Wed.Jul 19, 2023

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Dissecting Alstom’s three-part IT strategy

CIO

Alstom builds high-speed trains, subways, monorails, and trams, but also develops turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signaling, and digital mobility. And with a presence in 70 countries and around 74,000 employees, 3,100 of which are in Spain, the French multinational has important weight in the country, where it introduced a high-speed train, the first automatic metro, the latest generation signaling systems, and the return of the modern tram.

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10 Clever Ways To Use WhatsApp For Business

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Today’s customers know what they want. Across the board, marketing and customer experience trends today reveal that customers prefer highly personalized services, including product recommendations and direct access to customer support. One way that organizations can provide direct interactions with customers and attentive, personalized care is to utilize messaging apps.

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Lexmark International’s Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership

CIO

As software and data move to the center of a company’s products and services, the background and skills of the executive leadership team must evolve. When IoT becomes the driver of a new solutions P&L, the general manager of that business will need more technology acumen than general managers of the past. And when software shifts from enabling the revenue stream to being the revenue stream, the focus of the chief technologist must expand from internal productivity to the external market.

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Monitoring News Sources for Competitor Information

Aqute Intelligence

To stay one step ahead of your competition, you need to know what they’re doing. Monitoring your market rivals for new developments is a key component of any competitor analysis. While there are many ways to keep tabs on competitors, scanning the news to see what kind of coverage they’re receiving lets you know their activities and how consumers and the general public are reacting to them.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Data Matchup: Showcasing Stats of the Women’s World Cup

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The 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup marks some changes to the tournament: the number of teams grew from 24 to 32, and two countries will host this year’s competition: Australia and New Zealand. This year’s Cup kicks off an interesting trend—the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be split among three host countries, and the 2027 Cup has already received multiple joint-country bids.

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How Generative AI Can Empower B2B Marketers

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A note from the Weidert Group editors: Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) has to be one of the top marketing buzzwords in 2023, and for good reason. Any tool that has the power to disrupt an entire profession should be sought to be understood and used responsibly. And of course, our friends at HubSpot — who are always leaders in marketing technology — are part of the conversation as both thought leaders and software developers of tools like ChatSpot and HubSpot Content Assistant.

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THE REBRAND: InfoDesk ushers in a new era of Intelligence

WideNARROW

We are thrilled to unveil our rebrand, signaling a transformative chapter in InfoDesk's evolution. This milestone follows InfoDesk's recent acquisition of leading insights management platform, Wide Narrow , which is core to our new solution offering. The rebrand represents a fresh injection of energy throughout our company and innovative product stack, solidifying InfoDesk's commitment to meeting the evolving needs of businesses in an increasingly dynamic landscape.

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Why IT Leaders Are Embracing Edge Computing: Security, Serviceability, and Scalability

Dataversity

To counter current economic pressures such as inflation, scarce talent, and supply constraints, 80% of companies are increasing investments in digital technology, according to a report by Gartner. Driving these initiatives are IT leaders, who – depending on the industry they work in – are increasingly doing so in operational environments like factories, production sites, and even […] The post Why IT Leaders Are Embracing Edge Computing: Security, Serviceability, and Scalability appeared fi

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AuguStar Retirement enters the annuity marketplace offering best-in-class products and services, led by a team of market-tested industry leaders

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CINCINNATI, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Constellation Insurance, Inc. (Constellation) announces the entry of AuguStar Retirement into the annuity marketplace, committed to creating value for clients and forging long-term advisor relationships. Constellation is a leading insurance holding company serving consumers and small business owners in the United States and Latin America through its family of insurance companies which collectively have over $34 billion in assets under management as

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Bulletproofing your threat surface with the Microsoft security ecosystem

CIO

Since Satya Nadella took the helm in 2014, Microsoft has doubled down on its support for non-Microsoft technologies. Its commitment to Linux turned what might have been a Windows Server-based cloud computing backwater into the Microsoft Azure powerhouse, the only public cloud to give the AWS juggernaut a serious run for its money. This “plays well with others” strategy has proved wildly successful for Microsoft across its entire product line, even though it has always been strongest when deliver

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Empowering citizen developers for real business impact

CIO

Given the important role of software applications in powering business processes and the shortage of experienced programmers, it should not be surprising that citizen development is on the rise. Citizen developers are business users who build new applications or modify existing ones without needing help from the IT or development functions. While it’s one thing to have citizen developers in place to provide tactical help when professional developers are not available, it’s another to empower b

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