IBM Business Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Last year, almost 200 million people shopped on Black Friday. Online alone, they spent more than $9 billion. This holiday season, shoppers are ready to shop again and they’re prepared to spend even more. Are your IT systems ready to handle any spikes and keep everyone jolly? Or are you worried that incidents—finicky apps, slow page loads or even downtime— might ruin the holiday spirit along with your bottom line?

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Tackle.io

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Time and time again when meeting with ISVs, this question is posed: What do I do about Marketplace listing fees? Sometimes the question comes from a cloud alliances leader trying to navigate internal organization friction, other times from the CFO trying to understand this new way to do business, and sometimes from a CRO as part of a broader discussion on how to motivate a sales team to embrace co-selling with the clouds.

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IBM Business Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With over 20,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) being published each year 1 , the challenge of finding and fixing software with known vulnerabilities continues to stretch vulnerability management teams thin. These teams are given the impossible task of driving down risk by patching software across their organization, with the hope that their efforts will help to prevent a cybersecurity breach.

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SEO Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the ever-changing digital marketing landscape, it is more important than ever to make sure your website is ranking as high as possible on Google. Why? Because that’s where most people are looking when they want to find information about a product or service. According to recent studies, the top three organic results on the first page of Google get 54.4% of all clicks!

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What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

IBM Business Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” This same sentiment can be true when it comes to a successful risk mitigation plan. The only way for effective risk reduction is for an organization to use a step-by-step risk mitigation strategy to sort and manage risk, ensuring the organization has a business continuity plan in place for unexpected events.

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IBM Business Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2023

More and more consumers now expect their vehicles to offer an experience no different from that offered by other smart devices. They seek full integration into their digital lives, desiring a vehicle that can manage their operations, add functionality and enable new features primarily or entirely through software. According to a GMI report , the global software-defined vehicle (SDV) market is expected to achieve a CAGR of 22.1% between 2023 and 2032.

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Impact

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Almost 70 percent of non-LGBTQIA+ people believe companies should publicly support and include the LGBTQIA+ community through practices like hiring, advertising, and sponsorships. With increased allyship for the LGBTQIA+ community, brands need to prepare for the influence this growing demographic has on the overall customer experience. Authentic allyship beyond Pride Month introduces brands to invaluable benefits.

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Partnership strategies Collaboration 52

IBM Business Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As generative AI creates new opportunities and transforms cloud operations, it is crucial to learn how to maximize the value of these tools. A recent report from the IBM Institute for Business Value found that 68% of hybrid cloud users already have a formal, organization-wide policy or approach for the use of generative AI. That same report also noted that 58% of global decision makers say that cloud skills remain a considerable challenge.

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