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How Blockchain And AI Will Affect Businesses In The Next 10 Years
12/6/2021
Two disruptive technologies are gaining more and more prominence that will shape the course of people’s lives and culture over the next ten years: blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Both are experiencing expanded use and innovation, but not without some worries concerning how these technologies will be wielded.
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Retaining Top Tech Talent Requires A Continuous Improvement Mentality
12/2/2021
The tech industry, always tasked with driving transformations for its clients and users, is undergoing a transformation of its own. There is currently a significant gap between open technology jobs and the supply of qualified technology professionals in the market, which has resulted in a major market imbalance. Businesses are scrambling to both find and retain talent thanks to the perfect storm of COVID-19-related job burnout, competition, craving a change, and the need to feel valued. A recent survey states that about one-third of the information-technology professionals interviewed said they plan to look for a different job in the next few months. With the rising costs of hiring and onboarding a new employee, it is no wonder that many tech companies are uneasy about the future.
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How To Successfully Monetize SaaS Applications: Building A Software Monetization Approach With The Future In Mind
11/30/2021
The easy path isn’t always the right path. This is sometimes the case when an enterprise software company identifies its strategy for implementing entitlements and license enforcement for software as a service (SaaS) applications. Rather than building something quickly that works for an immediate need, product leaders should approach entitlement management and enforcement with scale, flexibility, and future business models in mind.
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Enhancing 5G/LTE Performance And Security With SD-WAN
11/25/2021
The 5G/LTE mobile network changes the way people do their jobs and connect to corporate networks. It expands the frequency ranges that devices can leverage, giving individuals more access to faster data speeds and better user experiences. To help customers enjoy these benefits, however, partners must ensure this fast, flexible connectivity is built, managed, and secured similarly to other networks. This is where SD-WAN comes into play.
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Riding The Digital Transformation: Why Enterprises Are Reengineering Their Cloud Infrastructure
11/22/2021
Post 2020, how are you approaching the cloud? The rapid and unexpected digital transformation of 2020 forced enterprises worldwide to quickly mobilize workers using cloud resources. Now, as the world returns to an altered normal, it’s time for organizations to revisit their cloud infrastructure components with a fresh perspective. Hybrid work environments, industry transformations, changing consumer behavior, and growing cyber threats have all affected the way we do business. Now it might be time to change your cloud.
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The Ballad Of A Cybersecurity Leader
11/18/2021
Balancing protective strategy with a vision for growth and empathy for staff.
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Finding Keepers: How To Find, Build, And Keep Top Sales Reps
11/15/2021
The “Great Resignation” trend has people voluntarily leaving jobs in unheard-of numbers, their sensing a gap between the life they seek and the path they were on. Addressing your Sales Rep staffing due to the pandemic presents an opportunity to upend recruiting as a front-end transaction, putting in its place a method to manage the life cycle of a long-term Rep. IT Solution Providers’ top needs include 1) increasing sales and 2) finding/keeping top people.
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Liquid Cooling Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
11/15/2021
With the advancements in computer technology, we are seeing some of the most powerful computers in history – but they are also the hottest. With the latest generation of CPUs from Intel and AMD, we’ve seen immense improvements in processing performance – but this also has meant increased power draw and heat generated. As CPUs and GPUs are improving in performance, traditional cooling approaches are struggling to keep up with the heat produced by newer chips. In part one of this article series, we will explore the various factors driving liquid cooling as the new way forward.
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What B2B Financial Companies Can Learn From The Hottest Consumer Fintech Companies
11/15/2021
The pandemic has put the B2B fintech sector in the limelight, and it does not seem to be slowing down; on the contrary, the B2B fintech industry is thriving.
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How To Run A Great Mobile Help Desk While Keeping Costs Down
11/11/2021
Let's face it, supporting mobile solutions isn't as easy as IT traditionally was in the past. To start with, there are more device types, operating systems, and apps, so there's a steeper learning curve. Then, users and devices are usually dispersed, and getting hands on equipment to fix it is more challenging. Add in connectivity hurdles and increased security threats, and you have a very complex environment to manage.