Advanced Technology is having a growing impact on our everyday lives. Adoption of advanced technologies and virtual assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home are becoming more mainstream in homes. Meanwhile organizations worldwide are increasingly looking at how to implement similar technologies to improve productivity, speed workflows, and increase collaboration among employees, business partners, and even customers. To date, little is known about perceptions of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual assistants in the workplace and how they will impact how we work in the future.

HERE was named the world’s leading location platform in 2018 (Source: Ovum), overtaking Google for the first time. Ovum’s Index assesses and ranks the major vendors in the location platform market. According to Ovum: ‘HERE has always scored well on the completeness of its offering, leading on this front for some time. Where it traditionally lagged Google was on the reach of its platform, but this has been steadily improving thanks to the wide range of verticals its platform addresses. An important factor in HERE topping the leader board has been its strong focus on the developer community.’

HERE was named the world’s leading location platform in 2018 (Source: Ovum), overtaking Google for the first time. Ovum’s Index assesses and ranks the major vendors in the location platform market. According to Ovum: ‘HERE has always scored well on the completeness of its offering, leading on this front for some time. Where it traditionally lagged Google was on the reach of its platform, but this has been steadily improving thanks to the wide range of verticals its platform addresses. An important factor in HERE topping the leader board has been its strong focus on the developer community.’

A zero trust security and access model is the solution: Every machine, user, and server should be untrusted until proven otherwise. But how do you achieve zero trust? Read this white paper authored by Akamai’s CTO, Charlie Gero, to learn how to transition to a perimeter-less world in an incredibly easy way, with steps including: • The zero trust method of proof • The vision behind Google BeyondCorpTM • Analysis of application access vs. network access • How to deploy user grouping methodology • Guidance for application rollout stages 1-8

As businesses have embraced application development, they have also adopted cloud technologies that provide their teams lesser reliance on hardware. In this sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit report, we look at the real-life experiences of over 1,000 business executives and understand the importance of close alignment between development teams, C-suite, and the wider business. Read the report and find out how you can manage application development to unlock its full potential.

The Internet of Things is growing fast: By 2025, IoT devices will transmit an estimated 90 zettabytes of data to their intended targets, according to IDC. Armed with information, businesses can revolutionise everything from fraud detection to customer service. But first, they need an architecture that supports real-time analytics so they can gain actionable insights from their IoT data. Read the complete report sponsored by Google Cloud, and learn how to mitigate key IoT-related challenges.

Modernizing your data warehouse is one way to keep up with evolving business requirements and harness new technology. For many companies, cloud data warehousing offers a fast, flexible, and cost-effective alternative to traditional on-premises solutions. This report sponsored by Google Cloud, TDWI examines the rise of cloud-based data warehouses and identifies associated opportunities, benefits, and best practices. Learn more about cloud data warehousing with strategic advice from Google experts.

To remain competitive, executives must embrace change and equip employees to do the same. Conrad Electric, a 95-year-old online retail company, took just 4 months to migrate to G Suite, providing 4,000 of their employees with more transparent and agile collaboration capabilities. Read this Google Cloud report and get insights to creating a culture where people — combined with productivity tools — can reach their full potential.

HERE was named the world’s leading location platform in 2018 (Source: Ovum), overtaking Google for the first time. Ovum’s Index assesses and ranks the major vendors in the location platform market. According to Ovum: ‘HERE has always scored well on the completeness of its offering, leading on this front for some time. Where it traditionally lagged Google was on the reach of its platform, but this has been steadily improving thanks to the wide range of verticals its platform addresses. An important factor in HERE topping the leader board has been its strong focus on the developer community.’

Location has become paramount to building new apps, services, experiences and business models. If data is the new oil, then location is the crude oil. This is why most of the top location platform players have been developing technologies to power next-generation autonomous mobility systems. And the “richness” of location data and real-time intelligence are becoming strong monetization opportunities. The 2018 Counterpoint Research Location Ecosystems Update compared 16 location platform vendors, including Google, TomTom and Mapbox. Learn why the HERE Open Location Platform – described as super-rich, always up-to-date, and a neutral offering – is a leader in the location data arena.

