ANALYST REPORT:
This IDC Vendor Spotlight reviews Cisco's collaboration services. This paper also reviews IDC research on the overall collaboration market, including unified communications (UC), and looks at the impact and benefits of collaboration services on customers and partners.
EZINE:
The IT skills gap in the Netherlands could be about to narrow as more women take up jobs in the sector. Figures from last year revealed that the number of female ICT professionals grew by 6.5%, while the number of male ICT professionals increased by only 1.7%. Read more about it in this issue.
EZINE:
Oil may be the main fuel to the economies of the Middle East, but the region is trying to break from its reliance on the black stuff. This ezine has already featured articles about the UAE and Saudi Arabia diversifying their economies, with particular interest in fintech.
EZINE:
It's hardly surprising that the Netherlands is pioneering smart cities. The tech-savvy nation is already planning to have a digital port in Rotterdam with automated ships. Now, according to one Dutch academic, "almost every Dutch municipality is doing something with smart technology".
EZINE:
Swedish citizens are becoming more concerned about the activities of social media companies and are reducing their online interaction with them as a result.
CASE STUDY:
Dropbox cut its procurement cycle time by over 50% by adopting ServiceNow and partnering with Genpact for consulting and implementation. Read this case study to see how this company replaced disconnected, manual processes with a streamlined, automated system providing transparency and efficiency.
EZINE:
In this month's ezine, we provide a guide to the main areas of focus for the channel in the year ahead and look at what makes a good partner incentive programme.
EZINE:
Sweden's Handelsbanken is cutting its branch network by nearly half, which means more money will be invested in IT. But it's not just Sweden and the Nordics – banks across the world are watching the fintech industry demonstrate to consumers what banking can be like if the right technology is in place.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how brewing giant Heineken is building a data ecosystem to share insights and tap into AI capabilities. The UK is conducting an investigation into cloud supplier dominance – what will it mean for users? And we examine how generative AI could be used to improve customer experience. Read the issue now.
EZINE:
With technology always changing, it can feel like an impossible feat to keep up – we speak to experts about how the channel handles rapid change and the pressure this places on partners to meet customer expectations. Also read about major themes of the market and how the topic of return on investments needs to stretch beyond economics
