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Talking Toasters and Smart Shoes: How far can we go with the Internet of Things? – Part 1
When speaking about the internet of things, objects such as SmartTVs and cars often come to mind, but how far can we take these concepts and apply them to everyday items and tasks. Read below to find out how far researchers and companies have already connected...
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Gig Economy Vital for Tech Growth – Lessons from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report 2018
The gig economy is becoming vital for how organisations gain their digital talent. In the US the on demand workforce will increase in 2018 by 23% year on year. According to Mary Meeker's 2018 Internet Trends Report a comparison to this shift can be made to the...
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Day in the Life: Carol Hosokura, Principle Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Carole Hosokura - Principle Associate - Japan. Can you tell us about yourself? I joined K2 in 2009 as...
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Interview Tips for IT Professionals
You have landed an interview, maybe you’re feeling a little nervous, how do give yourself the best chance of landing the role? Here are some preparation tips for your next face-to-face or telephone interview. Preparation One major pitfall is not being well enough...
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Caio Skroch is K2’s Consultant of the Month for June!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Caio Skroch a Test Analyst from Brazil. Read our interview with Caio’s below. Can you tell us a little bit...
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Salesforce Beats Q1 Revenue Predictions
Salesforce has beaten its first quarter forecast of $2.95bn with revenue of $3.01bn. This Represented a year-on-year growth of 25%, with stock rising by 4%, after the announcement on Tuesday. Top performing Salesforce products in Q1 included: Sales Cloud: up 16%...
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EU Commission Highlights Need for Digital Skills Training
The European Commission has found that companies in Europe were suffering in their efforts for digital transformation due to a lack of specialised ICT staff. The Digital Society and Economy Index suggests 40% of European companies struggle to find IT specialists, this...
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How to be a Great Project Manager
As a project manager you must master multiple skills, from the preparation and planning of a project, to controlling and maintaining momentum to see it through to a successful conclusion. Keeping on top of everything and making sure you utilize all relevant tools...
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Salesforce Success Story: Javier Belaúnde, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce consultants and future IT specialists excel in their careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were...
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Meet K2 at SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Next Month
SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG, the largest and most innovative cloud and business technology conference presented by SAP and ASUG, is nearly here. On 5-7 June, visitors can expect three full days of discussions, networking, strategy and education on the...
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How to be Successful as a Remote Worker
As the gig economy continues to grow, more and more freelancers are finding themselves working remotely. Working remotely has benefits for both employer and employee but can also pose challenges. Here are some tips that will help you make a success when you’re working...
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Oleg Trofimov is K2’s Consultant of the Month for May!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Oleg Trofimov, an ABAP developer from Russia. Read our interview with Oleg below. Can you tell us a little bit...
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Salesforce Success Story: Leslie Kennedy, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce consultants and future IT specialists excel in their careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were...
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Salesforce Launches Integration Cloud
Connecting systems and disparate data sources to build customer experiences remains one of the biggest developer challenges. At TrailheaDX, Salesforce’s third annual developer conference, the company today announced Integration Cloud to tackle this challenge head-on....
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Salesforce Success Story: April Rust, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce Admins and Developers excel in their Salesforce careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were doing...
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Why Being a Certified Freelance IT Consultant is Important
I often speak to IT consultants who are not certified and truly believe that they don’t need to be. I’d say that it’s mostly because they don’t feel motivated, or are lazy, maybe even scared of preparing and sitting an official exam. As we continue to see a huge...
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How to Stay Relevant on the Market as a SuccessFactors Consultant
What is a Delta certificate? Which certification should I choose? Will it make a difference to my career? These are some of the questions I often hear when speaking with SAP SuccessFactors consultants. To my knowledge of the market, there is huge demand for SAP...
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K2 University to Offer SAP Training to Singapore Workforce
K2 University is launching a new education program in Singapore to provide workers with high-demand SAP skills. The course, Become a Certified SAP Functional Consultant, has won accreditation from Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme Plus (CITREP+). CITREP+...
