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Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries
Financial Services and Technology (FinTech) have collaborated for
decades with mutual benefit, and it is not unreasonable to expect
this co-operation to continue, especially with the development of
emerging technologies. However, both industries are facing
challenges. Financial Services suffer from regulation, client, and
risk pressures. Emerging technologies suffer from their inherent
complexity and implementation challenges. It is imperative that
Financial Services' firms understand emerging technologies to
ensure they are implemented effectively to support both current
business and future challenges. This book takes a pragmatic and
critical review of Emerging Technologies exploring: What the
technologies are? How they can be used? How they can be implemented
pragmatically? How they could help address future challenges? This
book provides an overview of emerging technologies within Financial
Services to allow firms to understand their real benefits and how
to pragmatically implement them for maximum benefit.
Building a successful cybersecurity team is no longer optional.
Cyberthreats evolve at a staggering pace, and effective
cybersecurity operations depend on successful teams. Unfortunately,
statistics continue to illustrate that employers are not finding
the people they need. The Can. Trust. Will. system guides the
C-Suite, HR professionals and talent acquisition to build
unbeatable cybersecurity teams through advanced hiring processes
and focused on-boarding programs. Additionally, this book details
how successful cybersecurity ecosystems are best built and
sustained, with expert analysis from high-level government
officials, Fortune 500 CSOs and CISOs, risk managers, and even a
few techies. Those already in the field (and newbies) will glean
invaluable knowledge about how to find their most effective
position within a cybersecurity ecosystem. In a tech-driven
environment, cybersecurity is fundamentally a human problem: and
the first step is to hire for the human element.
Lately, tourists consider their mobile devices as essential
accessories for the realization of their trip before, during, and
after the visit. Such devices allow them to consult information
about points of interest, services, or products in real time. Thus,
mobile devices have come to be considered as tools to support
decision making regarding the realization of trips. In the digital
environment, tourists seek complementary information to consolidate
knowledge about the destination, heritage, culture, customs, and
traditions that make the visited place unique. Simultaneously, they
transform tourist experiences into a memory associated with travel,
contribute to the sustainability of local populations, reduce
inequalities, and cooperate to improve the quality of life of all
involved. ICT as Innovator Between Tourism and Culture differs from
others on the same areas because it aims to place the emphasis on
and increase the bridge of knowledge between information
communications technology (ICT), tourism, and culture, considering
ICT as the main driver that creates the development environment and
enhances the tourist experience in general. In particular, it is
linked to cultural heritage, making it a more sustainable and
intelligent tourist destination, taking into account the well-being
of the local population and visitors. Covering topics such as
destination image, religious tourism, and innovation dynamics, this
book is an essential resource for IT consultants, hotel managers,
marketers, travel agencies, tour operators, tourism researchers,
professors, students, practitioners within the tourism industry,
and academicians.
What does memory mean for learning in an age of smartphones and
search engines?Human minds are made of memories, and today those
memories have competition. Biological memory capacities are being
supplanted, or at least supplemented, by digital ones, as we rely
on recording-phone cameras, digital video, speech-to-text-to
capture information we'll need in the future and then rely on those
stored recordings to know what happened in the past. Search engines
have taken over not only traditional reference materials but also
the knowledge base that used to be encoded in our own brains.
Google remembers, so we don't have to. And when we don't have to,
we no longer can. Or can we? Remembering and Forgetting in the Age
of Technology offers concise, nontechnical explanations of major
principles of memory and attention-concepts that all teachers
should know and that can inform how technology is used in their
classes. Teachers will come away with a new appreciation of the
importance of memory for learning, useful ideas for handling and
discussing technology with their students, and an understanding of
how memory is changing in our technology-saturated world.
Competition to provide education is tense, attributed to the ease
to access and process information. Technological development has
also landed a terrible blow to the employment situation, which
forces higher education institutions to review what and how their
students learn. Yet, the desire to retain and grow the number of
students and gain commercially can sometimes cloud judgment of
educational leaders. They need to know that poorly made decisions
hurt the businesses and students. In this book, Sam Choon-Yin
explores how technological development has the potential to
transform higher education. However, the same technology also has
the potential to disrupt the education sector. The author provides
a critical outlook on the prevailing practices of the higher
education institutions. By drawing our attention to the various
challenges, the author shows how teaching and learning can be
effectively carried out in the digital age to serve the needs of
students and hiring companies, and ultimately the institutions of
higher learning. Understanding the issues and challenges means
better design of and delivery of the curriculum. At a deeper level,
the book raises a complex question of "what makes an education
institution different" as they aim to define themselves by
fulfilling students' desire. Understanding these issues forms the
basis of power for higher education institutions to remain
competitive and relevant in the age of digitization.
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