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Keep your head in the cloud: improving the order-to-cash process

Keep your head in the cloud: improving the order-to-cash process

By Adriaan Kom, CCO at Visma | Onguard In a short space of time, many businesses have had their digital transformation journeys accele..

These days Tik-Tokers can move markets more than investment analysts…

These days Tik-Tokers can move markets more than investment analysts…

By Henry Adefope (ACSI), Associate Director, SEC Newgate UK  So, there are two major types of security risk associated with buying a s..

How omnichannel identity servers help enterprises enhance customer experience, unlock cost savings and accelerate time to market

How omnichannel identity servers help enterprises enhance customer experience, unlock cost savings and accelerate time to market

By Dinali Daberera, Associate Lead Solutions Engineer, WS02   The world is now emphatically digital-first, and the pace of the tr..

Eclipse boosts travel as Americans chase rare celestial event

Eclipse boosts travel as Americans chase rare celestial event

By Steven Watmore, Product Manager, Sage UKI National Payroll Week – admittedly it’s not an awareness week on everyb..

Iraq and Total sign $27 billion energy projects deal

Iraq and Total sign $27 billion energy projects deal

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – France’s Total will build four giant energy projects in southern Iraq under a $27 bil..

Cargill opens new Brazil pectin factory, first outside Europe

Cargill opens new Brazil pectin factory, first outside Europe

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian unit of U.S. commodities trader Cargill has finished building a new facility to ..

Ryanair passenger numbers rise in August to 11.1 million

Ryanair passenger numbers rise in August to 11.1 million

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair on Thursday said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August, 75% of the number the budget airline carr..

Exclusive-Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

Exclusive-Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant pos..

Google appeals French 500 million eur copyright fine

Google appeals French 500 million eur copyright fine

PARIS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it was appealing a “disproportionate” 500 million euro (..

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

PARIS (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman’s Pershing Square fund has committed to acquire an additio..

Enhancing Credit Exposure Management Through Graph Analytics

Enhancing Credit Exposure Management Through Graph Analytics

By Subramanian Venkataraman & Kallol Bhaumik ABSTRACT Direct and indirect exposures to supply chains caused sizeable losses to cre..

Four ways impact acts as a source of value for startups and investors

Four ways impact acts as a source of value for startups and investors

By Nicholas Andreou, Investment Manager, Big Society Capital As part of Big Society Capital’s (the leading social impact-led investor)..

Open Finance and Smart Ecosystems Won’t Wait for Banks

Open Finance and Smart Ecosystems Won’t Wait for Banks

By Frank Saavedra-Lim, Senior Partner at Teradata  One of the greatest business visionaries of recent times, former CEO Andy Grove of ..

Why financial services companies should consider RFPs in their digital transformation strategies

Why financial services companies should consider RFPs in their digital transformation strategies

  By Tobias Dawes, CEO and Founder of Avnio There’s no doubt that the financial services sector will be instrumental..

The future of financial services – how APIs are fuelling the rapid rise of Open Banking

The future of financial services – how APIs are fuelling the rapid rise of Open Banking

By James Hirst, COO & Co-Founder, Tyk The global banking industry is witnessing the emergence of new, disruptive techn..

Human Robotics: Will Robots replace Bankers?

Human Robotics: Will Robots replace Bankers?

By Amanda Greenwood, Tax Cloud and Myriad Associates    We can’t argue that technology has provided us with some fantastic opportuniti..

Listen, Care, Share: Ofwat’s latest report on the water industry’s handling of customers during the pandemic

Listen, Care, Share: Ofwat’s latest report on the water industry’s handling of customers during the pandemic

Ofwat, the non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales, has published a dee..

A Modern SOC Should Include a Threat Intelligence Practice, Leverage Your New MSSP/MDR SOC Contract to Enhance Global SecOps Maturity

A Modern SOC Should Include a Threat Intelligence Practice, Leverage Your New MSSP/MDR SOC Contract to Enhance Global SecOps Maturity

By Anthony Perridge Cyber threat intelligence is now being used by organisations of all sizes across industries and geographies. In fa..

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners submitted a binding offer worth ..

Tech Amigos provides unrivalled AWS cloud service support for Autorama Group’s leading brand, Vanarama

Tech Amigos provides unrivalled AWS cloud service support for Autorama Group’s leading brand, Vanarama

Tech Amigos delivers the technical support needed to ensure Vanarama establishes itself as a disruptor in the automotive leasing marke..

Power to the people: how consumers are calling the shots when it comes to data privacy

Power to the people: how consumers are calling the shots when it comes to data privacy

By Shallu Behar-Sheehan, CMO, Trūata The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized many aspects of everyday life. The way we socially inter..

Looking to the future: redefining enterprise networks

Looking to the future: redefining enterprise networks

By Alan Hayward, Sales & Marketing Manager at SEH Technology.   The COVID-19 pandemic has had an incomprehensible impact on t..

UK passes ‘adequacy’ test but are calls for GDPR protection cuts a step too far?

UK passes ‘adequacy’ test but are calls for GDPR protection cuts a step too far?

By Aoife Sexton, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief of Product Innovation at Trūata For a nerve-racking period of six months, the UK’s da..

The Ballad of Music’s Squeezed Middle

The Ballad of Music’s Squeezed Middle

By Russell Sheffield, founder CEO of music sharing app Trackd    Takes a look at the plight of middle ranking artists faced with ..

The ‘No-Decision Manager’

The ‘No-Decision Manager’

By Grant Tait, author of No-Decision Managers New Book Offers Enlightenment To All Those Who Have Worked With ‘No-Decision Managers’ (..

Why Are Pay Stubs Becoming Increasingly Essential

Why Are Pay Stubs Becoming Increasingly Essential

Firms are constantly looking for ways that simplify their business processes. With an average of 6 million companies in the US, firms ..

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted early on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward..

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

LONDON (Reuters) – McDonald’s said it had taken milkshakes and bottled drinks off the menu at all of its British restauran..

Instagram rolls out ads on Shop tab globally

Instagram rolls out ads on Shop tab globally

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Instagram will launch advertising on its Shop feature globally, the Facebook Inc-owned app said on ..

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

LONDON (Reuters) – McDonald’s said it had taken milkshakes and bottled drinks off the menu at all of its British restauran..

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s post-lockdown economic bounce-back slowed sharply in August as companies struggled with unpre..

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

(Reuters) – Shares in Sainsbury’s jumped 11% to a three-year high on Monday after a report over the weekend said private e..

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

(Reuters) – Big Tech platforms Facebook Inc and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal gov..

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot cal..

Shares edge higher; yen’s drop to 1990 low lifts Nikkei

Shares edge higher; yen’s drop to 1990 low lifts Nikkei

By Alex Saric, Smart Procurement Expert at Ivalua COVID-19 has shifted business focus on cost as revenues across most industries have ..

Are You Prepared for the Surge in Ransomware?

Are You Prepared for the Surge in Ransomware?

By Anthony Perridge, VP International at ThreatQuotient Ransomware attacks are on the rise. VMware recently surveyed 3,542 CISOs acros..

Can banks acquire customers with biometric payment cards?

Can banks acquire customers with biometric payment cards?

By Michel Roig, Senior Vice President, Head of Busines Line Payments & Access, Fingerprints When it comes to banking, ..