Business

Thoughtonomy CEO, Terry Walby, wins Entrepreneur award at 7th Annual Enterprise Awards

9 years ago By Real Wire

London, 15th June 2017: Terry Walby, CEO, Thoughtonomy has won the Developing Entrepreneur Award at the 7th Annual Enterprise Awards.

The Enterprise Awards celebrate the UK’s finest entrepreneurs in 13 categories. They uniquely focus on the achievements of founders, with applicants judged on a number of factors including vision, growth, innovation, funding, use of capital, use of resources, strategy, execution, ambition, and determination to succeed.

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Data Science Could Boost Global Prepaid Market by $70 Billion

9 years ago By Real Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2017 – A new report by Juvo, the pioneer in mobile Identity Scoring, reveals that data-science driven mobile financial services will significantly impact the global pre-paid market, increasing operator revenues by as much as $70 billion. The report, Data Science: Driving Mobile Operator Digital Transformation, demonstrates how establishing financial identities for prepaid subscribers improves operators’ business performance and their broader pursuit of digital transformation, delivering up to 10 percent lift in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), a 50 percent reduction in churn and a two-fold increase in lifetime value.

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UNICOM® Global Announces Universal Gateway

9 years ago By Real Wire

MISSION HILLS, CA – May 2, 2017 – UNICOM Global has announced the development of Universal Gateway (“UniGW®”), a management dashboard designed to provide real-time insights into operational business performance. UniGW® aggregates core metrics from multiple data sources, applications and technology platforms to provide executives with an organizational view of system health, and acts as a modernizing ‘gateway’ by providing drill-down web and mobile access to traditional systems tools and legacy applications.

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New Research Highlights Inventory Management Failings

9 years ago By Real Wire

Reading, UK — 25 April, 2017 — Zyme, the market leader in the rapidly growing discipline of channel data management (CDM), today released independent research results which show inventory management is far from under control in consumer electronics businesses. Despite ongoing pressure from stakeholders to reduce operating costs, just one in five (19%) companies interviewed were ‘very confident’ that they have a 360-degree view on inventory at all times; more than half described themselves as ‘not particularly’ or ‘not at all’ confident in this area.

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Consulting Mergers & Acquisition volumes reach a 9-year high

9 years ago By Real Wire

The year 2016 reached a nine-year high in consulting M&A volumes, according to Equiteq’s Global Consulting Mergers & Acquisitions Report 2017. Despite deal activity falling in the quarter prior to the US Presidential election and the UK’s Brexit vote, deal volumes were up 1%.

Outperforming the S&P 500, the strength of the consulting sector was further demonstrated as the Equiteq Consulting Share Price Index ended 2016 up 14%, a 10-year high.

The top consulting segments for deal activity were the rapidly evolving Management Consulting, IT Services and Media segments. Management Consulting saw a 2% growth in deal volumes and a huge 32% increase in the share-price index.

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4 Web Design Trends that will Change the Face of Small Businesses

9 years ago By Guest Author

Can you remember how the first websites looked like? Some looked funny while others appeared complicated enough to launch a rocket in the moon. A couple of years down the line, significant changes are evident. Modern websites are not only sleek but also user friendly. They also contain answers to most of our daily needs. That is enough. We might want to say customers have reaped huge benefits from such changes, but the truth is business owners have gained even more.

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MotoCMS: 3 Simple Ways to Create a Professional Business Website Yourself

9 years ago By Julia Blake

In the contemporary world, most people are well aware of the fact that no serious business can successfully function offline. If you do not have a personal website, thousands of prospective clients will never learn anything about your products or services, no matter how excellent they are. But what to do if you don’t know anything about the art of web programming? What to do if you are only a beginner in business and you don’t have enough money to hire a professional? Luckily, the absence of experience and money is not a problem anymore.

SDL 2016 Year-end Trading Update

9 years ago By Real Wire

20 January 2017 - Maidenhead, U.K. - SDL plc (“SDL”; LSE: SDL), the global innovator in language translation technology, services and content management, provides an update on trading performance for the year ended 31 December 2016 based on unaudited results.

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Small Business App Ideas That Can Make Your Business More Profitable

9 years ago By Sahil Patel

Small businesses need to leverage every possible opportunity to drive revenue and minimize costs. Therefore, it makes sense to utilize apps that enhance the profitability for your company.

Here are several cloud and mobile small business app ideas that might help you drive more profit!

Customer Relationship Management

CRM is a system that you likely use to manage your entire marketing system, from prospecting to communication, and through relationship management. Many companies prefer cloud-based software solutions at this point. Additionally, a lot of the leading CRM providers offer mobile apps.

Four ideas that can boost employee productivity

9 years ago By Andrea Bell

When it comes to boosting employee productivity, it is not uncommon for companies to implement once-every-season tactic of distributing bonuses and other perks. However, as time goes on, employee priorities tend to shift from monetary gain to flexible working hours and more. Employee productivity, therefore, should be a company’s priority all year round. After all, a company is only as good as its employees.

Be it customer satisfaction, driving key company metrics, handling large investments, all activities are crucial to a company’s success. Camaraderie between employees and their heads increases recognition, makes communication easier and forms a strong company culture under which employees can work with genuine interest.