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“Quantum Computing for Financial Services: Improving Efficiencies and Preventing Fraud”

Should you be benefiting from emerging quantum computing solutions, which can support use cases including targeting and prediction, trading optimization and risk profiling?

Practical quantum computing is often quoted as being ten years away, but financial services is one of the sectors already demonstrating benefits from its early adoption.

Quantum computing use cases for financial organizations involve solving complex problems that have too many variables for classical computers to be able to return a result on a realistic timescale. These include making accurate predictions of markets, predicting trading signals in financial markets, calculating credit-decision outcomes, portfolio optimization, risk mitigation and identifying fraudulent activity.

Current quantum computers have a limited number of qubits – a measure of quantum computing power – are unwieldy and expensive, and existing code libraries are limited. Other barriers to adoption include a skills gap, poor return on investment and a limited supporting ecosystem.

To get around this, most businesses access quantum computing resources from major quantum computing suppliers via the cloud and work in partnership with vendors to develop algorithms. There are four main types of quantum processors. Of these, trapped ion technology has been demonstrated in risk management scenarios, and annealing quantum computers for simulation, fraud management and customer loyalty use cases, among others. However, it is unclear which technology will prove best across the board for financial services in the long term!

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“Scaling and Measuring Robotic Process Automation”

The idea of the self-service digital worker pays dividends for businesses undergoing this transformation. Traditional automation essentially shied away from empowering workers, but they are the experts in their respective fields — so why not leverage that knowledge to create better outcomes all around?

For the largest enterprises in technology, increasing value has always been an absolute priority. So how is a company with a 60% compound annual growth rate, a thousand processes to automate, and around 1500 global stakeholders going to achieve this? By scaling.

A business unit may already have implemented RPA. APls might also play a role. But they all must be measured to ensure they create effective business outcomes. And that’s where the second part of the equation comes into play.

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“Private Equity Funding in Technology: What’s the Impact on the Channel?”

Private equity funding in the tech industry continues apace — but is it a good thing for the channel?

With tech now an intrinsic part of the business landscape, the B2B tech industry is a prime target for investment by private equity (PE) investment. But some have suggested that such investment ignores the value the channel can bring. Is the current spate of investment an opportunity or an added challenge for channel partners?

Should partners be worried about the potential fallout for their businesses? This report will look at both the potential problems and opportunities PE investment might generate for partners. You will learn:

• What’s driving private equity investments in tech
• How a vendor’s channel partners impact its perceived value
• How companies are using private equity investment funds

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“How Retailers Can Run More Profitably in All Market Conditions”

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“How to Get Buy in From Stakeholders on Your Next LMS Software Purchase”

Ready to make your case for new software? Download this template to help you get organized and convince stakeholders to support your case for new lms software.

Getting buy-in from stakeholders isn’t always easy, but you have to start somewhere. More importantly, you need to convince all stakeholders that this software purchase project can benefit all stakeholders—at any level

Software Advice has created a handy downloadable stakeholder template. You can use this with your stakeholder’s influence and interest, level of involvement, and pain points, which will help you identify their needs and plan for how to address them.

In addition, one of our expert software advisors will help analyze your unique business needs and set you up with free product demos and price information.

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“Moving Tax to the Cloud: A Financial Perspective”

Cloud (Saas) technology is known for being a cost-effective solution with quicker implementations, minimal use of hardware, and low maintenance costs.

For your indirect tax function, regardless of whether you use native ERP functionality or an integrated on-premise tax engine to calculate tax, there are both external and internal costs to consider. Total cost of ownership (TCO) is one of the most important factors to evaluate when considering a move to a cloud-based tax solution.

Download this white paper to learn about:

• What TCO is comprised of and how to reduce it
• Costs when migrating from a native ERP to cloud
• Costs when migrating from an on-premise tax engine to the cloud
• How to future-proof your tax function to pivot with ease as your business expands

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“Overcome Challenges During the Drug Development Lifecycle”

This playbook explores how implementing an ERP solution to capture data, track spending, improve communication, address bottlenecks, and reduce risks accelerates the drug development process.

