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A year ago, the Business Roundtable (BRT) released its “Purpose of a Corporation” [1] statement expressing a “fundamental commitment” to deliver value to all company stakeholders. Today, as the economy emerges from a terrible pandemic, does this statement matter to directors?
The BRT’s statement in which 181 chief executives of prominent American companies committed to deliver value to…
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The White House recently released a comprehensive national cybersecurity strategy that is sure to have a major impact on government agencies as well as private businesses.
The Biden-Harris Administration has been percolating a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy for some time and in early March released the aptly named “National Cybersecurity Strategy.” The 35-page document was created to help…
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We often get asked, what is the difference between business continuity management (BCM) and operational resilience? Rather than look at the differences, we believe the best way to answer this question is to look at the relationship between these two programmes.
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Compared to a couple years ago, we’re spoiled by how many real quantum computers we can access online today. Some systems are available through multi-hardware cloud sites like Microsoft Azure Quantum and Amazon Braket; some through individual system manufacturer’s own sites. As more machines come online, and more businesses compete for quantum compute time, things are starting to get a little…
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Enhance your business resilience with comprehensive ESG reporting. This real estate investment trust leads in sustainability with a robust GHG emissions reduction plan and benchmarking.
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Compared to a couple years ago, we’re spoiled by how many real quantum computers we can access online today. Some systems are available through multi-hardware cloud sites like Microsoft Azure Quantum and Amazon Braket; some through individual system manufacturer’s own sites. As more machines come online, and more businesses compete for quantum compute time, things are starting to get a little…
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers a lifeline to small businesses and sole proprietors (generally those with 500 or fewer employees) in the form of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This programme initially authorized $349 billion in…
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Amanda Downs, Managing Director, explains that to drive better investments in technology, leaders should consider the benefits and risks. Business leaders want easy, intuitive and engaging applications, but are held back by technical debt. Discover how strategically investing in digitising applications and creating new applications can serve customers while transforming your organisation.
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Companies experiencing rapid growth frequently find it difficult to scale their operations at a pace that fully supports the expanding business. For one healthcare company in particular, that task became even more challenging last year when a global pandemic ushered in remote working and further separated intensely data-centric functions that happened to be siloed in the first place.
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Amid unprecedented economic disruption caused by COVID-19, small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that are the backbone of the U.S. economy face intertwining choices and challenges in determining the best courses of action to preserve their operations and protect the financial well-being of their employees.
While direct bank and market financing remain an option for some, most small and medium-…
