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Google Cloud - COVID-19 has spurred manufacturers to escape AI pilot purgatory This article is sponsored by: Digital Manufacturer Summit logo © Google Cloud

New research by Google Cloud has found that manufacturers are increasingly relying on AI in their day-to-day operations, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What does it take to turn sustainability hype into practical reality? Questions smart buyers need to ask their ERP vendors This article is sponsored by:

Recent ERP announcements re: sustainability are long on potential and short on details. Will vendors deliver what the market needs? Here are the questions smart buyers should ask.

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Why are sales leaders taking over service? This article is sponsored by: ServiceMaxLogo-PrimaryBlueGreen

Sales DNA and the heart of service can seem like polar opposites - but the benefits of combining the two can make all the difference. Coen Jeukens of ServiceMax shares his experiences of making sales and service work in collaboration.

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Cloud's industrial revolution - Salesforce's Chief Product Officer explains why it's not "all CRM to me" anymore This article is sponsored by:

Putting the shift to industry clouds into context, Salesforce CPO David Schmaier makes the case for why customers want vertically-focused solutions.

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Cisco targets hybrid working and events with Webex rebrand and new features This article is sponsored by:

Cisco hosts a relaunch for veteran web meetings platform Webex with a new logo, virtual event acquisitions and a mission to enable hybrid teamwork

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Those pushing return of the five day office week will lose in the end - talent will dictate the terms This article is sponsored by:

A report this morning on the BBC has argued that the five day office week will return ‘within two years’. This thinking is lazy at best, embarrassing at worst.

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Technology has a crucial role to play in enabling local government reform This article is sponsored by: Unit4 logo with tagline 250x150px

Local government reform is triggering massive organizational and technological change for UK councils. James Arvin at Unit4 looks at the scope and scale of the transformation and the technology choices for new unitary councils.

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Coupa CEO Rob Bernshteyn - more organizations now realize the need to control business spend as the Vaccine Economy returns to normalcy This article is sponsored by:

The Vaccine Economy is set to pick up, but organizations need to remember the learnings about the importance of spend management.

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Enterprise hits and misses - Apple employees push back on return-to-office, marketers get woke, and the global AI race heats up This article is sponsored by:

This week - are marketers ready to break stuff? A wake-up call arrives. The return-to-office ratchets up as Apple employees push back. The global AI race gets nuttier, while lessons from the Colonial Pipeline attack linger. Your whiffs include some blockchain fun - at my expense.

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Monday Morning Moan - Rule Britannia on digital services taxes? Joe Biden may beg to differ... This article is sponsored by:

The UK is claiming credit for winning G7 agreement on a minimum tax rate for the digital economy. Peace in our time! (That worked out well last time...)

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