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1 week ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
Check Point Software Technologies is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, dedicated to protecting corporate enterprises and governments worldwide. Maryanne Ndanu, Field Marketing Manager, Africa, at Check Point Software, discusses her job role, the way she deals with her ‘procrastination monkey’ and the trends she is seeing in her industry right now. Describe your current job role. I serve as the Field and Channel Marketing Manager for Check Point Software in Africa.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
An AppSec leader for more than 15 years, Invicti enables organisations in every industry to continuously scan and secure all of their web applications and APIs. Its solutions enable businesses to enable innovation without compromising security. Kevin Gallagher, President at Invicti, talks more about how Invicti started, its vision and goals and its approach to management.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
As the UAE continues its transformation into a knowledge-based economy, the EdTech and digital industries are undergoing rapid growth with a strong emphasis on Digital Transformation and innovative educational tools. However, there are still significant challenges such as the integration of emerging technologies, shifting student expectations and the existing skills gap.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban TikTok in the US, unless the Chinese-owned company sells its US operation. At the start of April, Trump granted TikTok a second 75-day extension to close a deal to keep the video app running in the US. Sue Azari, Industry Lead, e-Commerce at AppsFlyer, explains how this potential ban has spooked marketers and made them realise they should not put all their eggs in one basket. She talks about social media dependence and the case for diversification.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
Unrestricted use of AI in the office has become commonplace in the UK, with almost two-thirds (64%) of workers using it without limits. Surprisingly, a quarter (26%) of business leaders have no way of tracking the use of AI within their workforce, putting their data security at risk. While 85% of workers are now logging into AI tools at work, more than a third (38%) said their biggest worry is data security and privacy.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
According to recent research commissioned by Reed, the increase in National Insurance contributions is forcing 27% of organisations to postpone or cancel the hiring of new employees. It also highlighted that 16% were likely to make redundancies in light of the rise. With a range of external factors raising costs for UK businesses, many are being pushed into downsizing, or at the very least limiting expansion goals.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Rebecca Miles |Gareth Bryer
Tom Hardy Netflix thriller 'puts Wales on world map'Rebecca Miles & Gareth BryerGetty ImagesBritish actor Tom Hardy stars as a detective in action thriller HavocThe team behind Netflix's new action thriller Havoc say it will "put Wales on the map" for filmmakers across the world. Starring Tom Hardy as a "jaded" detective, Havoc tells the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong. Although it is set in an unnamed US city, all of it - including car chases and shootouts - was filmed in Wales.
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3 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
The COVID-19 pandemic brought immediate changes to the way people worked with lockdowns taking place across the world. In the UK, many were forced to work from home. For a long time, companies had said working from home wouldn’t work, but overnight, these changes happened. It is now five years since the first lockdown in the UK. Four businesspeople look at how COVID-19 has changed the way people work.
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3 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, in association with the Technology in M&A Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee, has released new data revealing UK firms currently use AI-based technologies to complete around half (49%) of their merger & acquisition (M&A) engagements and 61% at firms where M&A is the majority of their work.
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3 weeks ago | 
intelligentcxo.com | Rebecca Miles
The Office for National Statistics announced that in the UK the public sector net borrowing, excluding public sector banks, was £151.9 billion (or 5.3% of GDP) in the 2024 to 2025 financial year, £20.7 billion (or 0.5 percentage points) more than in the previous year and the third highest total on record. The S&P Global survey in April also revealed that the UK’s private sector went into decline, as new export orders dropped. The reading from the survey was 48.2 in April, down from 51.5 in March.