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Day in the Life: Tiffany Chu, Operations Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Tiffany Chu, Operations Associate at K2’s San Francisco office. Can you tell us a little bit about...
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Missed the SuccessFactors Delta Exam Deadline?
Have you missed the Delta exam deadline? Don’t worry if your SuccessFactors certification has expired, you can retake certification through the Certification Hub - you may even have exam attempts left! Once you are “re-certified”, you will need to use SAP Learning Hub...
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Mathieu Lajoinie is K2’s Consultant of the Month for March!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Mathieu Lajoinie, SAP consultant from Japan. Read our interview with Mathieu below. Can you tell us a little...
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How to Show off Your Trailhead Activity on Your LinkedIn Profile
So you're blazing your way up the Trailhead ranks, from Hiker to Adventurer and beyond, and you want your LinkedIn connections, recruiters, and Mr. Benioff himself to know that you're actively learning! Whether you're brand new to Salesforce or have a certification...
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What to Expect When Starting a Career With K2
At the beginning, it is hard to grasp what staffing is REALLY all about no matter how much you try to get it. But once you are in the business, at some point it just hits you that it is as exciting and rewarding as it is demanding and challenging. In this industry...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Make the Most of Your Productive Times
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Raymond Wu is K2’s Consultant of the Month for February!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Raymond Wu, an IT Architect from Japan. Read our interview with Raymond below. Can you tell us a little bit...
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Why Salesforce Professionals Need to Keep up to Date With Their Certifications
You’re now a certified Salesforce professional, well done!!! Maybe you have one certification or ten, either way - it doesn’t stop there! You always need to keep learning in Salesforce. Why, you might wonder? Well, Salesforce isn’t the No.1 implemented CRM system for...
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What to Expect with the new SAP SuccessFactors Hybrid Certifications
As we know it, SuccessFactors is the leading company in cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software solutions, using the Software as a service (SaaS) model. At the moment SFSF has released 13 certifications, each of them related to a certain submodule; each...
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Boosting Enterprise Digital Skills on the Job
K2 University is launching a new scheme to help students and recent graduates get hands-on experience in some of the digital fields demanded by the market. The is in partnership with the European Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the Erasmus group of European...
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SAP Unveil New SuccessFactors Hub to Help Businesses Accelerate Digital Transformation
SAP have unveiled a new way for customers to simplify and speed up the use of cloud-based people and organizational data across their businesses with the SAP SuccessFactors People Central Hub solution. The need for people and organizational data across the...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Why Continuous Learning is Important
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Day in the Life: Santigie Kanu, Manager
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Santigie Kanu, Manager of K2’s London HQ Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I...
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The Top 4 Hiring Trends To Look out for in 2018
As we enter a new year of recruiting, let’s have a look at some potential hiring trends for 2018 and how they could impact our customers and IT consultant network in the year ahead. 1. The freelance economy will continue to impact how work gets done Eventually...
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Poorna Uppala is K2’s Consultant of the Month for January!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Poorna Uppala, an SAP Architect from the USA. Read our interview with Poorna below. Can you tell us a little...
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Gartner’s Top Technology Trends to Watch out for in 2018
Technology changes fast, 2017 saw further developments and more widespread adoption of latest technologies such as big data mining, AI bots in customer service roles and the increasing value of cryptocurrency. But what does the year ahead have in store? Technology...
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When Automation is Said and Done, Who Will be Left Working?
In the future we are all being replaced by robots, some say. No, in the future, only really boring jobs are being automated. No, in the future, all non-productive jobs are being automated. With the current hype surrounding automation, robotic process automation and...
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The State of Digital Skills in Europe
In this infographic, we examine Eurostat IT job statistics that illustrate the digital skills gap in Europe. Despite an increase in the number of IT specialists in the market, half of all businesses in Europe have difficulties recruiting tech talent. ...
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Microsoft and SAP Join Forces to Help Businesses Drive Digital Transformation in the Cloud
SAP and Microsoft have announced plans to integrate their services to help enterprise customers drive more business innovation in the cloud. In a bold show of commitment, the two companies also announced they will be deploying each other’s cloud solutions internally....
