Category: FOCUS

How we bring new customers into the business with the help of Instagram

How we bring new customers into the business with the help of Instagram

Instagram is a great way to expand the visibility and notoriety of your business. But can we bring in new customers with Instagram? Here are five reasons why you should create a business account on this social media platform right now to take advantage of the opportunities there. Since its inception, Instagram has proven to be a powerful marketing tool […]

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Nearly half of global CEOs don’t expect to see a return to ‘normal’ until 2022

Nearly half of global CEOs don’t expect to see a return to ‘normal’ until 2022

CEOs of the world’s most influential companies are planning what the ‘new reality’ will look like post-pandemic. The 2021 KPMG CEO Outlook Pulse Survey finds that almost half (45 percent) of global executives do not expect to see a return to a ‘normal’ course of business until sometime in 2022, as opposed to nearly one-third (31 percent) who anticipate this […]

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Digital learning: educational challenges, building a learning culture, and adapting along the way

Digital learning: educational challenges, building a learning culture, and adapting along the way

Nowadays, a successful business requires not only competence development to solve current and future business issues but learning experiences for the rapid mastering of new skills, the shaping of new mindsets, and lifelong learning. These learning experiences should be proactive, data-driven, cost-efficient, and transparent, but most importantly, they should be digital. Mazars, together with e-Learning Company, conducted in December and […]

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Family businesses are well-positioned to lead the revival of the global economy

Family businesses are well-positioned to lead the revival of the global economy

A new report from the STEP Project Global Consortium and KPMG Private Enterprise has demonstrated how the unique structure of family businesses has empowered them to respond to the impact of COVID-19. The study found that the involvement of the family and their long-term mindset has enabled them to demonstrate resilience in the pandemic, placing them in a key role […]

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58% of Data Backups are Failing, Creating Data Protection Challenges and Limiting Digital Transformation Initiatives

58% of Data Backups are Failing, Creating Data Protection Challenges and Limiting Digital Transformation Initiatives

Data protection challenges are undermining organizations’ abilities to execute Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives globally, according to the Veeam® Data Protection Report 2021, which has found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™, found that against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ensuing economic uncertainty, which 40% of CXOs […]

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New report reveals embracing digital could increase Romania’s GDP by 16.48%

New report reveals embracing digital could increase Romania’s GDP by 16.48%

A new report, Digitalisation: An opportunity for Europe, shows how increased digitalisation of Europe’s services and value chains over the next six years could boost Romania’s GDP per capita by 16.48% and also increase productivity by 16.70%. The report, commissioned by Vodafone and conducted by Deloitte, looks at the five key measures – connectivity, human capital, use of internet services, […]

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Focus on talent, technology and partnerships can be key to thrive post-COVID-19 pandemic

Focus on talent, technology and partnerships can be key to thrive post-COVID-19 pandemic

 A new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study revealed a top challenge for many global surveyed CEOs over the next few years is managing an “anywhere” workforce. Outperforming CEOs – whose organizations were in the top 20% for revenue growth of those surveyed – are prioritizing talent, technology and partners to position their companies for success post-COVID-19 pandemic. The […]

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The impact of 5G on productivity

The impact of 5G on productivity

Increased productivity and efficiency resulting from 5G technologies will drive business, skills and services developments worth USD 1.3 trillion to global GDP by 2030, according to PwC’s report “The global economic impact of 5G. Powering Your Tomorrow”. “PwC’s projections show that 5G technology, used in conjunction with investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT), can offer […]

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A reflection of 2020 in the transfer pricing analysis for Romanian manufacturers

A reflection of 2020 in the transfer pricing analysis for Romanian manufacturers

The economic uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the pressure on governments to ensure that tax bases are not diminished, especially in the context of the need to allocate resources to vital areas such as the public health sector, social measures, or business support in an effort to limit the adverse economic effects of the pandemic. Under the […]

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European citizens believe health sector, small business, creating new jobs and digital should be focus of EU pandemic Recovery Funds

European citizens believe health sector, small business, creating new jobs and digital should be focus of EU pandemic Recovery Funds

Vodafone, the largest mobile and fixed network operator in Europe, today releases new research revealing the European public’s attitudes towards the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).  Commissioned by its think tank, the Vodafone Institute, and conducted by Kantar, it reveals the European public’s attitudes towards the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), showing widespread support. 86% of […]

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3 directions to explore in the absence of a Disaster Recovery budget

3 directions to explore in the absence of a Disaster Recovery budget

Most companies relate to Disaster Recovery as to an insurance policy. Most of the time, the investments in this area are rather an expense that do not generate direct results in the company’s revenue, which can only be “collected” when something unforeseen of great impact happens. Therefore, many companies postpone investments in this direction, making decisions in a shorter time […]

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Public Wi-Fi Security Best Practices

Public Wi-Fi Security Best Practices

The common experience of public Wi-Fi is usually frustrating and unreliable due to the cumbersome and repetitive authentication process. In theory, once a device is connected and authenticated to a public Wi-Fi network for the first time, the user will be reconnected to the same network again automatically. But this is not always the case. Frequently, reauthentication of the device […]

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