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The Rise of the Connected Advisor

July 23, 2014July 24, 2014 enews

Due to their central role in client relationships, advisors are at the heart of traditional wealth management models. However, the need for advisors to guide clients through options in an opaque market is increasingly being called into question. As information proliferates and technology expands, potentially disruptive new competitors are coming online and forcing wealth managers to reconsider the role of the advisor. New channels for obtaining investment advice and selecting and evaluating advisors are emerging—all with the backdrop of a rapidly changing regulatory landscape. This is broader than just toolsets.…

Data growth and margin expansion

July 23, 2014July 24, 2014 enews

(Fornebu 23 July 2014) Telenor Group is reporting solid financial performance for the second quarter with profitable growth. The results show close to four million new customers, continued revenue growth, a strong EBITDA margin of 36% and an operating cash flow of more than NOK 5.6 billion. Telenor Group reported revenues of NOK 26.8 billion in the quarter, representing an organic revenue growth of 1.6%. “The strong results in Norway reflect the rapid rise in customer demand for mobile data and our ability to provide relevant services supported by superior…

Windows 9 “converged OS” vision for Windows Phone, PC & Xbox shared by Microsoft

July 23, 2014July 24, 2014 enews

Microsoft have promised universal apps for Windows Phone, PC and Xbox with the release of Windows 9 Microsoft is planning to introduce the concept of universal apps for multiple devices with Windows 9, with software for the operating system set to work across Windows Phone, PC and Xbox devices. This will mean that a single version of an app will work across all devices, possibly making Windows more inviting to developers who have previously steered clear of working with Microsoft over iOS and Android. The move puts Microsoft ahead of even Apple…

Prepare for Successfull Millenial Business Relationships Now

July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 enews

Manufacturers will attract and retain more millennial customers than their competitors if they implement ERP software today. Tork, a professional hygiene brand owned by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA), recently completed its sixth green business survey andproduced crucial information for any business currently dealing with millennials. Millennials, or Generation Y, include young people born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. The Gen Y population is not only the group most dedicated to the purchase of sustainable products, it will also pay a higher price for them and has done so more consistently than…

What to Look for When Choosing a Small Business CRM

July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 enews

Customer relationship management (CRM) sounds great on paper. The technology can enable a company to build and improve customer relationships, provide better customer service, boost sales, and automate business analytics using a single, centralized solution. Not every organization that rolls out a CRM system, however, sees rewards. For some businesses, the investment does nothing to streamline processes or maximize revenue but rather results in a waste of time and money. The problems stem not from CRM itself but from poor implementation. According to a 2013 study from Merkle Group, 63…

One Simple Solution to Unite the CIO and CMO

July 21, 2014July 21, 2014 enews

Why can’t CIOs and CMOs just get along? Based on my experience, there is one primary reason why their relationship is adversarial: the CIO and CMO can’t agree on who is responsible for what, so they are perpetually trampling on each other’s toes. Our 2014 Digital IQ study identified a strong CIO-CMO partnership as one of the five critical behaviors to maximizing the value from digital technology investments. The majority (70%) of top performers in our study, those companies in the top quartile for revenue growth, profitability, and innovation, had strong relationships…

Virtualization and Cloud Security Hub

July 20, 2014July 20, 2014 enews

Security Solutions Offer MSPs a Great Opportunity for Business Growth, But Service Providers Must Address the Licensing Issues Managed services providers (MSPs) are experiencing a world of change these days, as cloud computing and the “as-a-service” trend continues to grow and have a huge impact on virtually every aspect of IT. Consider the impact that the growth of public cloud services from Amazon Web Services and other providers has had on IT operations. And think about how much virtualization technologies from vendors such as VMware has changed the way data…

IDC Health Insights Launches Information Management Framework for Big Data and Analytics Projects

July 20, 2014July 20, 2014 enews

IDC Health Insights today revealed a new methodology to help healthcare organizations navigate the challenges of Big Data and analytics (BDA) projects aimed at supporting the achievement of integrated care objectives. As European health systems face increasing pressure on care services due to resource constraints and an aging population with chronic diseases, integrated care seems an ideal solution to address health system sustainability challenges. Integrated care pathways, involving greater collaboration between hospital and primary care as well as social care settings, will require information to be relevant to the context in…

Skype Translator breaks the barrier between different languages (video)

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 enews

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced “Skype Translator”, a ground breaking feature which would allow two people speaking in different languages to have audio conversations. At the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a development to that project — Skype Translator now facilitates video conferencing as well. On stage, a Microsoft executive demonstrated the feature by speaking to a German person through a Skype Video call in front of 16,000 people and the CEO. The demonstration showed real-time audio translation from English to German, and vice versa. Nadella hopes…

Microsoft ready to go head-to-head with Chromebooks and Android tablets

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 enews

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told an audience at the 2014 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that economy Windows 8 laptops and tablets are on the way. It’s no secret that the de facto dominance of the traditional PC — and by extension, that of the Microsoft Windows operating system — has been declining in recent years. Microsoft and its partners got caught sleeping as new tech trends chipped away at their relevance and market share. However, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner revealed at the 2014 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that Microsoft is…