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Day in the Life: Christopher Neudl, Recruiter
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Christopher Neudl, a Recruiter and Team Lead at K2’s office in São Paulo. Can you tell us a little...
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From Madrid to San Francisco With K2
I recently had the opportunity to work out of K2’s San Francisco office for one week as part of my winning an internal competition for the most cross-region candidate placements. Having initially started out at K2’s Madrid office as a Junior Recruiter, I had very...
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Aleh Pratasenia is K2’s Consultant of the Month for December!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Aleh Pratasenia, an SAP ABAP consultant from Belarus. Read our interview with Aleh below. Can you tell us a...
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K2’s Roundup of Dreamforce 2017
Each year, K2 attends Salesforce’s annual event, Dreamforce, a fantastic opportunity to speak to Salesforce consultants and customers we work with as well as networking and meeting new customers looking to implement Salesforce for their business. The event, one of the...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Learn How To Get The Most Out Of Your Time
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Are you new to Salesforce? Here are 3 Tips on how to Kick-Start Your Career
With 150,000 customers, Salesforce is the #1 globally implemented Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. With its current growth in Sales, it is expected to create almost 2 million new jobs by 2020 - meaning a high demand for certified consultants and great...
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K2 Salesforce Training Program to be Showcased at Dreamforce 2017
K2 University’s Salesforce training program will be presented at Dreamforce 2017 next week. The presentation, ‘Trailhead for Students: K2 University on Salesforce-skilled Talent Development’ will be given by Viv Gergian, Managing Partner and Global Lead for K2...
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Tiziana Anelli is K2’s Consultant of the Month for November!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Tiziana Anelli, a digital consultant from Spain. Read our interview with Tiziana below. Can you tell us a...
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K2 Celebrates 20 Years at the top of Technology Staffing
This year, K2 celebrates its 20th birthday, and what a 20 years it’s been. Founded in 1997 by James McHugh, from humble beginnings in a small office in London to a truly multinational business with 19 locations on 5 continents, K2 has come a long way. Let’s take a...
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4 Tips for Surviving Dreamforce
Dreamforce is an enormous event and in order to get the most out of your time there, follow these tips. 1. Take a comfortable pair of shoes for the event, there is a lot to see and do during the day, and it is often spread out across the city. You're going to walk a...
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K2 Singapore Event to Welcome in the Fourth Quarter
It has been an amazing 3rd quarter at K2 Singapore this year and, as per our tradition, we hosted our quarterly K2 Event to welcome in the 4th quarter. In an effort to switch things up this time round, we tested out a new venue; Lowercase, with a larger event space...
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The Top Enterprise AI Offerings Compared [Infographic]
This year, business spend on AI and cognitive computing technologies leapt 60% to $12.5 billion, according to market intelligence firm, IDC. In this infographic, we take a look at three of the highly publicised enterprise offerings: Salesforce Einstein, SAP Leonardo,...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: First set out Your Core Principles
How do you maintain a good work-life balance? Do you feel you spend a healthy amount of time across the most important areas of your life? In this blog series, K2 IT Recruiter, Sorin Petrov looks at the key areas IT consultants can focus on to help improve their...
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Tito Martinho is K2’s Consultant of the Month for October!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Tito Martinho, SAP Retail/FMS MD consultant from Lisbon. Read our interview with Tito below. Can you tell us a...
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10 Tips to Help Pass Your Salesforce Certification
Passing your Salesforce certification exam is a challenge and the failure rate can be as high as 60%. Here are some tips that will improve your chance s of earning that all-important Salesforce certification first...
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4 Reasons to Attend Dreamforce 2017
Thinking of attending Dreamforce, the flagship Salesforce event, this year? Here are 4 reasons why you should attend the world’s biggest software conference. Get the latest product news from Salesforce and its partners - Get the scoop on the latest big announcements...
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When to use Record Types Vs Page Layouts?
When I first started out in Salesforce revising for my ADM201, questions like these were the bane of my life. Record Types Vs Page Layouts, Lookups Vs Master-detail, Workflow Rules Vs Apex Triggers, and the list goes on. But after conquering half a dozen exams and...
