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Effective Competition Depends on Continuous Delivery of Quality Software In today’s application economy every company is a software company, no matter what industry it is in: • Shipping companies depend on logistics software to efficiently route packages, arrange drivers and automate warehouses. • Retail companies rely on software to manage inventory, engage with customers online and to give in-store associates the tools they need to answer customer questions on the spot. • Marketing firms lean on applications to gather consumer data and parse it, automate communication with prospects and effectively manage advertising campaigns. The examples are endless. The point is that in order to compete today, every business must be able to quickly build and tweak software to adjust to always evolving market demands. Ultimately, business success depends on faster development iterations while still maintaining the high quality of service expected by customers, stakeholders and end users.

With high user expectations shifting faster than ever, the software landscape is evolving at a feverish pace to deliver higher–quality software—and testing must be able to keep up. CA has worked with Paul Gerrard, Principal, Gerrard Consulting, to identify some of the new challenges that the digital economy presents for testing, and the trends that have emerged to meet them. We cover some of these topics in this e–book.

The pace of change is accelerating. Customer expectations, competitive shifts and regulatory changes are disrupting global markets—and the way you do business. In this fast-paced application economy, software is at the heart of every business, driving every industry. Gone are the days when you could build an application or product and then go years without changing much. To survive the disruptive outside forces lurking around practically every corner, you have to stay on top of your game and a step ahead of competitors. Your peers at other companies are likely facing challenges similar to yours, yet you see them leading the industry by consistently sensing market opportunities and delivering innovative new products. How do they do it? Find out by downloading this whitepaper.

Das Tempo der Veränderungen wird schneller. Kundenerwartungen, Veränderungen bei Mitbewerbern und Änderungen an Vorschriften stellen globale Märkte auf den Kopf – und Ihre Geschäftstätigkeit auch. In dieser schnellen, neuen Application Economy stehen Softwarelösungen im Mittelpunkt aller Unternehmen und Branchen. Die Zeiten sind vorbei, in denen Sie eine Anwendung oder ein Produkt entwerfen und es dann jahrelang so gut wie unverändert anbieten konnten. Um die umwälzenden externen Faktoren zu überleben, die praktisch hinter jeder Ecke lauern, müssen Sie die Nase vorn behalten und den Mitbewerbern einen Schritt voraus sein. Personen in Ihrer Position in anderen Unternehmen stehen wahrscheinlich vor ähnlichen Herausforderungen wie Sie, sind jedoch marktführend, indem sie fortlaufend Marktchancen erkennen und innovative neue Produkte bereitstellen. Wie machen die das?

While the real cost of losing an employee is difficult to measure and can vary widely depending on job complexity, one study by the Center for American Progress found that turnover for workers earning less than $50,000 annually cost 21% of their annual salary. With the U.S. economy nearing full employment, competition for talent is getting fierce, which means that attracting and retaining quality talent is now more important than ever. Luckily, there are affordable ways to make your company more competitive at attracting and retaining talent. Offering higher quality, affordable, comprehensive benefits has never been more important. And one of the most important and affordable benefits that you can improve is your company’s 401(k). But just how does one turn their 401(k) into a powerful recruiting and retention tool? In this White Paper, we’ll walk you through five strategies that forward-thinking companies are already using to turn their 401(k)s into strategic business drivers that att

In today’s global economy, companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to disaster recovery. It can take days to restore branch operations. Branch converged infrastructure delivers local performance, stores data safely in the datacenter, and enables instant recovery.

"Applications are at the core of digital transformation. Intrinsically linked to the success of digital initiatives and the apps that power them are the areas of DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Underpinning all of these is the area of application performance management (APM). Read this study from Enterprise Management Associates to discover: 10 key factors impacting APM practices in the digital economy. APM requirements for DevOps and Continuous Delivery. How APM addresses other top challenges in a cloud- and digital-centric business."

The path forward is clear: the best practices organizations have already taken the first steps to establish a stronghold with the application of Mobile Workforce Management Solutions. They are already at the vanguard of technology adoption, implementation, and usage. However, as the global services economy continues to expand, all services organizations that expect to compete successfully in their respective market space will need to embrace the state-of-the-art technologies that will allow them to survive – and thrive – in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Copenhagen’s strong asset management tradition has its roots in the Danish labour market model, where employees and employers have created a unique pension system. Since its inception in the 1970s, it has amassed assets of over EUR 500bn. Pension assets amount to twice Denmark’s GDP, which is more than four times the OECD average.

At RICOH, we believe how people work in 10 or 20 years time, is something we can prepare for, today. Watch this video to find out more.

