New research from IONOS Cloud shows the significant cybersecurity and data protection skills gaps businesses currently face. Here, Achim Weiss, CEO of IONOS, shares his insight on what business leaders across the globe need to know to protect their organisations.
The strong influence and position of major players in the retail channel, whether traditional or online, represents a major risk to many brand owners. As retailers focus on developing their own or generic brands and simplifying range offers, they are setting themselves up as competitors, while maintaining their purchasing power and channel control.
We speak with Anna Alex, founder of the climate-tech startup Planetly, which helps companies analyse, reduce and offset their CO2 consumption thanks to cutting-edge technology and digital tools.
We introduce you to Wascosa – a Swiss company focussed on the hiring out and management of freight cars for rail traffic and a pioneer in the industry. Peter Balzer is the Chief Executive Officer of Wascosa and works closely with Philipp Müller, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Peter has been in charge of Wascosa's fortunes since 2014 and since then has helped the company to become the fourth largest wagon leasing company in Europe. He tells us all about it over the next few pages.
Following Nick Beighton stepping down as CEO of Asos, Doug Baird, founder and Chief Executive of New Street Consulting Group, looks at the challenge for CEO successors keen to take fresh eyes to a new role.
Ark Invest, which was founded by millionaire investor Cathie Wood in 2014, bought 197,259 shares in the Meta stock. The shares are estimated to be worth $63.83 million. On Friday, shares of the company closed 2.1% higher at $323.57 per share, with Meta set to change its stock ticker from FB to MVRS from December […]
The company said the new name would better encompass what it does as it expands its reach beyond social media and focuses on areas such as virtual reality (VR). While the name change will not apply to the company’s individual platforms, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, the rebrand has nonetheless prompted backlash. The move […]
The station would function as a “mixed-use business park”, capable of hosting up to ten people at a time in low Earth orbit. Inside the 32,000 sq ft station, there will be designated areas for “film-making in microgravity”, “conducting cutting-edge research”, and a “space hotel”. In a statement, Blue Origin said: “The station will open the […]
Covid pushed operations into the limelight, but what does the future hold? Dale Smith, Operations Director at The Frameworks, explores the question. The pandemic has thrown the structure of working life completely out of shape. Since the many lockdowns forced companies to adopt remote working overnight, the pressures on operation teams are greater than ever […]
The rise in Tesla’s share price has further bolstered the fortunes of its founder and chief executive, Elon Musk. According to Forbes, Musk became $25 billion richer following the deal with Hertz, making him wealthier than any billionaire ever. Recently, Morgan Stanley predicted that Musk will become the world’s first trillionaire. Tesla’s stock market value […]
On arrival at the city of Thebes, Oedipus encountered the great sphinx. If Oedipus could answer the sphinx’s riddle, he would be able to enter; if not he would be devoured. In the age of deep tech, our heroes are those who have undertaken their own personal odysseys to become billionaire founders of unicorn startups. […]
Business intelligence involves the technologies that allow data mining, data preparation, data visualisation, and data management. Business tools and systems enable end-users to identify valuable information from raw data for informed decision-making within an organisation. There are various business intelligence tools available in the market that help businesses examine performance metrics and extract insights in […]
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