SHRM/Globoforce Survey Reveals Employee Turnover is Top Workforce Challenge Facing HR Leaders

Employee retention/turnover is the number one workplace challenge facing HR leaders today, according to the 2015 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Survey. The survey results were announced by Globoforce, a leading provider of social recognition solutions, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. In the survey, 40 percent of HR professionals cite employee retention/turnover as their top organizational challenge, followed by employee engagement.

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New IDC Study Shows a Disconnect Between Customer and Employee Experience

The International Data Corporation (IDC) 2015 EXPERIENCES Survey shows that providing a consistent experience across multiple engagement channels is a key focus for companies as well as the means to ensuring that employees, business partners, and suppliers have a unified view of interactions.

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INCENSe launches second open call for cleantech startups

INCENSe’s second Open Call has just been launched, beginning a process that will end with 28 startups being rewarded with up to 150,000 Euros of funding. Small or medium enterprises or web entrepreneurs working on cleantech projects that are based on FIWARE technology can apply online at www.incense-accelerator.com.

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Storyful partners with Google News Lab to power Youtube Newswire

Storyful and Google News Lab are teaming up and launching the YouTube Newswire, a channel dedicated to discovering, verifying and publishing the most newsworthy eyewitness YouTube videos of the day.

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Endesa launches a competition for university and professional training students

Endesa, in collaboration with the University Enterprise Foundation (FUE), has launched the first edition of the competition for university students called “Ideas on the Move”, dedicated to energy innovation. Students will have until the 25th of September to submit their ideas via the website www.lasideassemueven.com

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Harvard Business School to host leadership development program for professional service firm leaders

From July 12-17, 2015, Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education will host Growing and Leading a Professional Service Firm—China at the Harvard Center Shanghai. Offered in partnership with the Fudan University School of Management in Shanghai, the program will evaluate the evolving professional service sector in China and help leaders of professional service firms expand their business in China’s current economy.

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Survey: Consumers abandoning radio waves in favor of online audio streaming

Mirror Image, a leading provider of edge computing, streaming media and content delivery solutions, announced the results of its survey, “Radio Evolution: From Waves to Online Streaming,” which found that 43% of consumers haven’t listened to their AM/FM radio at home for more than a year. The statistic is among several findings offering insight into today’s audio consumption patterns and implications for audio broadcasters and advertisers.

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Dropbox expands developer platform to enable secure mobile collaboration

Dropbox announced the upcoming availability of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), an important capability for Dropbox for Business customers. Offered through upcoming partner solutions, EMM will allow businesses to give their employees safe access to mobile devices for work through trusted partner applications. Partners including AirWatch and MobileIron have already committed to enterprise integrations, which will be available to customers in the coming months.

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Vindicia Expands Global Operations in Latin America

Vindicia  has announced the opening of its Latin American offices in Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo. Vindicia Vice President of Latin America and Caribbean, Alejandro Couce, will oversee Vindicia’s operations in the region, which follow the company’s recent expansion into Asia-Pacific. Vindicia is expanding globally to facilitate the projected growth of over-the-top (OTT) and online subscription services worldwide.

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Nokia Networks launches 5G collaboration with Germany's University of Kaiserslautern

Nokia Networks will sponsor the 5G network architecture related research at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany and work closely with the university to study the changes that are required in the telco architecture going forward.

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Dell SecureWorks and Ponemon Institute Present the 2015 Global IT Security Spending & Investments Report

According to findings from a new global Ponemon study: “2015 Global IT Security Spending & Investments”, IT security and IT leaders and their staff members do not agree on security objectives. The study, commissioned by information security leader Dell SecureWorks, surveyed 1,825 IT security and IT leaders and their staff. The participants were based in 42 countries in the following regions: North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Japan and Latin America. The study’s objective was to determine the key influencers that are driving security budgets and technology purchases.

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Apple Announces News App for iPhone & iPad

Apple unveiled an all-new News app delivering the best news reading experience on any mobile device. Available with iOS 9 this fall for iPhone and iPad, News combines the visually rich layout of a magazine with the immediacy and customization of digital media. News follows over a million topics and pulls relevant stories based on your specific interests that can be easily shared or saved for later - without compromising your privacy. News is powered by the new custom-designed Apple News Format, a digital publishing format that allows publishers to create beautiful layouts.

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Brokers Rank Regulation, Capital Efficiency, Pricing as Top Concerns for 2015

Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) have been challenged during the past year by capital constraints and declining margins, creating serious concerns about the future viability of their business models. With US and European regulators pushing forward, profitability conditions have worsened from 2014 and remain in flux in 2015, causing some to exit from the industry.

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