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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. Even with today’s advanced remote technology, some communication just can’t be provided via video link.

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Smartphones – The Crucial Thread In The Fashion Retail Marketing Mix?

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With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. I will be presenting the results at the upcoming Asia Fashion Summit 2013 at the Raffles Conference and Convention Centre this month.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

It wasn't until Amazon invented walk-out technology that he was open to expanding. He is the fifth most extravagant man on the planet and the most elegant in Asia. The entire world was in need of this technology. She persevered and disrupted the beauty and skincare industry with her business acumen and diligence.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

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Across Asia Pacific, the average number of days for an invoice to be paid rose from 48 to 56, compared to the same period in the previous year. If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. Atradius, Payment Practices in Asia-Pacific, 2013.

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Are India’s IT managers holding back the country’s startup growth?

The Next Web

Narayana Murthy pulled a Michael Dell when he called time on his two-year-long retired life and retook charge at Infosys, the Indian information technology (IT) giant he had founded three decades ago in a small apartment with six others. Infosys would now be a technology solutions provider. The reason? And he has a view about this.

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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

YoungUpstarts

The other four RIRs serve Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe and the Middle East. In ARIN’s region, we expect to run out of IPv4 addresses for new Internet growth in mid-2013. All companies should review their network and computing equipment to make sure it is IPv6 compatible.

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Marketers Focus More Attention on Mobile Gaming

YoungUpstarts

In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. Newzoo, a video game research firm, reported that 2014 revenue for mobile gaming was $25 billion – up 43% over revenues from 2013. She also blogs at FreshlyTechy.com.

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