Sat.May 06, 2023 - Fri.May 12, 2023

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CRM testing: a six-step guide

Compare The Cloud

Programmatic solutions for customer relationship management (CRM) have become a top choice for businesses across diverse industries. According to IBISWorld, the US CRM market size has already reached 46.2bn in 2023, growing faster than the whole technology sector. A CRM system is the backbone of many businesses that helps streamline sales and marketing processes.

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Top 10 Paid Media Agencies to Work With in 2023

Jake Jorgovan

Having a strong online presence is crucial for any business to succeed. And that’s where paid media agencies come in — they help you create and execute effective marketing campaigns that will help you reach your target audience and fuel your growth. As marketing grows in popularity, there are many new paid media agencies emerging. And it’s also getting harder to choose the right agency for your business.

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How Do You Communicate With Your Partners?

Peter Simoons

Communication is one of the key success factors in alliances and partnerships. Clear communication helps to build trust and understanding between partners. As such, we might even regard communication as the key factor in any relationship; political, personal, professional or friendly. Whatever the relation type is, communication is the cornerstone. Why Are We Poor At Communication?

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The 5 small things to give your partnerships program a big lift

Stellar Partnerships

The Biblical story of David and Goliath is one of triumph over a much bigger foe. David the shepherd boy volunteers to fight the giant Goliath using only his slingshot and few small stones. He slays Goliath and puts to shame the others who were too afraid to venture out. When non-profits are hard at work prospecting for corporate partners it can feel like a David and Goliath moment.

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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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Top Three Priorities for A Successful Cloud Security Strategy

Compare The Cloud

In recent years, cloud computing has grown in popularity as a means for businesses to store, process, and manage their data. This is because cloud services provide numerous advantages over traditional on-premises infrastructure, such as scalability, cost-effectiveness, and ease of use. As a result, many enterprises today extensively use cloud services at scale and are looking to move further workloads to the cloud.

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AI-powered marketing and sales reach new heights with generative AI

McKinsey & Company

AI technology has revolutionized marketing and sales; now, generative AI promises to disrupt the way B2B and B2C players think about customer experience, productivity, and growth.

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Introducing the technology behind watsonx.ai, IBM’s AI and data platform for enterprise

IBM Business Partners

We stand on the frontier of an AI revolution. Over the past decade, deep learning arose from a seismic collision of data availability and sheer compute power, enabling a host of impressive AI capabilities. But we’ve faced a paradoxical challenge: automation is labor intensive. It sounds like a joke, but it’s not, as anyone who has tried to solve business problems with AI may know.

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How AI can improve battery cell R&D productivity

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Everywhere you turn these days, there is news about the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform our lives – from diagnosing cancers to writing movie scripts. Now AI practitioners are turning their attention to electric vehicle (EV) batteries. AI can replace hundreds of experiments in predicting EV battery cycle-life at StoreDot’s high power cycling facility.

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Navigating Challenges: the Worrying State of Digital Transformation for SMEs

TRG Blog

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, embracing digital transformation has become crucial for the long-term success and sustainability of businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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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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What every CEO should know about generative AI

McKinsey & Company

Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.

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Introducing watsonx: The future of AI for business

IBM Business Partners

Today is a revolutionary moment for Artificial Intelligence (AI). After some impressive advances over the past decade, largely thanks to the techniques of Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning , the technology seems to have taken a sudden leap forward. Suddenly, everybody is talking about generative AI: sometimes with excitement, other times with anxiety.

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LHS Insights from HC Wainwright’s BioConnect Investor Conference: Consult, Educate, Communicate and Prepare!

LaVoie Health Science Blog

The H.C. Wainwright BioConnect Investor Conference, hosted by NASDAQ, was a well sought-after day where HCW clients not only had an opportunity to meet with investors, but also to discuss the current market landscape, including drivers and challenges in the health science investor relations landscape. Paul Sagan , VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, interviewed Gemma Bakx , Strategic Advisor, who attended the conference and a variety of company and industry panel presentations,

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Developing Future Leaders: An Experience Framework for Career Mobility

Vantage Partners

Originally published in February 2023 by Training Industry Magazine Offering internal career mobility retains employees who otherwise might depart to pursue their professional growth and advancement. But with limited rungs on the company ladder, how much career mobility can a company offer? A lot, it turns out, if we replace the ladder with a lattice—an experience framework for enabling employee mobility.

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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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The art of data: Empowering art institutions with data and analytics

McKinsey & Company

A data-driven view of key metrics can help art organizations articulate value, reshape strategy, build resilience, and achieve operational excellence.

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Accelerate your speed of business with IBM Event Automation

IBM Business Partners

Customer needs and market dynamics are constantly shifting from one moment to the next. There are thousands of business events flowing through every part of your organization every day. These events can provide a wealth of information about what’s actually happening across your business at any moment in time. Organizations that can capitalize on this continual stream of business intelligence can spot trends, issues and opportunities, address threats, and act quickly.

