Global study reveals benefits transcend productivity, but organizations must prepare for data security risks Employees who work in digital workplaces are not only more productive but also more motivated, have higher job satisfaction, and report an overall better sense of well-being, according to a new global study from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The study, The Right Technologies Unlock the Potential of the Digital Workplace, reveals both the business and human benefits of more digitally-driven workplaces, and how companies that are less technologically advanced are at risk of falling behind the competition and not attracting top talent. It also … Continue reading Beyond Productivity: The Human Side of the Digital Workplace Quantified

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PAN Emirates Announces its CSR Initiative for Ramadan

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

#PANEmiratesgivesback Pledges to contribute 1% of total sales to SENSES Residential and Day Care for Special Needs during the holy month PAN Emirates Home Furnishings, the leading home-grown indoor, patio and outdoor furniture brand in the region, has announced that it will contribute 1% of its total sales during the month of Ramadan to SENSES Residential and Day Care for Special Needs, a non-profit organization, which is a residential and daycare facility for children with special needs in the UAE. The announcement from PAN Emirates comes as part of their Ramadan campaign #panemiratesgivesback and its enduring commitment towards the welfare … Continue reading PAN Emirates Announces its CSR Initiative for Ramadan

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Fortinet Introduces Machine Learning Capabilities to its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall for Advanced Behavioral Threat Detection

June 10, 2018 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

Two-step AI-based Machine Learning Improves Attack Detection Accuracy to Create a Nearly “Set and Forget” Web Application Firewall News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the latest version of its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF)software release 6.0, making it the only major WAF security vendor to use machine learning for behavioral-based threat detection in web applications. The new innovations to FortiWeb provide a dramatic increase in detecting web application threats with nearly 100 percent accuracy. Increased threat detection accuracy enables faster response times for “set and forget” automated blocking, eliminating … Continue reading Fortinet Introduces Machine Learning Capabilities to its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall for Advanced Behavioral Threat Detection

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New ServiceNow Virtual Agent Takes Chat from Conversation to Resolution

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 Business & Lifestyle Publishing

Now employees get answers immediately and can open cases directly from chatsto make every day work simple, accessible and natural for everyone ServiceNow(NYSE:NOW) has announced newconversational bot technology dubbed “Virtual Agent,” designed to improve customer and employee experiences by getting work completed quicklythroughmore natural interactions andreal-time automated resolution. Unlike other bots, ServiceNow’s Virtual Agent can manage employee or customer requests from start to finish,leveraging ServiceNow’s industry-leading Now Platform™to resolve conversational requests automatically, such as resetting a password. “Our Virtual Agent enables apowerfulconversation model built natively in the Now Platform,”saidCJ Desai, chief product officer, ServiceNow. “Thisenables our customers to develop a wide … Continue reading New ServiceNow Virtual Agent Takes Chat from Conversation to Resolution