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Navigating Global Compliance for Shopify Merchants
The increase in the number of people shopping online in the past few years has fueled a significant growth in global ecommerce. In today’s market, with an annual growth rate of 9.49% set to drive a market volume of $6,478 billion by 2029, expanding beyond borders has transformed from an opportunity into a critical driver of growth. However, for ecommerce…
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Wasabi Technologies promotes Jon Howes to SVP of global sales
Cloud storage provider Wasabi Technologies has announced the appointment of Jon Howes as its new senior vice president of global sales. Howes steps into the role having served as the company’s vice president and general manager for the EMEA region since January 2023 and brings more than two decades’ leadership experience to the role. As EMEA chief, Howes’ leadership is…
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BT launches Global Fabric, a new AI-ready network as a service platform
BT has announced its Global Fabric platform, a new network as a service (NaaS) offering focused on driving employee connectivity amidst increased AI usage. The firm said that Global Fabric will make it easier and quicker to create secure connections between staff, customers, and devices to applications and digital services that are hosted across multiple clouds. Such applications and digital…
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Jamf appoints new CISO and global channel lead
Apple mobile device management specialist, Jamf, has announced the appointments of Andrew Smeaton as chief information security officer (CISO) and Marc Botham as its new global vice president of channels and alliances. An experienced industry leader, Smeaton adds more than 25 years’ experience in global information security, having navigated complex, multi-stakeholder environments across Europe, North America, and the Middle East.…
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AI Surge Could Trigger Global Chip Shortage by 2026
Another global chip shortage could be looming, with a new report predicting skyrocketing demand for AI-related products and services that suppliers may struggle to meet. AI workloads could grow by between 25% and 35% annually up to 2027, according to consultancy Bain and Company. However, a demand increase of just 20% has a high likelihood of upsetting the equilibrium and…
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Best International Merchant Accounts for Secure Global Payments
The six best international merchant accounts are: An international merchant account allows businesses to accept cashless payments such as credit cards, digital checks, and ACH from customers across the globe. It manages multiple currencies through a network of partnerships with local processors in different countries. Back in the day, businesses with international clients were mostly large B2Bs. However, with new…
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AI to create better products and services, add $19.9T to global economy — IDC – Computerworld
New job roles to emerge A survey of CFOs in June by Duke University and the Atlanta and Richmond Federal Reserve banks found that 32% of organizations plan to use AI in the next year to complete tasks once done by humans. And in the first six months of 2024, nearly 60% of companies (and 84% of large companies) said they had…
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Sovereign cloud demand is “truly global” according to Oracle — and the company is well placed to capitalize on it
The demand for sovereign cloud capabilities is “truly global” according to a senior figure at Oracle, and the company intends to fully capitalize on this trend in the year ahead. Speaking to ITPro at a roundtable at Oracle CloudWorld 2024, Scott Twaddle, SVP of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), product and industries, described the burgeoning sovereign cloud computing market as “fascinating”…
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Australian Firms Lag in Global Digital Transformation Race
A disproportionately large portion of Australia’s local companies are struggling to keep up with the pace of global digital adoption and transformation, according to new data from the local arm of Accenture. The consulting firm found 40% of local companies fall in the bottom quartile of companies when ranked by their digital maturity level against global competitors in countries in…
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NinjaOne promotes Andre Schindler to SVP of global sales
Endpoint management and security specialist NinjaOne has announced the promotion of Andre Schindler to the position of senior vice president of global sales. The new role will see Schindler initially lead the company’s global account management and sales development teams, as well as continue his duties as general manager for EMEA. He will also oversee NinjaOne’s EMEA operations and growth.…
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