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Managing the future employee — how to evolve HR to meet the unknowable This article is sponsored by:

With COVID, the future of work arrived early. Unit4's Lisa Dodman explores how to adapt people management for a working world in which adaptability will be the prime competency

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The search for change - Yext CEO wants answers to Google's ad fetish This article is sponsored by:

Google is an ad engine, not a search engine, says Yext's Howard Lerman. That's bad for business and needs to change.

Q&A for new cloud extension developers at SAP TechEd 2020 This article is sponsored by:

A fast-paced Q&A accompanied what for me was a very late night session devoted to developers interested in building extensions to SAP landscapes using components in the SAP Cloud Platform.

The big takeaways from SAP TechEd 2020 This article is sponsored by:

SAP CTO Juergen Mueller's TechEd keynote left us with plenty to chew upon. Here are the highlights with some preliminary analysis

The 2021 enterprise software un-predictions - your fallible guide to the next un-normal This article is sponsored by:

Deluged by tech predictions pieces? Worry not, dear reader, Jon and Brian serve your revenge piping hot - via their annual un-predictions. Yes, the tech soothsayers and prognosticators are at it again. But so are we - this time with a few satirical fireballs from Den Howlett mixed in for good measure. Enjoy!

Omni-channel retail in a Vaccine Economy - Kroger prepares for a pragmatic 2021 response This article is sponsored by:

2020 has seen an explosion in rates of online grocery shopping, but is it sustainable into 2021 once vaccines make a return to the store aisles safer? Kroger is preparing for various outcomes.

National Institute for Health Research rapidly responds to COVID-19 with Google Workspace This article is sponsored by:

The National Institute for Health Research is responsible for groundbreaking medical research in the UK. It’s use of Google helped it adapt swiftly to the challenges of COVID-19.

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Coupa tops off 2020 with strong Q3 revenue growth, customer wins and that important supply chain acquisition This article is sponsored by:

Spend management specialist Coupa has had a solid calendar year against a pandemic backdrop that's made keeping on top of spending an even more critical requirement for businesses.

Creating a manufacturing world without product recalls This article is sponsored by:

Is it possible to eradicate product recalls and remove waste in the manufacturing supply chain? Anurag Garg of Plex Systems talks through the steps to proactively prevent recalls

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California voters approved a new and even tougher data privacy act. What happens now? This article is sponsored by:

The CPRA greatly limits how organizations can use personal data and moves the U.S. rules closer to the EU's GDPR.

Enterprise hits and misses - Video kills the messaging star, and "Slackforce" goes through the analytical grinder This article is sponsored by:

This week - how video meetings trumped messaging in 2020. Salesforce buys Slack - let the Slackforce punditry begin in earnest. Microsoft backtracks on its Microsoft 365 tracking, but the work surveillance debate roils on. As always, your weekly whiffs.

GDPR - Europe's data protection success or another blocker to a post-Brexit data adequacy deal? This article is sponsored by:

GDPR Is a European data protection success story, yes? Well, yes...but it could also be a complicating factor in trying to secure a post-Brexit data adequacy deal between the UK and the EU.

D-Day for Brexit - but does the 'd' stand for data adequacy or for disaster? This article is sponsored by:

The Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU appear to be lurching to a close. What does that mean for the still unresolved issue of data adequacy?