Digital Business

Irene Sandler - September 22, 2020 - 1006 views

On a cold and cloudy January day in Portland, Oregon, I gave birth at home to my first child, a boy. He was perfect, and perfectly healthy, with all fingers and all toes, just as we had wished. We named him Isaac, which means, “he laughs.” And so did the universe. By six months, it […]

Jodie Thellin Skyberg - September 18, 2020 - 223 views

The U.S. pharma industry is under attack by executive order, with the latest salvo designed to ensure the Medicare Part B program pays the same price for drugs as similarly developed nations pay. That order joins others issued this summer, all aimed at high U.S. drug prices. These orders – all variants of previous orders and […]

Jillian Powers - September 16, 2020 - 444 views

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust our lives into uncertainty. The unemployment rate remains high, people struggle to plan their days and their lives due to unclear and ever-changing guidelines for returning to work and school, and consumers worry about both their finances and the health and well-being of their families and communities. COVID-19 has resulted […]

Meganne Franks - September 14, 2020 - 1235 views

There’s a reason racial gaslighting is so widely talked about: It’s everywhere, especially the workplace. Gaslighting is a covert form of undermining others so that they doubt what they experience, see or feel. Racial gaslighting spurs self-doubt about racist experiences. It often subtly shifts the dialog from the topic at hand to the speaker and […]

Pradeep Behl - September 11, 2020 - 390 views

With employees continuing to work from home to meet the social distancing requirements of COVID-19, more people are juggling business with personal engagements, at times outside normal business hours. Often, they’re using their mobile business laptop, as well as a plethora of additional wireless mobile devices. This has increased the security demands on the hybrid […]

Alan Alper - September 10, 2020 - 1094 views

From the dawn of cyber time, the computer world has pivoted around code – and coders. Way back when, before handheld devices, packaged software, client/server and cloud-based server/client computing models became de rigueur, there were two choices: Hire experts to roll your own code, or contract with expensive third-party specialists to build enterprise-grade software. Either […]

Noe A. Gutierrez - September 10, 2020 - 419 views

Diversity has always mattered to me. But back in 2014, I was one of very few Hispanics working at Cognizant. As a friend and I brainstormed about ways for more diverse talent to find their way to the company, he suggested I join the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC), a professional association for senior business […]

Tiran Dagan - September 9, 2020 - 194 views

Like their pure-play brethren, diversified media companies have worked hard to differentiate and shape content across their properties. Yet as they step into direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming services, companies like NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Disney and Viacom face a new challenge: how best to personalize the one-stop viewing experience that’s at the heart of DTC. Delivering personalization means walking […]

Philippe Dintrans - September 1, 2020 - 357 views

Limbo is a tough place to be. Yet that’s where lenders find themselves as Congress debates a new round of stimulus packages that could impact the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness phase. As banks await the final details of the legislation, they can use the time to ready their lending operations for greater flexibility and […]

Philippe Dintrans - August 28, 2020 - 365 views

By all accounts, the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program for small and medium-size businesses (SMB) has not been the type of rescue program many anticipated. Launched in April, the program did not make its first loan until July.  The Main Street program has suffered from comparison with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), even though […]