Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog April 15, 2022 Reducing Inequality in a More Connected Future Requires New Perspectives on Inclusion and the Ability to “Think Globally,” Says NSW’s Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Ian Oppermann Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most business leaders probably gave little or no thought to the ideas of “geographic inclusion” or “time zone inclusion.” But Dr. Ian Oppermann, chief data scientist for the New South Wales Government in Australia, emphasizes that these are “real issues” for businesses to address if they want to make virtual work arrangements sustainable — and more engaging — for the… Blog April 19, 2022 Jump-Starting Finance Transformation: Changing Stakeholder Demands Requires a Response When thinking back on the past two years, it is evident that COVID-19 and the restrictions imposed on businesses, travel and commerce fueled widespread changes in finance functions across all industries. But the pandemic’s end — or, at least, its waning severity — hardly means that business has reverted to pre-COVID-19 norms or that those changes, finally, have slowed. The needs and demands of… Blog April 20, 2022 Geopolitical Tensions Exacerbate TMT Industry’s Top Risk Concerns The last two years have provided a considerable test of resiliency for technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies. Industry leaders have been widely commended for spearheading growth and innovation during this period, but they continue to face a broad range of risks that require laser-focused mitigation strategies. In recent months, a dominant threat to the industry has been the… Blog April 22, 2022 Earth Day Is an Ideal Time for Energy and Utilities Companies to Set a Date for a Carbon Footprint Assessment Earth Day, observed annually on April 22, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. A half-century later, more than a billion people around the world mobilize for action on Earth Day, according to EARTHDAY.org, taking part in activities designed to help change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes that will benefit the planet.… Blog April 27, 2022 The Ripple Effect of Supply Chain Disruption on Budgeting and Forecasting: Think Flexible and Long-Term Two years ago, COVID-19 lockdowns threw economies and supply chains into turmoil. Last year, supply chain disruptions and inflation were assumed to be transitory. More recently, the crisis in Ukraine and the lockdown of Shanghai and other cities have further exacerbated matters. Amid this turbulence, it should be no surprise that management teams across industries have abandoned the notion that… Podcast April 13, 2022 Podcast | Building Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains It should come as no surprise that, according to research from Protiviti, ESG metrics and measurement are among the top priorities for CFOs and finance teams to address, and a majority are substantially increasing the focus on and frequency of their ESG reporting. A key part of these efforts must be building sustainable operations and supply chains.But this only scratches the surface. Board… Podcast April 6, 2022 Podcast | Quantum Career Pathways According to one source, there are currently 1,600 job openings in quantum computing. Evidence of a skills shortage, no doubt. A shortage that is only likely to become a bigger issue moving forward. What does it take to start a quantum career path? Is a PhD a must-have? Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a chat on becoming part of our growing industry with Denise Ruffner from Atom Computing… Podcast April 5, 2022 Podcast | People, Technologies and the Future of Work in Finance “It's the end of the work as we know it, and I feel fine.”Our colleague Joe Kornik, Editor-in-Chief of VISION by Protiviti (http://vision.protiviti.com), wrote this in his latest feature article. This is true, but there also are many questions around the future of work, how we're going to balance work schedules, when and how frequently we’ll go into the office, how we’ll leverage new and emerging… Blog July 15, 2021 Project Resourcing Untangles the Who, What, When, Where of the Transformation Journey In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organizations need to modernize and transform their technology in order to successfully compete. CIOs play a critical role in transforming the world of work using automation and technology – but they can’t do it alone. Collaboration among the C-suite is critical. In this blog series, Protiviti’s… Podcast Transcript October 5, 2022 Transcript | Coding High Performance, Post-Quantum Secure Blockchain Systems In coding, libraries make developers’ lives easier, sparing them thousands of lines of code, while also increasing performance and security. And everyone’s concerned with security as fault-tolerant quantum computing approaches. Geometry Labs has released the “lattice-algebra” library to bring a high-performance cryptographic library to developers interested in using post-quantum cryptography in… Load More
