7 years ago049ONCE upon a time, IT had a special place in most organizations. Working under G&A or finance, or reporting directly to the CEO, IT was the group that other departments had to petition in order to find appropriate technology solutions for their business needs. However, according to a new report commissioned by Hewlett Packard...
7 years ago0100HSBC is offering £2,500 ‘sweeteners’ to employees who convince colleagues to move from the bank’s current UK HQ in Canary Wharf to Birmingham – Guardian reports.
The bonus scheme, offering payouts from £750 to £2500, dependent on the seniority of the relocating employee, was created as Britain’s biggest bank struggles to...
7 years ago071A major upgrade is in the works for Haiti to position the country as a hub for information and technology.
That’s the mission of some of the world’s leading companies – Google, Facebook, Uber and Airbnb – following a two-day technology summit.
Dubai-based Haitian-American entrepreneur Christine Souffrant Ntim, the founding...
7 years ago066It wasn't exactly the Tech Wreck mark 2, but Friday's dumping of Wall Street's digital darlings is a warning that things are looking rather pricey on US markets.
It was the biggies — Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google's parent Alphabet — that did the damage, all falling more than 3 per cent.
The banks and energy stocks fared...
7 years ago079Overwhelmed by all the marketing technology ‘platforms,’ ‘solutions,’ and ‘tools’? You have reason to be.
The marketing technology landscape has grown nearly 40 percent in the past year, from about 3,500 software offerings in 2016 to 5,381 in 2017, according to Scott Brinker, program chair of the MarTech conference and...
7 years ago076With more than one-fourth of 2017 over, many businesses feel pressured to achieve the goals they set for themselves at the beginning of the year. Next year’s resolutions are months away, but there are still changes happening this year that will heavily influence the practice of marketing in years to come. Here are some of the biggest...
7 years ago049Google’s 20% rule has attracted much attention from employees and employers alike – with many people praising the legislation for its innovative approach to work-life balance.
The rule allows Google workers to spend 20% of their time on anything they want, allowing for staff to embolden their creative juices.
However,...
7 years ago048Bernard (Bernie) Gulachek has been appointed vice president for information technology and chief information officer at the University of Minnesota, pending approval by the University’s Board of Regents at its June meeting. Gulachek has served as interim vice president and chief information officer at the University since September...
7 years ago047University of Kentucky Information Technology Services (ITS) recently announced the launch of its new website: www.uky.edu/its. Features include a clean and cohesive design with simplified content and navigation.
“Our goal is to give our customers the most user friendly experience possible and to make it easy for them to find help...
7 years ago049Just because college students grew up with the Internet doesn’t mean that they are natural experts at digital marketing. It’s one reason that Bentley marketing professor Ian Cross forged a first-of-its-kind educational partnership with the digital marketing platform HubSpot, providing Bentley students the opportunity to become...
7 years ago058The increasing use of technological advancements could see Malaysia lose 65% of current jobs by 2027, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan, as reported in The Sun Daily.
He cited that the fourth Industrial Revolution, more commonly known as the digital era, will see the radical advancement...
7 years ago051BOSTON, June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer Data Platform and Marketing Automation vendor BlueVenn, and Martech Analytics and Campaign Management specialists Inka Solutions, have today announced a new partnership to provide a full-service marketing technology and consultancy offering to the News Media.
Using BlueVenn's leading...