Media has mentioned them thousands of time: the “We” generation, the multi-task masters, the smartphone generations, etc. They are Millennials. In this blog series for November, let’s zoom in the generation which has already garnered a lot of attention for their “invasion” of the global workforce.

Passwords are the cornerstone of cyber security. The problem is that users tend not to follow the recommended best practices to make their passwords secure. Additionally, passwords can be leaked due to security breaches. For instance, 68 million Dropbox user credentials were stolen in an incident in 2012. Since such risks are escalating, organisations have been working hard to find better alternatives whose effectiveness varies. Even though passwords may not completely be replaced anytime soon, these alternatives will, without a doubt, provide much-needed additional security layers.

Dropbox last month advised users who have not changed their passwords since mid-2012 to come up with new passwords after sensitive data from a security breach in 2012 resurfaced.

As the mobility revolution shows no sign of slowing down, personal mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have become indispensable parts of our daily lives. Mobile applications provide users with instant services anytime, anywhere; from taxi hailing, takeaway delivery to online shopping.

Financial managers spend most of their daily work on reports. Infor CloudSuite, a cloud ERP solution, is very capable of a wide variety of reports in various functions such as Accounting & Finance, Sales, and Logistics. The reports built from CloudSuite are very powerful; however, users also need other options to generate and interact with these kinds of reports more quickly and easily.

From a dream to change the world of one individual to the life changing of thousand individuals.

Chade-Meng Tan, an engineer from Google, has nurtured his big dream to  enlighten minds, open hearts, and create world peace for not only personal lives, but also working environments. His brainchild, Search inside yourself (SIY), has become a prevalent and required course to be taught at Google since 2007. In addition, this mindfulness meditation book made a splash with 24 translated versions and jumped into the bestsellers chart.

A sales team needs cohesion to motivate them to work and achieve targets. That’s what we discussed in the second part of this "Build, Retain and Develop Your Sales Force" blog series. Nevertheless, while the team as a whole must not be ignored, experts advise that personal motivation should also be considered due to its positive effect on the salesperson’s drive to achieve and to even go the extra mile for the job. That also deeply emphasises the importance of Emotional Intelligence to business performance.

No sooner had the US software publishers started venturing out into the international markets in the early 1980s than the need for software localisation arose. Microsoft, for example, opened its office in Japan in 1978 and expanded their business into Europe in 1979.

Unsurprisingly, the significance of localisation at that time was not fully appreciated. When Microsoft introduced Multiplan (predecessor of Excel) to the Japanese market, they asked their distributor to localise the software into Japanese.

Automation has long been a prominent trend in manufacturing and a critical driving force behind increased productivity and reduced cost. A new revolution of robotic technology is arriving and will shape the future of the manufacturing sector.

Companies used to rely on tangible, physical assets like factories, estates, and equipment to create value. In today’s globalised business, intangible assets such as brand values, intellectual properties, data, human capital, and customer capital have become the key value drivers for businesses. Finance professionals, however, still find it difficult to manage such assets.