OCBC Bank’s New HR App includes AI-Powered Chatbot

8 years ago0413 OCBC Bank has launched a comprehensive human resource mobile application, HR In Your Pocket, which includes an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that is integrated with the bank’s HR information system to provide immediate and personalised responses. This places OCBC as the first bank in Singapore to have launched such an...

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BlackBerry Offers Software for Running Computer Systems on Cars

8 years ago0331 BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) (BBRY.O) said on Wednesday it has developed new software for running complex computer systems on vehicles, giving the once dominant smartphone maker a leg up in a burgeoning segment of the technology market. The company declined to name any automakers who plan to use the technology, but senior BlackBerry...

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2 Unexpected Lessons On Marketing Transformation From ANA's Masters Of B2B Marketing Conference

8 years ago0343 Last week in Chicago, B2B marketers gathered under the theme of “Change by Design” at the annual Masters of B2B Marketing Conference, presented by ANA Business Marketing. Among the various presentations by industry thought leaders and marketing practitioners were two subjects that should provoke marketing change agents to reexamine...

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Illumio Raises $125 Million as Cyber Security Firm Targets Sales Growth

8 years ago0354 Cyber security firm Illumio said on Wednesday that it has raised $125 million in a funding round led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management that will help finance product development and international expansion as the unprofitable, privately-held company looks to increase sales. Existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, General...

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IKEA to Try Selling Through Third Parties

8 years ago0340 IKEA plans to test selling its products on websites other than its own, the head of brand and strategy owner Inter IKEA Group said on Wednesday, as the world's biggest home furnishing retailer targets more online customers. The move means IKEA's customers may soon be able to buy its flat-pack furniture and other home furnishings...

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Google Staff Ditch HR and Start Own Harassment Blog

8 years ago0300 The department which handles any form of harassment is HR. But at Google there’s another way – an employee-run message board. ‘Yes, at Google’ collates anonymous submissions from Google and Alphabet and circulates them companywide, according to five current recipients who work there – Bloomberg reports. These current...

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Technology - Marketing's Greatest Asset

8 years ago0375 Banks must fully utilize technology and data analytics to build a relationship with their customers and become a lifestyle brand. Marketing used to be about gut instinct, professional relationships, and creative flair. Not anymore. It has shifted from an art, to a science. Today, good marketing is about understanding technology and...

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BGC Plans Spinoff of Newmark Unit in IPO Before Year End: CEO

8 years ago0361 BGC Partners Inc (BGCP.O) plans to spin off its Newmark Grubb Knight Frank real estate services unit in an initial public offering before the end of the year, Chief Executive Officer Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday. BGC said in February it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on a proposed IPO for the unit to...

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A Birdseye Views of Alternative Finance

8 years ago0314 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has kicked off an inquiry into the U.S.’ SME finance space to understand how lenders lend to small businesses — or even define what they are. “Small businesses fuel America’s economic engine, create jobs and nurture communities. Yet little is known about how well the lending...

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Should HR Put Working Parents in the Office Crèche?

8 years ago0324 Co-working spaces, with childcare facilities on-site, are offering working parents an affordable and manageable way back into the workplace – Financial Times reports. Dubbed “workplace hybrids”, these spaces offer parents close proximity to their children, without the immediate need for constant care, and a space to work...

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Uber's Head of Finance is Leaving

8 years ago0296 Uber’s head of finance, Gautam Gupta, is leaving the company in July, The Wall Street Journal reports. TechCrunch has since confirmed this news with Uber. Gupta’s plan is to join another San Francisco-based startup as COO, but it’s not clear what that startup is. News of his impending departure comes as Uber has reported losses of...

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Why Gartner Believes Cities Need to Pursue Digital Transformation

8 years ago0294 Digital transformation has not laid an easy path for municipalities, but it’s one they must follow if they wish to grow, according to a lead researcher with consulting firm Gartner Inc. Simply put, present municipal governing practices aren’t sustainable, Gartner public sector research director Bill Finnerty told attendees at the...

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