Surveillance is an incredibly dynamic industry that continues to grow at an exponential rate. According to IHS, the industry experienced 12 percent growth last year, and is projected to expand even more this year. Are you keeping up with the trends that are fueling this momentum? More importantly, are you capitalizing on the trends that can give you a profitable competitive advantage? This article will show you what to watch out for and provide some insight you can implement that will help you and your customers do just that.

Explore the top five practices in today's customer-data-driven supply chain and examine the impact of using customer data on key supply chain metrics.

Over the past 10 years, the Internet has provided unprecedented access to information. Consequently, B2B buyers are constantly online learning about industry trends and innovative solutions to their pain points. Given their busy schedules, buyers have grown accustomed to the convenience of researching and comparing multiple options online, narrowing their choices independently of the vendor and, only then, engaging with sales. While buyers have always made the final purchase decision, in today’s world, the vendor is not given an opportunity to engage until the buyer is close to a choice. Today, the buyer is in control of their own journey.

Looking for a career change or considering the ways to maximize your career growth? Pursuing an advanced degree could help you achieve your full potential in your current career, or even help you forge a new career path within some of today’s highest-demand industries. Explore this helpful guide, brought to you by Northeastern University, to learn about the latest job-industry trends, benefits of a graduate degree, and tips for paying for school. Experience Northeastern.

Looking for a career change or considering the ways to maximize your career growth? Pursuing an advanced degree could help you achieve your full potential in your current career, or even help you forge a new career path within some of today’s highest-demand industries. Explore this helpful guide, brought to you by Northeastern University, to learn about the latest job-industry trends, benefits of a graduate degree, and tips for paying for school. Experience Northeastern.

Leading thinkers in marketing, social, digital, and future business gathered in October with over 500 industry peers at Social Commerce Summit Europe. Discover the predictions and advice they shared in this free report: Social Commerce Trends Report Europe 2012.

This webinar provides insight into seven industry trends that are shaping the ever changing world of email marketing.

Staying on top of cutting-edge communication trends can be the difference in saving lives during a disaster or even preserving customer loyalty by notifying people during a major business interruption. Get the complimentary report written by industry expert Dr. Steven B. Goldman and learn the important trends you need to be aware of in 2015, including: • The increase in security budgets, as well as fines and lawsuits • The continuing rise in data breaches and malicious cyber attacks • The impact of social media on crisis preparations and response • Why natural disasters may be the least of your worries • And most importantly, how to survive the robot uprising!

The 2015 Waying Real-Time Marketing Report: Making Real-Time Moments Matter is a first-of-its-kind research study aiming to provide the marketing industry with a quantitative baseline for real-time marketing strategy, execution and trends as currently practiced by major brands. In surveying 200 marketing professionals, Director level and above, who are currently practicing real-time marketing at companies with $100 million in revenue or more, the study drives home the understanding that effective real-time marketing cannot consist of a string of sporadic actions. Instead it requires a carefully planned strategy with the resources to discover the right trends, audiences, and content and target them with meaningful marketing experiences at the time.

Making predictions in the utility industry can be perilous. History is filled with missed or prematurely exuberant pronouncements of the future of utilities and energy. Notwithstanding the peril, some clear utility trends are emerging on the horizon. Learn how today!

This report aims to provide the marketing industry with a quantitative baseline for real-time marketing strategy, execution and trends as currently practiced by brands

Due to the continuous wave of new technologies and platforms entering the market, 2018 is an exciting time for marketers to explore new ways to connect and engage with existing and future customers. This whitepaper identifies the trends and technologies that will provide the maximum opportunity for marketers to impact business, grow sales and drive retention in 2018. Download this whitepaper to learn from loyalty industry experts about how to leverage these trends and make a huge impact on your loyalty initiatives this year.

An approach to governance can help you manage your software supply chain. This approach has three imperatives: balance governance with agility, increase visibility and deliver measurable business value.

Search engine marketing services need to be able to stay on top of all of the latest industry developments and to be aware of the trends that are sure to shape the industry’s future. Learn more about the issues that search engine marketing firms will be contending with as the SEO industry continues to change on a regular basis.

From the results of recent interviews with LET organisations, IDC positions the industry in the midst of a major transition phase from legacy to next-generation services and technology. This Executive Brief highlights the major technology and business trends taking place in the LET sector, and outlines the advantages of adopting new technologies and services in comparison with other industries.

Marketing is a dynamic and fluid business that must anticipate and quickly react to changes in the market. The marketer today must manage increased competitive pressure along with economic fluctuations, industry trends and changes in customer behavior. The combination of rapid changes in the market place with increased competition necessitates a more agile marketer that reacts quickly to changes and can execute programs in less time than their competitors.

The white paper analyzes the latest trends in desktop video conferencing, highlighting the best practices for its deployment.

IBM Power Systems provide a comprehensive approach designed to protect the continuity and availability of business-critical applications and services. Deploying integrated disaster recovery allows companies to deliver new services faster, with higher quality, and with superior economics. Downtime can be highly disruptive and expensive to an organization, with cost drivers including lost revenue, reduced employee productivity, reputational damage, and the cost of resources required to address and avoid outages. Most organizations in IDC surveys indicate that even one hour of downtime can have a severe business impact or greater and businesses are investing in highly available servers and systems. Hear from leading industry analysts as they share top resiliency trends and top practices. Also see how Power Systems can build a highly stable infrastructure

The financial services industry is one of the largest and most sought-after targets for attackers. This particular industry revolves around trust and security, and because of this, these elements are quite often the key focal point for criminals. Successful attacks can quickly translate into the dissemination of massive amounts of personal information and monetary gains by the attacker. Criminals targeting the financial services industry do so by leveraging various attack surfaces, such as people, processes, applications, or systems. Regardless of where the financial institutions are located in the world, staying aware of the forefront of new attack trends is imperative for keeping their systems and customers safe. Understanding the ecosystem of attacks, how different layers interact, and the booming economy spawned by it gives financial services organizations the edge they need.