In the midst of an overwhelming amount of disruption taking place in the retail banking industry, a clear path to success has emerged. Banks that want to continue to gain and retain loyal customers must make it easier to bank with them. According to a survey that included 760 different banks and credit unions, the most important priority for 2017 and beyond is the removal of friction from the customer journey.1 To clarify, today’s customer journey includes both the customer experience at local branch locations as well as their experience while interacting with websites, mobile apps, smart watches, and anything else that is connected to the Internet. The battleground for customers has shifted to the digital world, and retail banks must adapt quickly as crafty Fintech startups and tech giants like Amazon, Apple, and Google continue to push the limits of what is possible with technology. If digital channels aren’t approached correctly, they can add complexity to the customer experience in

Did you know that for 88% of shoppers, the first step to a local purchase is often an online search? If you want customers to find you, you must have a consistent, rich and engaging online brand that is equally optimized for both desktop and mobile SEO, and that contains long tail keywords for voice search assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Voice. Be sure to claim and regularly maintain your listings for every widely used portal and social site, and create a separate locator page for every single location—so that you show up at the top of all local searches.

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Thinking about hiring a PPC Manager? This Whitepaper explores some of the most important questions you can ask.

The Cloud, once a radical idea in IT, is now mainstream. Whether it’s email, backup or file sharing, most consumers probably use a cloud service or two. Similarly, most IT professionals are familiar with cloud service providers such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft Azure, and many companies have moved at least some of their information technology processes into the cloud. In fact, the cloud has become so popular it’s easy to assume that running IT applications on-premises is not cost competitive with a cloud based service. In this report Evaluator Group will test the validity of that assumption with a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) model analyzing a hyperconverged appliance solution from HPE and a comparable cloud service from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

In our 26-criteria evaluation of digital intelligence (DI) platform providers, we identified the 10 most significant ones — Adobe, Cxense, Evergage, Google, IBM, Localytics, Mixpanel, Optimizely, SAS, and Webtrekk — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps customer insights (CI) professionals make the right choice.

In our 26-criteria evaluation of digital intelligence (DI) platform providers, we identified the 10 most significant ones — Adobe, Cxense, Evergage, Google, IBM, Localytics, Mixpanel, Optimizely, SAS, and Webtrekk — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps customer insights (CI) professionals make the right choice

In our 36-criteria evaluation of omnichannel demand-side platform (DSP) providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Adform, Adobe, AOL, AppNexus, DataXu, Google, MediaMath, Rocket Fuel, The Trade Desk, Turn, and Viant — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps marketing professionals make the right choice.

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"A zero trust security and access model is the solution: Every machine, user, and server should be untrusted until proven otherwise. But how do you achieve zero trust? Read this white paper authored by Akamai’s CTO, Charlie Gero, to learn how to transition to a perimeter-less world in an incredibly easy way, with steps including: • The zero trust method of proof • The vision behind Google BeyondCorpTM • Analysis of application access vs. network access • How to deploy user grouping methodology • Guidance for application rollout stages 1-8"

The use of SSL encryption for all enterprise Internet traffic is growing steadily. Applications that make use of SSL – such as SharePoint, Exchange, WebEx, Salesforce.com and Google Apps – are commonplace. Even email applications like Gmail, Yahoo, and Zimbra are being used in workplace environments as hosted email or BYOD apps. It’s clear that organizations now need complete visibility into the SSL traffic coming across the WAN. They need the ability to preserve complete network and web histories from encrypted network and web traffic for compliance, regulatory and logging requirements. Blue Coat has solutions today to address the SSL dilemma.

This white paper illustrates Google Shopping’s role in the changing eCommerce landscape; from price comparison engines to CPC.