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How to set up a Dynamic Group in SAP IDM 8.0
I have seen several threads related to Dynamic Group Creation and resolving issues so thought to jot down the steps here to Create and Resolve Dynamic Group in SAP IDM 8.0 Loading only New Roles from SAP systems to SAP IDM automatically on the regular interval (daily...
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Kazem Pourgholami is K2’s Consultant of the Month for September!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Kazem Pourgholami, Senior ERP /BI consultant from Germany. Read our interview with Kazem below. Can you tell us...
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Why SAP has Never Been Easier to Learn
As a specialist helping SAP freelancers on improving their skills through training on the K2 SAP Learning Hub, I often hear concerns about spending money on training. I personally look at training as a true investment... You and your skills are one of few things that...
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Day in the Life: Marc Burgess, Recruiter
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Marc Burgess, SAP Recruiter at K2’s Head office in London. Can you tell us about yourself? I work...
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Ace Your Next Interview With The Correct Body Language
I’ve been to dozens of interviews. Some have failed, some were successful, but after each one I learned some do’s and don’ts that helped me make my latest interview a score. A huge part of communication is nonverbal. Question is, how do we ace nonverbal communication...
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Salesforce Einstein Delivers 752% ROI for Shazam
In just six weeks, music identification app Shazam experienced a 752% return on investment (ROI) with its Salesforce Einstein Analytics deployment. According to a study by Nucleus Research, the deployment provides an average annual benefit of $246,896 due to increased...
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Wilson Mantovani is K2’s Consultant of the Month for July!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Wilson Mantovani, SAP/MM Consultant in Brasil. Read our interview with Wilson below. Can you tell us a little...
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Robotic Process Automation Implementation: Waterfall or Agile?
Being involved in a Robotic process automation project for an international client is an intense experience. Early mornings, late nights, emails 24/7. And coffee. Lots of coffee. When starting this particular project, the project team debated which methodology to use....
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Day in the Life: Nivetha Devi, Senior Sales Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Nivetha Devi, Senior Sales Associate at K2’s office in Singapore. Can you tell us a bit...
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Sharma Gummuluri is K2’s Consultant of the Month for June!
Each month we recognise a K2 consultant who has received outstanding client feedback on their recent project. This month the K2 Consultant of the Month is Sharma Gummuluri, an SAP Solution Architect and Delivery Lead based in the US. Read our interview with Sharma...
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Helping IT Talent Meet the Changing Needs of the Market
The enterprise technology market is changing fast, marketing intelligence firm, IDC reports that cloud spend by companies is expected to grow at six times the rate of overall IT spending between 2015 and 2020. In addition, global demand for the cybersecurity...
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Day in the Life: Kimberly Chism, Senior Delivery Lead & Sales Associate
In this blog series, we place the spotlight on K2 employees across the company from management and recruiters to the back office support teams. This week we talked to Kimberly Chism, Senior Delivery Lead & Sales Associate at K2’s office in San Francisco. ...
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My 4 Technology Trends That Could Dominate 2017
Technology changes fast, 2016 saw the introduction of new ideas and more widespread adoption of some existing technologies. But what does the year ahead have in store? Here are my top technology trends that could dominate 2017. Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality...
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Protect Yourself from Ransomware With These 5 Tips
Ransomware has grown substantially over recent years and is currently a real business. Attackers can easily purchase ransomware-as-a-service as no technical skills are required to use this service. What is Ransomware ? Ransomware is a malicious software or malware...
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6 Interesting Stats on the Internet of Things
How will the Internet of Things (IoT) affect companies and their customers in the coming years? From coffee machines to security cameras, more and more of the objects we come into contact with are now networked. As connected devices become ever more common, here are...
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Why Transitioning to Salesforce is a Great Move Right Now
I have been writing a series of tips for IT professionals on how they can boost their careers by adjusting their skill-sets based on market trends. This week I examine why there has never been a better time to move into Salesforce consulting. Through working with many...
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