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Podcast: Donna LaVoie, President and CEO, joins PRSSA’s “PR with the Pros”

LaVoie Health Science Blog

President and CEO Donna LaVoie was featured on the “ PR with the Pros ” podcast hosted by the Public Relations Student Society of America’s VP of Brand Engagement Nicole Steele. The show is designed to help PR students learn from industry professionals as they begin their careers in public relations. In the podcast, Donna shares how her early experiences in biotech led to the formation of LHS, as well as how our partnership with Omnicom Public Relations Group works.

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Expert Advice on Choosing the Best SunSystems Implementation Partner

TRG Blog

Over the years, Infor SunSystems has transformed into a comprehensive enterprise suite that goes beyond a mere accounting software system. However, with numerous SunSystems implementation partners available, selecting the most suitable one for your business can be a daunting task. To help you make an informed decision, consider the following factors when choosing a partner to implement SunSystems for your business.

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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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It’s (past) time to get strategic about DEI

McKinsey & Company

Companies have committed to being more diverse, inclusive, and equitable, but many struggle to make significant progress in these areas. Here’s how they can meet DEI ambitions—now and in the longer term.

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At IBM Think, partners are front and center

IBM Business Partners

If you’ve followed IBM over the past few years, you know how critical the IBM Ecosystem is to our growth strategy. It’s why we gave partners access to the same training and enablement as IBMers last year, launched a new partner program in January, and continue investing in and growing the IBM Ecosystem. So, it should come as no surprise that partners are front and center during our annual Think conference this week.

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GitLab Partners with Tech Data to Bolster DevOps Security

Channel Insider

Major DevOps platform vendor GitLab has substantially boosted its channel ambitions across APAC, appointing Tech Data as a regional distributor. Under the agreement, Tech Data will bring GitLab’s DevSecOps platform to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and Japan. “Today, with the rise in the need for speedier software development and relatively simple upgrades to existing deployments, there is an increased focus on rapid IT service delivery through the adopti

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New Partners Bring Global Perspectives on AI Governance to Partnership on AI

Partnership on AI

Share Our Blog / Blog Announcements New Partners Bring Global Perspectives on AI Governance to Partnership on AI PAI Staff May 9, 2023 Content Wrapper Click here to start editing --> Content Row Click here to start editing --> Partnership on AI (PAI) is proud to welcome Data Economy Policy Hub (DepHUB), Fairly AI, and The Future Society to our Partner community.

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How to Measure the ROI of IT Operations

IT is viewed as a cost center by organizations. In troubling economic times, this puts intense pressure on IT to demonstrate value for IT investments. Register for this webinar to learn how to quantify the intrinsic benefits of IT using analytics.

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Agile insurance: Lessons from leaders of Greek insurer Interamerican

McKinsey & Company

Interamerican demonstrates how Southern European insurers can launch a successful agile transformation within their own cultural contexts.

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Reshaping IT automation with IBM Watson Code Assistant

IBM Business Partners

In today’s digital world, business and IT leaders are turning to automation to improve operational efficiency, increase employee productivity and, ultimately, boost business performance. At IBM, we believe that organizations need AI coupled with automation to help developers reduce time to productivity. By empowering employees with automation and AI technologies like machine learning , deep learning , and natural language processing , IT organizations can narrow skills gaps and enable deve

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The Last Days of Executives: Retirement and Beyond

INSEAD Knowledge

Negotiating the final years of active work is a difficult period of transition. It’s a time of unprecedented uncertainties that can elicit strong emotions associated with losing a long-held occupational identity. What’s more, the boundaries of these “last days”* are changing. Life expectancy has increased by two to three years every decade since 1840, while huge investments continue to pour into research on age-related treatments.

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10 Free Managed Services Pricing Templates (+ Tips)

Channel Insider

A managed service pricing template helps managed service providers (MSPs) effectively communicate the value of their offerings and attract potential clients. This template enables MSPs to not only list the prices of their services, but also transparently justify their pricing. Having a few clear and flexible pricing templates can help you create an appealing pricing model that fosters client satisfaction and drives revenue growth.

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Mastering Intent Data: Understanding its Importance & Best Practices

Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union

In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or just getting started, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

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How agtech is poised to transform India into a farming powerhouse

McKinsey & Company

Technology is rapidly reshaping agriculture in India, creating investment opportunities, lifting up rural areas, and feeding the world.

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How IBM is helping organizations accelerate their adoption of intelligent automation solutions

IBM Business Partners

This week, we’re thrilled to bring together thousands of IBM clients, partners, business leaders and stakeholders at our annual Think® Conference being held in Orlando, Florida. For IBM, Think is all about how we support organizations in their digital transformation and help them compete in their markets via the use of technological innovation.

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Benefits of Procurement Analysis | CenterPoint Group

CenterPoint Group

You know processes for identifying needed goods and services, finding and evaluating suppliers, and negotiating and managing contracts. But have you discovered the power of procurement analytics ? If not, you’re missing one of the most effective ways to maximize processes and position your organization for greater success. Read on for a brief introduction to data analytics, how they can help you assess and improve your processes, and procurement analytics solutions for getting the greatest possi

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