The current pandemic is changing the ways outsourcing, shared services, and global process management is delivered. Maybe permanently. Avasant's Anupam Govil shares what executives should be paying heed to.
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Work From Home Programs Deserve A New Look In Light Of Coronavirus Pandemic
Smart enterprises have already deployed telework and work-from-home strategies. With the coronavirus pandemic and travel bans, now is the time for less proactive companies to catch up...and fast! Some of the most knowledgeable experts in business share their insights.
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Unisys To Sell Federal Business To SAIC, Consolidate Americas Regional Units
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has announced a deal to sell its US federal IT contracting business to SAIC, and a consolidation of its Enterprise Solutions United States & Canada (US&C) and Latin America regions into a new Americas region.
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LaFargeHolcim Selects Colombia For 1,000 Seat Shared Services Expansion
Switzerland based LafargeHolcim Selects Medellín for 1000 seat shared services expansion
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Unisys and Bancolombia Ink Technology Pact For Cybersecurity & Enhanced Customer Service
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB) has selected Unisys to support the bank’s digital transformation. Unisys will provide secure digital workplace service capabilities supporting more than 24,000 employees, including a help desk that typically processes more than 150,000 human resources and IT operations interactions per month. Signed in the third quarter...
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New Technologies Like 5G Will Help Reduce The Digital Divide In Emerging Markets
During the GSMA Mobile 360 ° event that took place in Mexico City, Hugo Simg, Business Development Director for MediaTek in Latin America, spoke about the available technologies to reduce the digital divide in Latin America and other emerging markets. An abridged version of Simg’s speech at the GSMA Mobile 360° follows In general, between...
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AnyVision to Provide AI Solutions to Telefonica
Spanish telecom Telefónica has entered into a strategic partnership with AnyVision, a provider of artificial intelligence and digital platforms, to help integrate related digital technologies into its operations. According to AnyVision, it will be working to implement AI-centric solutions into Telefónica business offerings in both Europe and Latin America, including Colombia, across areas ranging from...
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Sophia: AI Will Displace Jobs, ‘It Is Up to You All to Make Sure Nobody Is Left Behind’
Sophia the Robot, a humanoid artificial intelligence, made her first ever appearance in South America earlier this summer in Medellín. It turns out she enjoyed Colombia so much that she made a second trip just a few weeks later, this time to Cartagena. Photo: Sophia the Robot speaks on stage during Andicom 2018 in Cartagena,...
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Tech Minister: Jamaican BPO Sector Must Anticipate AI Threat So It Doesn’t Derail Growth
“Artificial intelligence and machine learning represent a real threat to some of our traditional jobs, even those in the BPO sector."
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Bancolombia Is Planning to Invest $140 Million on Digital and Artificial Intelligence Services in 2018
Grupo Bancolombia plans to invest some $140 million in digital transformation and artificial intelligence initiatives this year.