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HUAWEI eKit makes digital business easy for distributors

CIO

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) aren’t just businesses; they’re the pillars that uphold the global economy, accounting for 50% of global GDP and 70% of jobs. SMEs generally have their hands full doing businesses, and often don’t have the dedicated teams to lead digital transformation projects on their behalf.

Business 804
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8 ways IT can help supercharge your sales team

CIO

Without revenue from sales of products or services, a business becomes little more than a hobby or a charitable organization. Building sales requires a well-equipped sales team, and in today’s digital world, that means IT must become a strong support partner. Data should be both insightful and actionable.

Sales 691
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What is Competitive Analysis? A B2B Marketer's Guide

Crayon

Your business doesn’t exist in a vacuum. A change in your closest competitor’s lead generation strategy drives an acute drop in opportunities for your sales team. As a B2B marketer, you can’t control how your closest competitor goes about generating leads. A strong economy drives a sustained boost in demand for your solution.

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7 steps for turning shadow IT into a competitive edge

CIO

Following are seven steps to guide this transformation for competitive advantage. But to do so, IT leaders must first shine a light on what’s occurring in the shadows by expanding the scope of business leaders they engage with, increasing the frequency of their dialogue, and diving deeper into employee workflows.

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12 Actionable Outcomes of Competitive Intelligence

Crayon

Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a function that fits into every business strategy. No matter what your product or service is, you’ve got competitors fighting to win the same business as you and crafting strategies to stand out from the rest of your market.

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Salesforce launches Starter to ward off competition in the SMB segment

CIO

Salesforce has made its customer relationship management (CRM) suite, dubbed Starter, generally available in an effort to garner more market share in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) segment as it faces stiff competition from rivals such as Zoho. So, what is Salesforce Starter?

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

Business 622