Training in Business

Training in Business Resources and Trends

Stopping Hackers Requires Training

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Identifying areas of security within a network requires a 24/7 strategy to keep botnets and cyber criminals out of your network. Ultimately, cyber attacks can bring businesses to a grinding halt, creating untold damage to network architecture, operational efficiencies, and the all-important, bottom line. The best way to deal with these threats is to maintain a trained, knowledgeable staff that understands security risks and vulnerabilities. This trained staff should be looking at several areas of the infrastructure.

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How to Use Orchestration Designer Successfully with Avaya Aura Contact Center: Flow Versus Script

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When given the option, how does one determine whether to work with a script or a flow? Is one format better than the other? What factors should be considered? Let’s explore! Arguments in favor of scripting:

“I know how to work with text.”
“I can interpret a script more easily than a flow.”
“I can create a script much more quickly than I can a flow.”
“I am supporting an existing system and scripts are already in place.”

Flows can be preferable because:

“I don’t have to learn the scripting language.”
“The picture is easier to follow than words.”
“The flow creates an easy sign-off document for customer acceptance. I don’t have to generate a separate flow chart in a different program.”
“The system is a new installation and the customer wants to make changes after the system in place.”

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Good Communication is the Key to Management and Leadership

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Leaders are vital to an organization and are found at many levels. They provide direction, guidance, support, feedback, and decision making. A project manager leads a team or teams of people using the resources of the organization to meet goals that support organizational goals. Effective project management and leadership require effective communication.

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Driving Business Results Through Sales Excellence

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One of the biggest gaps in the traditional approach to sales “training” is the time some organizations spend on conducting analyses to uncover key skills, competencies and attributes of top sales representatives (with the aim of emulating those abilities and hiring people who have the same traits). The key insights organizations lack are the major accomplishments that top sales representatives actually produced.

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