Strengthen your business from the inside out by taking control of operational expenditures. Download this white paper now and learn the secret strategies to staying recession-proof.

New platforms and business-user tools are helping to defray the consequences of a less than robust economy.

In today’s global economy, innovation matters. For teams to innovate rapidly and with great frequency, they must be able to clearly communicate and closely collaborate. Miscommunication, misunderstanding and misinterpretation only leads to costly errors, bottlenecked business processes and market misfires. Most of these issues are avoidable.

In today’s global economy, innovation matters. For teams to innovate rapidly and with great frequency, they must be able to clearly communicate and closely collaborate. Miscommunication, misunderstanding and misinterpretation only leads to costly errors, bottlenecked business processes and market misfires. Most of these issues are avoidable.

The world of work is changing. Not so long ago, most employees reported to a “desk job” in an office, and companies recruited talent locally. Businesses now recognize that to compete in an increasingly uncertain economy—and to attract skilled workers—they need to become more flexible, particularly about where employees work.

Many companies are adding integrated recognition and reward strategies specifically to engage employees, enhance the employee experience, and drive shared responsibility for reaching corporate goals throughout the organization. This white paper from TharpeRobbins shows you how performance-driven rewards help our clients move beyond traditional service and safety reward programs to new levels of employee recognition.

It’s no secret that more companies are adopting cloud ERP solutions to help them grow their operations while keeping overhead costs low to better compete in the global economy. Cloud solutions deliver increased agility, responsiveness, and real-time insights to improve operational efficiency and increase profits. Although broader ERP solutions can provide value, focusing on the needs of your specific industry requirements can enhance your investment. Join this webcast, sponsored by Sage, to learn how an industry-focused cloud ERP strategy can help your business grow.

The digital economy is upending all industries and processes, placing a premium on speed, customer satisfaction, personalized products, and collaboration. These dynamics require companies to adopt a digitized, extended supply chain model that can respond immediately to dynamic changes and satisfy increasingly demanding customers.

- Supply Chains are already complex as they are – why on earth would we want to extend them? Because it’s an end-consumer driven economy. We expect to purchase products and services through multiple channels and of course we want to have these products delivered the same day. Of course the product is individualized based on my specific requirements, and yes, it goes without saying, that the products need to be compliant to regulations and standards.

Experts say the demand for electricity, natural gas, and water will double or triple as billions of people join the digital economy, and the use of energy and water will grow while vehicles and mass transit go electric. One thing is clear – the digital economy needs clean, dependable, and affordable electricity. This should be a great outlook for power generators, distributors, and retailers, but decarbonization, deregulation, and decentralization are disrupting the century-old utilities hierarchy. A “Digital Energy Network” is emerging that reflects new structures of power generation, transmission, distribution, and retail. It will foster new business models and processes and transform work in a competitive and collaborative digital economy.

This white paper offers a deeper perspective on digital transformation in our industry. Focusing on how companies in the high tech industry can stay competitive and in turn pioneer new growth and innovation across all industries in this new digital world.

In the new digital economy, competition, consumer engagement, and operational effectiveness are fundamentally changing, and accelerating. New competitors are redefining the landscape at unprecedented rates. Building and keeping trust mean delivering exceptional brand experiences, every time, via agile processes that balance consumer needs with cost to serve. One size does not fit all. Engaging consumers and capitalizing on new opportunities depend on the capacity to identify, act on, and deliver high-value experiences and outcomes like joy, confidence, security, and control, all in the span of a moment, exactly where and when a consumer or business need arises. Miss the moment, miss the opportunity.

Manufacturing is a prominent pillar of American growth and prosperity. According to the National Association of Manufacturers, every $1 invested in the manufacturing sector returned $1.81 to the economy in 2015.

In our increasingly global economy, it’s no surprise that more and more businesses are taking their contact centers global. This trend may be driven by several factors including entry into new markets and the consequent need to support customers and prospects in multiple regions or an acquisition that suddenly opens new geographies for business. This paper explores how a cloud contact center solution can help address key challenges of deploying a global contact center.

For any business that wants to successfully compete in today’s digital economy, it is not a question of if but rather how much of their business will be done with cloud applications. A cloud application is one with many endpoints including browsers, mobile devices, and/or machines that are geographically distributed. The application is intensely transactional (high velocity reads and/or writes), always available, and instantaneously responsive no matter the number of users or machines using the application. Download this free white paper and explore how DataStax customers are delivering real-time value at epic scale with their cloud applications. Explore the core database requirements that make businesses successful with cloud applications, which include continuous availability, linear scale, and geographic distribution.