Biopharma companies face myriad challenges during the drug development process, so the right technology is essential to move new therapeutics from discovery and development to commercialization with as few roadblocks as possible. Replacing legacy processes at all stages of the drug development process can ensure life sciences companies adhere to timelines and budgets, improving speed to market.

This playbook explores how implementing an ERP solution to capture data, track spending, improve communication, address bottlenecks, and reduce risks accelerates the drug development process. It will show how a cloud-based ERP can help biopharma companies:

• Manage business complexities during discovery and development
• Create a roadmap for the clinical research phase
• Achieve seamless crossover between clinical operations and finance department
• Assist with FDA review and compliance
• Navigate transition from drug development to launch
• Continually monitor data and metrics to ensure commercial success

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“Responsible data use: Navigating privacy in the information lifecycle”

Brought to you by OneTrust

In an era defined by data-driven interactions, safeguarding privacy is paramount at every stage of the information lifecycle. From fostering transparency to ensuring appropriate retention periods, the bedrock of responsible data use rests upon good privacy management practices.

Unlocking the insights and strategies imperative to this evolving landscape, this eBook will guide you through the intricacies of privacy management across the information lifecycle. Dive in to discover more about:

• Privacy by Design
• Navigating Privacy Across the Information Lifecycle
• Efficiency and Automation

Download the eBook now and learn more about responsible data use and data privacy through the information lifecycle.

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“Zero-Trust Adoption Driven by Data Protection, Cloud Access Control, and Regulatory Compliance Requirements”

Zero-trust initiatives are a key focus for many companies. Nearly 30% of organizations are already rolling out zero-trust initiatives to control access to their data and assets and more than 80% will have the capability within the next 18 months. Organizations are addressing cybersecurity challenges by enhancing identity and access management, privileged-access management, and data classification. They expect to see budgets for zero-trust initiatives grow modestly over the next 12 months.

Dark Reading’s 2023 Zero-Trust Survey of 124 IT and security professionals points to factors driving zero-trust adoption, including efforts to bolster data protection, enable better cloud access control, meet regulatory compliance requirements, and address risks related to a growing remote workforce. Many enterprises have implemented a zero[1]trust security strategy in the past year — or plan to do so over the coming 12 months — to address a variety of security use cases. By the end of 2024, more than 80% of the IT and security professionals in Dark Reading’s survey expect to have a zero-trust initiative in place at their organization. The primary drivers for zero-trust adoption are data protection, cloud access control, remote workforce[1]related risks, and regulatory compliance interest in zero-trust models cuts across organizational size and industries. Relatively small organizations and very large organizations appear to be adopting zero-trust approaches in equal numbers. Many of those who have deployed zero trust as well as those still in the process of doing so expect long-term benefits that extend beyond strong access controls and authentication. A high percentage of organizations already have key components in place for enabling zero-trust architectures. These include strong identity and access management (IAM) controls, multifactor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, and endpoint detection and response mechanisms. Employing these controls, security and IT professionals mostly appear confident about their ability to address threats related to identity and access. But challenges remain, especially around password management, managing cloud access, enforcing least-privileged access, and managing privileged access. Over the next 12 months, many organizations plan to address these challenges by enhancing their capabilities in several of these areas — including IAM, privileged-access management, and data classification. A high percentage of respondents expect to see budgets for zero-trust initiatives grow over the next 12 months. Even so, the increases would likely be modest: The expected percentage increases tended to be on the lower side.

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“CX and the CIO: Trends Shaping Industries in 2023 and Beyond”

The role of technology leaders in the future of CX.

Explore the trends driving the future of customer experience (CX) and learn how technology leaders, especially CIOs, can future-proof the business by meeting the digital expectations of their customers.

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