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The latest digital disruption news, features and analysis on technologies transforming the business world. From disruptive startups to innovative breakthroughs, Verdict looks at the latest products, ideas and technologies that are transforming the future of industries. We are in the age of digital disruption: is your business prepared for transformation?
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20 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Marketing and Distribution
Marketing and distribution are key as the rise of the internet has prompted customers to buy directly from providers.
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20 May
Biggest influencers in big data in Q1 2020: The top companies and individuals to follow
GlobalData research has found the top big data influencers based on their performance and engagement online.
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19 May
Biggest influencers in AI in Q1 2020: The top companies and individuals to follow
GlobalData research has found the top artificial intelligence influencers based on their performance and engagement online.
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19 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Product Development
Digitisation is empowering customers to make more informed decisions.
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19 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Milestones Timeline
Although many digital challengers have focused on the direct channel for marketing and distributing their products and services, incumbent insurers continue to account for the largest share of this distribution channel.
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19 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Digital Challengers
While incumbent insurers traditionally relied on third parties to distribute their products, digital challengers have relied on the direct channel since their inception.
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18 May
Plans need to be made now for a Covid-19 ‘second wave’
The Covid-19 lockdown has been going on for a while and industries should be using this time to make plans.
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18 May
Coronavirus case studies: How Beam is helping the homeless become key workers
The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated how dependent society is upon its key workers.
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15 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Regulatory Trends
Regulations empower consumers to better understand their rights regarding third-party usage of their personal data; they also entitle consumers to make requests on how their data is used.
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15 May
Biggest companies trending on telecommunications in Q1 2020: The top companies and individuals to follow
GlobalData research has found the top companies trending based on their performance and engagement online.
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15 May
Coronavirus case studies: How HotelRunner is working towards a more “tech savvy” travel industry
The travel industry has been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with British Airways cutting 12,000 jobs and Tui announcing that it is cutting 8,000 jobs worldwide.
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14 May
IoT trends: Artificial intelligence leads Twitter mentions in Q1 2020
Verdict lists the top five terms tweeted on IoT in Q1 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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13 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: D2C Industry Trends
As digitisation continues to shape customers’ attitudes and purchasing behaviours, insurers are being forced to rethink their distribution models and put a greater focus on the direct channel (D2C).
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13 May
Coronavirus case studies: How ARTIQ is supporting artists during lockdown
Art is one of the many industries that has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus, and for art consultancy and rental agency ARTIQ, the impact this has had on artists has been particularly concerning.
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12 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Technology Trends
The rise of the internet and advancements in technology has resulted in the rapid growth of smart devices, which help drive sales online.
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12 May
Telepresence robots make lockdown graduation a reality for students
For students, the lockdowns the coronavirus has forced have upended normal staples of the education experience, but when it comes to graduation, telepresence robots are providing a solution.
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6 May
Direct to Customer Insurance: Direct Channel
Distribution can be broadly split into two distinct categories: the indirect and direct channel.
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6 May
Disruptive tech trends: Financial services lead Twitter mentions in April 2020
Financial services leads as Verdict lists the top five terms tweeted on disruptive tech in April 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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5 May
Social distancing wearable to help construction, manufacturing resume
A wearable with built-in social distancing technology has been launched to help construction, manufacturing, infrastructure and logistics companies get back up and running amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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5 May
Coronavirus case studies: How Domo is crunching pandemic data
Domo is a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) and data company based in American Fork, Utah, and is part of the state’s Silicon Slopes tech scene.
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4 May
Coronavirus case studies: How Perlego and Barclays are bringing free digital textbooks to students
Even in normal times, textbooks can be an eye-watering expense for students, but under lockdown, when libraries are closed, it is an even greater challenge.
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30 Apr
Building a global data picture is critical in the Covid-19 crisis
In the face of the current pandemic, a globally aligned approach to the gathering and analysing of data is critical in gaining control of Covid-19.
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30 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How Cypher moved its coding camps for kids online
One of the many industries that has been particularly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic is education, and not just in terms of schools.
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28 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How Toast Ale is using its pivot to online to help others
With pubs, bars and restaurants closed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus, many suppliers in the drinks industry have seen a sudden loss of business, including bread-based brewer Toast Ale.
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24 Apr
Watch: Rented future – the dangerous rise of life as a service
In March, the Free Software Foundation held its conference, LibrePlanet 2020, as an entirely online affair, having been forced to switch to a virtual conference at just days notice due to the coronavirus.
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23 Apr
CTO Talk: Q&A with BlackLine’s Pete Hirsch
Pete Hirsch is the CTO of BlackLine, an American enterprise software company that creates applications to automate accounting tasks.
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22 Apr
Communication is key to cultural change in the digital enterprise
The old saying ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ rings true in all walks of life, but especially in large organisations dependent on complex digital infrastructures.
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22 Apr
Artificial intelligence trends: Machine learning leads Twitter mentions in Q1 2020
Verdict lists the top five terms tweeted on artificial intelligence in Q1 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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17 Apr
Biggest companies trending on disruptive tech in Q1 2020: Top companies and individuals to follow
GlobalData research has found the top companies trending in disruptive tech based on their performance and engagement online.
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13 Apr
Living with a pandemic: How networks can support the transition to a new normal
As the Covid-19 pandemic has taken hold over the past few weeks and months, it has become clear that we are facing an unprecedented situation on a global scale.