8 Things Every Business Owner Must Know about AI From NPA Global By Thomas Fuhrman As an industry leader, we at NPA Global believe in sharing knowledge. With the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI), it's crucial for every business owner to stay informed. Here are eight must-know insights about AI. 1. AI’s Role in Business Evolution Artificial Intelligence [...]
MANAGED IT SERVICES from NPA Global: Redefining Efficiency By Thomas Fuhrman NPA Global stands as the vanguard of Managed IT Services, diligently serving businesses with streamlined, robust, and efficient technology solutions. Our bespoke services are designed to propel your business towards unprecedented productivity, foster enhanced systems reliability, and drive strategic growth. NPA Global: Epitome of IT Excellence Poised at [...]
CLIENT ACQUISITION SYSTEMS from NPA Global By Thomas Fuhrman An Unmatched Formula for Success At NPA Global, we believe our primary asset is a dedicated and world-class clientele. With this philosophy, we have engineered a Client Acquisition System that is second to none. As a global leader in client acquisition, we equip businesses with the necessary tools to consistently attract, [...]
RANSOMWARE Protection: Your Ultimate Shield with NPA Global By Thomas Fuhrman In the rapidly evolving landscape of online threats, RANSOMWARE protection stands as the frontline defense for your digital safety. We, at NPA Global, are committed to providing robust preventive measures to mitigate and eliminate these grave dangers looming over your cyber world. RANSOMWARE: An Ongoing Cyber Pandemic The contemporary [...]
ACCESS CONTROL from NPA Globalby Thomas FuhrmanBespoke Solutions for the Modern Office At NPA Global, we understand that your need for absolute security isn't an option, but a necessity. With our state-of-the-art ACCESS CONTROL systems, we go beyond conventional security measures to protect your assets and ensure peace of mind.How ACCESS CONTROL Works to Secure Your PremisesOur ACCESS CONTROL mechanism employs [...]
The Imperative Need for Top-tier Disaster Recovery: NPA Global Steps In By Thomas Fuhrman We at NPA Global understand the paramount importance of your day-to-day operations. Our advanced disaster recovery solutions are designed to minimize interruptions, guarantee uptime, and keep your business processes running smoothly in the most troubling circumstances. The Pivotal Role of NPA Global’s Disaster Recovery Solutions The [...]
CLOUD SERVICES from NPA Global By Thomas Fuhrman Navigating the Future of Business Embracing the Digital Transformation with NPA Global As we embark on a new era of digital revolution, we at NPA Global are dedicated to providing top-tier Cloud Services that drive your business forward. Our commitment to technological innovation and excellence propels us to offer robust [...]
New mash-up seamlessly integrates BroadSoft VoIP platform with Salesforce CRM applications, allowing users to access advanced voice features SAN FRANCISCO AND GAITHERSBURG, MD, Oct. 23, 2007 - BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that it has completed a "mash-up" of its BroadWorks® VoIP application platform with salesforce.com, the market and technology leader in on-demand [...]
Digital businesses are becoming a larger and larger part of every company's pie. Often, the planning and growth of digital businesses are the domain of chief digital officers or chief information officers. Yet upper management, especially chief executive officers, need to know how the digital business is developing and being implemented as part of their business leadership. How can [...]
Introverts are often observant and insightful, but extroverts tend to shine more radiantly because of their tendency to engage directly with people. If you’re chairing a meeting or involved in an intense team discussion, you’re more likely to hear from extroverts, who talk easily and gregariously. Introverts, who are quiet and tend to feel uncomfortable in large groups, may shrink from comment [...]
Remote work has become more and more common in U.S. businesses. Currently, 25% of all U.S. employees work remotely, and it is routinely cited as a perk more employees would like, at least some of the time. Recently, however, IBM moved to decrease its remote workforce. The announcement applied to its nearly 3,000-member marketing department, who were told to re-deploy to [...]
Effectively communicating in the office is more than just firing off a few emails or picking up the telephone. There's a degree of strategy that needs to accompany communication in the workplace. It's about intently listening to others while engaging with them on a level that allows everyone to relate. It's also about being direct and clear about the message being [...]
Are meetings where ideas go to die? If your meetings have let you down, you're not alone. Employees often resent meetings: a study by the American Psychological Association showed that people "who tend to be highly task and goal oriented were most negatively affected by meetings." It is true that sometimes we need to meet: not all decisions are easy to make [...]
Managers need to be perceived as not having favorites in the workplace. It’s a key part of business leadership. If your methods are viewed as favoritism, that perception can erode morale and trust on your team and negatively impact productivity.Of course, the more crucial part is not having favorites among your team. Frankly, that can be difficult to pull off entirely. Whether it’s [...]
