Partners

Unexpected situations like the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing macroeconomic atmosphere are wake-up calls for companies worldwide to exponentially accelerate digital transformation. During the pandemic, when lockdowns and social-distancing restrictions transformed business operations, it quickly became apparent that digital innovation was vital to the survival of any organization.

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A Force for Good: Meet Value Engineering & RFXIS Director Paula Lina

Planview Blog

It only takes a few minutes talking to Paula Lina to see her passion. Paula is Planview’s Director of Value Engineering & RFXIS and leads the Force for Good initiative. With nearly two decades at Planview, Paula is passionate about the company, its people, and its impact for good. Let’s get to know Paula Lina. Explain your role at Planview and a few of your responsibilities.

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Sales Kickoff Beyond the Meeting: How to Plan & Execute a Successful SKO

Speaker: Gerhard Gschwandtner, CEO, Selling Power | Beverlie Heyman, Director of Sales Enablement, Bigtincan | Jared Hibbs, Sr. Sales Enablement Manager, Bigtincan

Sales kickoff (SKO) meetings are a critical time for sales enablement and management teams to drive learning and motivation that (they hope) will last the whole year. Unfortunately, those same meetings can also become long, tedious, repetitive days that cause reps to tune out and turn off. Over the past few years, sales kickoffs have looked very different.

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Cybersecurity for the IoT: How trust can unlock value

McKinsey & Company

For today’s fragmented Internet of Things (IoT) to reach its potential as a fully interconnected ecosystem, the answer may lie in the convergence of cybersecurity and the IoT.

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The passwordless future

Compare The Cloud

It’s nearly two decades since Bill Gates predicted the passing of the traditional username and password, warning that this archaic security combo simply wasn’t up to the task of keeping information safe and secure in the long term. Taking an educated guess at what the future might hold, he told a security conference: “There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords.

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Felecia Webb Joins PAI as Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy and Partnerships

Partnership on AI

Share Our Blog / Blog Announcements Felecia Webb Joins PAI as Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy and Partnerships PAI Staff April 12, 2023 Content Wrapper Click here to start editing --> Content Row Click here to start editing --> We are excited to welcome Felecia Webb to Partnership on AI as the organization’s Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy and Partnerships (CSOPP), a new executive leadership position reporting to CEO Rebecca Finlay.

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Beyond Salary and Benefits: Why Career Conversations Matter

INSEAD Knowledge

A simultaneous surge of mass layoffs and unprecedented job growth in the United States has created a confusing, complex climate for companies. In such a paradoxical environment, organisations should seize the opportunity to retain talent instead of falling into a cycle of continuous turnover. By holding onto valuable employees and building on their skills and abilities, companies can create an environment of mutual success, leading to enhanced value for the organisation.

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5 Essential Virtual Selling Practices Every Company Must Have by 2023

Speaker: Erika Bzdel - Vice President of Sales and Craig Simons - Director of Marketing

Virtual sales success requires new ways of thinking. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries must adjust to this digital transformation. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can transfer the old ways of doing business to the new blended selling environment. You need to implement essential virtual selling processes or you will get left behind.

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What is multi-channel marketing? Tips, strategies, and best practices

Impact

Multi-channel marketing involves using two or more channels to promote products and services to customers. A multi-channel approach recognizes that customers may prefer interacting with different marketing channels. It lets customers choose to interact with the mediums they’re most comfortable with. By using multiple channels, marketers can target a wider audience and increase the probability of reaching customers in the most convenient way for them.

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Should Food Packaging Manufacturers Leverage AI to Optimise Operations?

TRG Blog

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the manufacturing industry. From predictive maintenance to quality control, supply chain optimisation, and autonomous robots, AI is being used in a variety of applications to improve the manufacturing process.

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What is business transformation?

McKinsey & Company

Business transformations are designed to boost overall performance through increased revenue, lower operating costs, and better customer satisfaction and workforce productivity.

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A cloud migration strategy: a 5-step checklist

Compare The Cloud

Cloud migration strategy requires significant initial investments before it starts bringing you benefits. It is a complicated process, often requiring many difficult decisions. At some point, the need to migrate to the cloud falls upon your tech experts, from data scientists to machine learning engineers, who could be unprepared to handle this task alone.

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Strategic ABM Gifting: A CMO’s Silver Bullet to Engage the Enterprise

Today’s customers are hungry for human connections, but how do you break through the digital noise? How do you connect on a more personal level? A strategic ABM gifting campaign can help. You can target accounts and prospects by sending gifts or direct mail. It will help you stand out from the crowd and increase your chances to connect. Download Sendoso’s complimentary eBook to learn: Effective ways to level up your gifting strategy for the enterprise customers.

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How the right data and AI foundation can empower a successful ESG strategy

IBM Business Partners

A well-designed data architecture should support business intelligence and analysis, automation, and AI—all of which can help organizations to quickly seize market opportunities, build customer value, drive major efficiencies, and respond to risks such as supply chain disruptions. A well-designed data foundation can also be a game-changer when it comes to managing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) commitments.

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Tackle unites cloud co-sell, buyer intent data, and Cloud Marketplace solutions together to create the industry’s first end-to-end Cloud GTM Platform purpose-built for ISVs

Tackle.io

BOISE, Idaho — April 17, 2023 — Tackle.io , the leading software company dedicated to helping ISVs generate revenue through the clouds, today introduced the Cloud GTM Platform , the only end-to-end solution for selling B2B software through the Cloud Marketplaces. As a result, ISVs now have access to a single platform with cloud buyer intent data, cloud co-sell automation, and full-service Marketplace capabilities that work seamlessly together to streamline workflows and enable sellers to op

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AT&T Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Its Leading Position in Network Services attributed to its Market Leadership in Managed SD-WAN, Ethernet Services, and Dedicated Internet Access

Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO, TX. – April 5, 2023 – Frost & Sullivan ’s recent assessment of the managed SD-WAN services, ethernet services, and overall network services landscape in the US led to it granting AT&T the 2022 North American Market Leadership Award in the managed SD-WAN industry, the 2022 US Market Leadership Award in the wholesale carrier ethernet services industry, and the 2022 US Company of the Year Award in the network services industry.

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