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Join the most influential virtual gathering of governance, risk, compliance, audit, and IT GRC professionals from across the world at the GRC Summit 2020 scheduled from November 16 -18. It is hosted by MetricStream, the global market leader for Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions.

The recent virtual GRC Summit held in May had over 2,000 delegates from over 1,400 organizations.

Some of the confirmed speakers include promin

With the assistance of cloud-based digital services, transformation happens in work processes, improving business tasks, empowering collaboration of representatives, and upgrading our capacity to secure data. Companies that are not developing with the new transformation in the digital world are falling behind with reduced profitability and security. Microsoft has the instruments, applications, and services required to evolve with digital transformation by utilizing Microsoft 365.

Apart from havin

Here’s why Telecom billing & Revenue Management making trend in the Industry. In this era of digitalization, telecom businesses are facing several challenges. The augmented demand for Telecom Billing & Revenue Management is largely due to the accelerated growth of the telecommunication sector. As there is a growing customer base, as well as the implementation of advanced services, is generating a huge burden on the present debit charging system.  This may result in a drop in the quality of servi

Five World’s Wealthiest Families Control a Fortune of over $620 Billion

They profit from financial uncertainty. The billionaires have mostly benefited from betting on the recovery of global stock markets

By Justinas Baltrusaitis

Global Research, October 28, 2020

Buy Shares 27 October 2020

Spread across different economic sectors, some of the global most affluent families continue to amass more wealth. Despite the recent economic uncertainty, the wealthiest families in the world appear to be doing jus

Here is what we need to know about 3D Machine Vision and why this technology is emerging. The growing trend of this machine vision system is due to a rise in the demand for quality products that in manufacturing industries which in turn is encouraging the adoption of 3D machine vision systems. This system is beneficial in keeping up with the need of the customers by assuring automated inspection of the products. Machine vision finds its application in various fields including automotive, consume

I’m pleased to invite you all to participate in the Inaugural Webinar on Sustainable Finance ‘ESG Criteria: The Problem of Corporate Corruption’ to be held online on 6th November 2020 at 12 (noon) UK time. Event free of charge, previous registration at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mk2UO1EQhUawnZqV7i29mZZfBFaJHOtKnVOeHDJOiCdUNlI4OERQTzQ4NlJMUEZZU0hVV0ZKNjA3Mi4u

People mostly don’t like to be restrained. We also don’t like some constraints but we like others. For example, we like choice when buying but we don’t like too many choices.

Restraints on the other hand are an attack on our freedom.

Take seat belts for example. They were first invented the century before last! The modern retractable 3-point seat belt was invented in the 1950s. However, seat belt wearing was not compulsory and it took government legislation, regulation and enforcement to get more

Syncope is a state of abrupt brief loss of consciousness caused by insufficient supply of the blood to the brain. Cardiac syncope represents 10% of all syncope cases. The mortality of patients with this kind of syncope is 20% - 30% every year. The cause of Cardiac syncope is a critical decrease in stroke volume of the heart, which might be because of mechanical obstruction or heart rhythm disorders.

Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) is a technique in cardiology for the diagnosis of unexplained sync

When COVID-19 began rampaging across the U.S., every business — no matter the sector or industry — had to examine and/or rethink its strategy. In short, the pandemic highlighted the value of preparing for the unexpected through risk analysis and management. Risk analysis is the strategic process of assessing the likelihood of an adverse event and working to minimize future negative unforeseen effects.

While risk analysis may not be able to avert natural disasters or preclude catastrophic events,

One of the suites of the Business Analytics tools of Microsoft is Power BI. It is used for data analysis and sharing insights. Power BI dashboards give a 360-degree view to users of business with their most significant metrics in a single spot, updated continuously, and available on all of their devices.

This means Microsoft is bringing the power of data analysis and visualization to each user in the company and not simply the technical or IT group. Currently, companies can analyze and visualize

Organizations typically focus on Customer-centric Design in their Strategic Planning and overlook the critical driver of Performance, Growth and Operational Excellence—their employees.  With cut-throat competition now the norm the realization has become clearer that employees are:

• The face of the business and create lasting—or perishing—brand impression.
• Sources of innovation and organizational knowledge.
• Representation of the company’s service philosophy.
• Expected to live by its Organizational Cult

Medical Digital Imaging Systems has brought a revolution in the healthcare sector. Here is what we need to know about these systems. The increasing prevalence of chronic disease globally has led to an urgent need for diagnosis of the diseases so that appropriate treatments can be provided to the patients. At the same time, there is an increase in the demand for more innovative and advanced imaging solutions with minimal errors are the major factors that are resulting in the increase in the deman

The 21st century has been the quick growth of diseases related to infections. Also, incidents related to infections in clinics, developing instances of chronic diseases, and the number of surgeries across the world is creating demand for an item that can sterilize and purify the articles from germs.

Nowadays, numerous infections, viruses, and diseases occur because of germs or other microorganisms. In such conditions, it gets important to consistently sterilize the small things that we carry with

How to set up and manage KRIs to anticipate IT risks before they happen

I have received the below message and the attachment from Galvanize that I want to share with all of you. 

"Hi, Enrique,

As an IT professional, you bear the responsibility of safeguarding your organization—no easy feat when the IT risk landscape has changed so much with the events of 2020. Having the right set of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) plays a critical role in aligning risks to organizational performance. KRIs can help you

Traditional Talent Management practices fail to meet the high-potential talent requirements imperative to compete in the digital world today.  In fact, they disappoint the key talent available in the market.

A 2016 Digital Business research by MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte on 3700+ executives reveals attracting and retaining talent as the most pressing concern for organizations large or small.  The study indicates that organizations that are still using traditional approaches to manage

Senior leaders love to be challenged, when you prove them right!

Unfair? Yes. There are plenty of great leaders who truly want their staff to speak up. However, even some of these may suffer from measurement blindness.

When it comes to numbers and decision making there are three positions people take.

Believers

These people believe measurement enhances decisions. They will ask for measurement and readily listen to the numbers being presented, they will look to see if there are any abnormalities and

Pandemic to Trigger $4 Trillion Loss in Global Real GDP in 2020

By Justinas Baltrusaitis

Global Research, October 19, 2020

Buy Shares 19 October 2020

The coronavirus induced recession has plunged many countries into economic uncertainty as a result of the severe containment measures. As expected, the pandemic has triggered massive losses in different sectors of the economy which can be reflected in metrics like the real Gross Domestic Product.

Data presented by Buy Shares projects that the global rea

AI in Asset Management is trending and making a Wave in the Industry. Here is what You Need to Know About artificial intelligence and its application in asset management. The artificial intelligence finds its applications in various fields of industries. Presently, the main areas where AI is gaining more attraction is financial assets management that include investment banking, personal financial management, and fraud detection. With the advancement in technology, application of machine learning