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It’s been a dark year for U.S. airline travelers, with Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and United Continental all experiencing significant business disruptions due to computer system failures.
In each case, a technology failure led to thousands of flight delays and trip cancellations, costing these companies millions in extra costs, drops in share prices and brand damage.
Could your business be poised for a similar disaster? [Read more…]
Now may be a good time to revisit your company’s safety training. Not just for the wellbeing of employees but for the health of your business.
The reason: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been busy in 2016, undergoing the first major overhaul of its regulations and penalties. The goal is to modernize its systems and make it easier to identify hazards at specific companies.
The new federal requirements take effect August 10, 2016. [Read more…]
When you run a business, the multitude of tasks can be overwhelming. There’s strategy to deploy, marketing to implement, clients to manage, sales orders to fulfill and that’s just before lunch! How can a business owner get the most from these long days?
Believe it or not, your local chamber of commerce may be the most valuable professional membership available. After all, this is a group dedicated to economic opportunity and prosperity.
First, identify the right chamber for your company. A small, local printing shop may find it most helpful to join a small suburban chamber while a larger business may get more benefit from aligning with a regional or state chamber. A middle-market company with international sales may look to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for support.
Once you’ve found the chamber of commerce you think will best help your company, look for the following valuable benefits. [Read more…]
Your assistant has a cough that won’t go away but keeps putting off going to the doctor. Your HR manager needs half a day off to get her annual physical. Another employee wants to check to make sure his new medication is controlling his blood pressure properly.
Each of these scenarios take place in businesses across America every day, and each doctor visit means several hours off work and pricey office visits, maybe even ER visits. That coughing assistant could be infecting others as well as getting sicker herself.
Think on-site health care is too expensive for your mid-sized business? It may be time to change your thinking. Many medium-sized businesses are using on-site wellness programs to differentiate themselves from other employers – and keep their workforce healthier while lowering expenses. [Read more…]
If you haven’t heard about data sovereignty yet, you likely will soon.
Data sovereignty refers to the digital information your company uses and stores and with what laws that data must comply. In short, your data must be used and stored according to the laws of the country in which it is located.
These security requirements generally cover how information is used by the business, how it is stored and for how long. Should your security be breached, these regulations may also determine how to report the theft and what liability your company may face.
Data sovereignty is an emerging business issue since companies are quickly adopting cloud technologies while expanding into global markets. This means that your data must meet the data security requirements of the country in which it is stored, whether it’s in the United States, the European Union, China or elsewhere.
A recent webinar, Data Sovereignty: Understanding its Implications to Your Business and Investments, covered this topic in depth and is well worth a listen. Sponsored by The Deal, with experts from IntraLinks, Intel and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, the webinar makes plain that data sovereignty is an area where small- and medium-sized businesses are particularly vulnerable. [Read more…]