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Hyperautomation without the hype

Since it was named the number one strategic technology trend in 2020, hyperautomation is predicted to generate a global addressable market of almost $600 billion in 2022. For firms seeking to enhance their competitive edge and exploit...

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Is Trust the Real Obstacle to Hybrid and Remote Work?

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky discusses why in order to succeed in the future of work, bosses will have to be trained to overcome proximity bias and evaluate employees based on productivity, not on facetime.

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Wrike CEO seeks a better world of work

Andrew Filev of Wrike sold his company to Citrix for $2.25bn on the promise of a more elegant digital workplace

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The power of async in managing stress in the hybrid work era

Working asynchronously can overcome new types of stress that have emerged in the hybrid work era, such as burnout, toxic productivity, and the need for validation. Companies with the right set of technological tools and workplace...

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How leaders can support IT staff wellbeing in a post-Covid world

As businesses settle into hybrid working, how can leaders better support employee wellbeing? Helena Nimmo, CIO at Endava, outlines four things that business leaders can do to implement a long-term sustainable hybrid working model that...

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Contextual AI holds the key to its business value

Through pattern detection, machine learning is already transforming business processes by making sense of and automatically capturing and filing incoming content. Yet it is only when intelligent process automation is applied with...

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Business Process Management (BPM): Which solution is best?

Peerspot users review the highest reviewed solutions in the business process management (BPM) market.

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Engineered data maps out your business' future

Collecting data provides little value if it is not engineered into insight that can allow business navigation.

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A warning from 2006, CIOs be aware

Demand for automation is an opportunity for CIOs and CTOs, but is not new.

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How will companies manage skills gaps?

More money? More training? More contractors? How are businesses going to cope with the tech skills crisis?

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Women in the workplace and why equity matters

Studies have consistently shown that boosting diversity and gender equity in the workplace benefits organisations and their bottom lines, and researchers have confirmed that having more women in the workplace increases well-being for...

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Employers: workplace training must move with the times or risk losing staff

How immersive technologies can help to upskill and retain staff in the midst of a talent and recruitment crisis.

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Addressing ageism in tech will help to rectify the industry’s digital skills shortage

In this piece, Sam Schofield, Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales at online learning provider Udacity, discusses why an age-diverse workforce is imperative for business success and how tech companies can strive to...

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Africa 2022: Supply Chain and payment revolution

The enactment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1st 2021 has sprung a lot of conversations about intercontinental trading. But technology has already overtaken these conversations.

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IT certifications grow in pay, reversing a three-year downward trend

IT certifications are still earning substantially less than non-certified tech skills on average - but the gap may be closing

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Change fatigue: What can businesses do to help employee wellbeing

Employee wellbeing dramatically decreased following the uncertainty the pandemic has caused around the world. Recent data reveals 4 in 5 people have described themselves as being gripped by change fatigue. But what can companies do to...

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How can fast-growth IT businesses secure investment?

Mark Nunny, investor at BGF, has spent the last decade investing in and overseeing the growth strategies of successful tech businesses across a broad range of sectors. Here, he shares exactly how IT companies hoping to appeal to...

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MVX: Making freight shipping easier and coordinated using digital technology in Africa

How a digital freight startup is helping traders tackle ocean freight challenges in Africa.

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