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As hybrid work shrinks offices, motion sensor use might grow

Hybrid work is changing when people work and how they use office space -- employees might want more collaboration space. Measuring office use could be a job for motion sensors.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Aug. 4, 2022

Microsoft to release Teams for Apple silicon

Microsoft's native version of Teams for Apple silicon should help performance-sensitive Mac users, like programmers, graphic designers and video editors.

By Mike Gleason • Aug. 4, 2022

recommerce

Recommerce is the selling of previously owned items through online marketplaces to buyers who reuse, recycle or resell them.

By Griffin LaFleur • Aug. 3, 2022

microblogging

Microblogging is a short blog post designed for quick and typically direct audience interactions.

By Alexander Gillis • Aug. 3, 2022

Oracle’s ‘widespread’ layoff aired on LinkedIn

Employees affected by an Oracle layoff turned to LinkedIn Monday to post the news. Several called it 'widespread,' but it seemed limited to certain business units.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Aug. 2, 2022

Zoom IQ provides more intelligence for sales teams

Zoom's latest enhancements to IQ for Sales represent a product diversification strategy focused on delivering better intelligence to sales teams.

By Mike Gleason • Aug. 1, 2022

Web browser comparison of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge

Many user tasks rely on the browser used, but not all browsers are well suited to these tasks. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each major browser.

By Robert Sheldon, Eddie Lockhart • July 29, 2022

How do you measure ROI for virtual events?

Businesses and industries are using virtual events to reach customers. Determining ROI of these events isn't as easy as it was for physical conferences, but it can be done.

By David Maldow • July 29, 2022

message passing interface (MPI)

The message passing interface (MPI) is a standardized means of exchanging messages between multiple computers running a parallel program across distributed memory.

By Stephen Bigelow, Alexander Gillis • July 29, 2022

VMware vSAN

VMware vSAN is an enterprise storage virtualization software that supports hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI).

By Brien Posey, Alexander Gillis, Tom Walat • July 29, 2022

AI chatbots don’t need to be sentient, they just need to work

Chatbot users, vendors and ex-Google engineer Blake Lemoine discuss what is needed to make current chatbot tech more effective for customer service organizations.

By Don Fluckinger • July 29, 2022

8 items to include on an ERP demo scorecard, with template

Evaluation team members may lose track of crucial ERP features if they attend multiple ERP demos. Learn some items to include on vendor demo scorecards.

By Eric St-Jean • July 28, 2022

How to build a successful paperless office strategy

Shifting an organization to be a paperless office starts with finding the right tools to digitize content and establishing the strategy and processes that promote staff buy-in.

By Reda Chouffani • July 28, 2022

Republicans criticize remote work, White House defends it

Republicans want to end remote work and force federal workers back to the office, but White House officials say it's essential in competing with private sector employers.

By Patrick Thibodeau • July 28, 2022

Zoom, RingCentral, BlueJeans improve virtual whiteboards

Zoom, RingCentral and BlueJeans have released updates to their virtual whiteboards to make them more useful for meetings between office and home workers.

By Mike Gleason • July 27, 2022

Saueressig: SAP’s future is multi-tenant SaaS ERP

SAP's Thomas Saueressig explains the future of multi-tenant cloud ERP for SAP customers and why it will take some large companies longer to get there.

By David Essex, Jim O'Donnell • July 27, 2022

5 ways to use social media in supply chain management

Amid a supply chain crisis, customers often turn to social media to voice frustration. Organizations need honesty, empathy and informative content to help disgruntled customers.

By Leslie O'Flahavan • July 27, 2022

stack overflow

A stack overflow is a type of buffer overflow error that occurs when a computer program tries to use more memory space in the call stack than has been allocated to that stack.

By Robert Sheldon • July 27, 2022

Understanding the customer journey on a mobile app

Customers' journeys can vary based on the channels they use to interact with brands. For mobile apps, points of purchase, UX and easy onboarding are critical.

By George Lawton • July 27, 2022

Layoffs, hiring freezes spell trouble for HR tech market

General Motors is imposing a partial hiring freeze, and Shopify is cutting 10% of its workforce. Actions like these may trickle down to HR budgets.

By Patrick Thibodeau • July 26, 2022

6 best practices for managing a contingent workforce

A well-managed contingent workforce can provide welcome relief to businesses juggling their finances during trying times and a practical alternative to hiring permanent employees.

By Eric St-Jean • July 26, 2022

6 remote work legal risks to consider

Since the workforce shifted to remote during the pandemic, companies are finding new legal considerations with remote employees such as taxes, permits and reimbursement laws.

By Amanda Hetler • July 26, 2022

Oracle releases major Fusion Sales CRM update, facelift

Oracle Fusion Sales users get a new UX and new features, including microsites called 'digital sales rooms,' which parallel Microsoft and Salesforce sales collaboration features.

By Don Fluckinger • July 26, 2022

Google to test AR glasses in public

Google will seek to iron out challenges for AR as it tests a lightweight, glasses-type device. The company already has a foothold in the enterprise with its Glass AR glasses.

By Mike Gleason • July 25, 2022

SAP green CX tech aids sustainable retail, B2B sales

SAP users can tackle sustainable e-commerce -- and be accountable to customers wary of 'greenwashing' -- with a bundle of Qualtrics, CDP, e-commerce and other tech tools.

By Don Fluckinger • July 25, 2022