You’ve stacked your virtual team with competent, reliable individuals. You’ve designed your team’s core values. The machine has been built, now how do we get it to start churning? Equipping your team with the proper technology and collaborative platforms could make or break your virtual team. Slow or distracting systems mean workflow and productivity will suffer. At the same time, [...]
Think of it as a long-distance relationship. You’ve been apart for months since your last visit. You’ve each settled into your own routine, established your own strategy and procedure to overcome the distance, and worst of all, become comfortable with your own bad habits. And, as in any long-distance relationship, when disagreements or full-blown conference call fights erupt, both [...]
More and more, hoteliers are removing end-of- life PBX systems and legacy servers to implement more advanced cloud-based Unified Communications (UC) solutions that enhance the overall guest experience and embrace the full benefits of mobility.According to Hospitality Technology’s 2016 Lodging Technology Study, more than 54% of hoteliers planned to spend more on payment security, guest room technology, bandwidth, and mobile engagement in [...]
A growing number of articles are addressing the downsides of today’s culture of collaboration. Common symptoms are unproductive meetings and individual work groups driving a proliferation of apps as some of the main causes of the “collaboration overload.” Knowledge workers are being hit especially hard.A recent piece from the Harvard Business Review proposes that this phenomenon, making collaboration more burdensome [...]
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us. Everything from appliances like Siri, Alexa, and other voice recognition-driven systems to robots to credit card fraud detection is powered by AI. In fact, technology news indicates that the number of applications and platforms using AI is likely to grow exponentially in the near future. Wired reports that major technology companies, including [...]
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become nearly omnipresent, as the billions of connected devices become an increasingly prevalent part of our everyday work and personal lives. As the network of objects equipped with sensors, software and connectivity grows, so do questions about security and ethical use. The question remains for business leadership concerned with the state of IoT: issues [...]
The technology industry is very much associated with young people. Corporate wunderkinds Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg were quite young when they were working in the iconic garage where Apple was started and greeting Facebook investors in a hoodie. Many engaged in the tech industry are young, having grown up surrounded by technology. Many tech people exhibit a very strong personal bias preference [...]
CEOs, company managers, and directors can often feel they’ve lost control or insight into their employees work habits and preferences. If the company is instituting new policies or trying out new company culture-building techniques but cannot see the real-time advantages of these investments, it could be a waste of time and money.To make up for the human contact lost by [...]
Change is increasingly necessary as organizations must adapt to new market forces, globalization, and new processes, including those stemming from the digital, robotics, and artificial intelligence worlds. "Change management" refers to the overseeing of the transition from a company’s current organization and processes to the desired ones. While change is all around us, the majority of change efforts — [...]
Collaboration is good business. Wired quotes a study by Aberdeen Next-Generation Communications observing that companies who prioritize collaboration increased their performance substantially over companies that did not. Moreover, Wired argues that collaboration, in addition to being a good team performance strategy, makes good practices visible, further driving performance. It is, therefore, an optimal business strategy.Trends in CollaborationSo collaboration as a method is here to [...]
“At the core of most successful organizations are people who work well together,” Adrienne Sanders writes in Stanford Business. “Happy collaborators are typically more productive and are less apt to look elsewhere for employment. But what are the circumstances that lead people to want to team up over and over again?” New research by Stanford’s Daniel McFarland suggests that the reasons [...]
For the last four decades, gender disparities have been a focus of the U.S. workplace. Pay and promotion of women often lag behind that of men. Salaries and child-care responsibilities are often cited as the most obvious reasons. The solution advanced is higher pay for women and more flexible child care arrangements. The digital workplace has only made these [...]
The Millennials have been the coming generation for a while. But the cohort that follows them, Generation Z, are either on the entry rungs of job ladders or about to get there. Generation Z is the generation born between 1995 and the early 2000s, while, of course, the Millennial generation precedes them. Right now, at 79 million strong, Generation [...]
Advertisers target consumer computer searches and purchasing activity so that ads can be matched to them. That is why, if you’ve shopped for anything from shoes to kayaking gear recently, images of shoes or kayaks miraculously show up on your computer. Mining Social Media Accounts Technology news indicates that searches and buying activity are not the only things being [...]
According to the Wall Street Journal, management is responsible for motivating, communicating with, and developing their employees, in addition to setting goals, organizing, and measuring progress. These tasks were delineated by management guru Peter Drucker many years ago.The first three can take some doing. Not all managers are clear on how to motivate, communicate, and develop. These three tasks sometimes take [...]
The WannaCry malware attack that crippled computers around the world in mid-May 2017 could have been much worse if not for the quick-thinking actions of a 22-year-old British cyber protector. His actions are a bright light on an incident that caused costly damage to companies and individuals who rely on a digital workplace. It’s also a happy ending to May’s [...]