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Tomorrows Workforce

The optimist in our current environment envisions a vibrant workforce eager and engaged in accomplishing goals. Unfortunately, a myriad of factors ranging from rising inflation to global conflict are distracting us from this exciting forecast. Remain optimistic. Workers are ready to be successful and we must plan for their rapid return!

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Cross-Functional

Product Evaluation Process

All organizations are looking for high-quality products to meet employees and customers where they expect to be met. During the product selection process, the hard work on the front-end screens out products that hardly work on the back end. Follow these 6 steps to a better product evaluation process.

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Business Modernization

Assessing and Controlling the Hybrid Workplace

If you can’t see it, how can you assess it? If you can’t assess it, how can you control it? Regardless of the business function, these two questions are top-of-mind in the hybrid workplace. Metrics have a seat in the workplace – but are especially relevant in the absence of physical or co-mingled office environments.

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Business Process Alignment

Business process alignment can eliminate the waste clogging up your performance. This is a multi-step process with the end goal of creating new efficiencies in operations. Learn how visualizing the value stream can help.

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Information Technology

Cloud Migration

A cloud migration plan doesn’t have to overwhelm your business! There is much work to be done upfront, discovering all the unknowns and putting a strategy in place. Here are 5 steps on how you can migrate to the cloud today.

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Information Technology

5G Health Risk Myths

What is true and what isn’t regarding 5G health risks? In a social climate where we are constantly updated with real-time activity, it is easy for misinformation to spread. This article seeks to resolve that question by addressing the most important facts.

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5G Technology Primer

Telecommunications technology has enabled never before seen large-scale connectivity. A brief list of these technologies includes telephone, television, satellite, radio, and computer networking.  Discover 3 advantages 5G technology will have over the current mobile broadband.

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Business Modernization

Modernizing Legacy Technology

Legacy technology is devices, hardware, and software that are outdated or obsolete. Upgrading this technology brings multiple benefits to an organization, making them faster, more agile, and more efficient collaborators. Here are 6 benefits of modernizing legacy technology.

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Strategic Planning

Cross-Functional Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is the backbone of any business modernization. It is a guide that communicates where a company is and where they want to be. Though this is an important endeavor for every organization, almost 67% of strategic plans fail. This article explores how to make them a success!

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Choosing a Cloud Service

Industries have been encouraged to move towards digitalization with the advent of the internet age. With the myriad of cloud services out there, it is especially important to select a service that best fits your business needs. This article helps you understand your options.

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