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    June 9, 2016
    Creating Repository Roles in SAP HANA Studio
    What are Repository Roles? Repository roles are roles that are created as development artifacts within the SAP HANA system. They start as design-time objects and become runtime objects upon activation. They can be utilized within a security model just like database roles. However, they offer numerous advantages over catalog or database roles. Why Should I Use Repository Roles? The definition…
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    October 3, 2022
    Protiviti Executive VP: DEI must be viewed as a core component of a company’s ESG strategy
    DEI can be viewed as part of a company’s core ESG strategy, as an enabler of objectives related to all three pillars—environmental, social and governance.In the future of ESG reporting, I believe there will be specific standards set. This will help us set specifications and indexes that consider macroeconomic factors and industry best practices, and companies can then work to achieve and surpass…
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    October 13, 2022
    Protiviti, ING, Closed Loop Partners panel explores relationship between sustainability, finance
    In just five years’ time we’ve seen an exponential increase in terms of sustainable finance, and it really is becoming more mainstream.Accounting doesn't drive the agenda, of course, but think about if we get required accounting standards [on ESG]. That doesn't guarantee anything, but it really has the potential to move the needle; it creates consistency, standardization, accuracy and ultimately…
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    October 18, 2022
    Transparency in ESG: Finding opportunities through data with Christina Dolan
    4:20 - I think about ESG as a true risk metric, and organizations today are already involved in risk metrics, but this is a very important one because it impacts not just their organization and their customers and their direct employees, for example. It affects other organizations, the tax base and communities, the small businesses. We see this domino effect because we live in this networked…
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    October 19, 2022
    'Business Doing Good': Hiring former at-risk women good for business, not just DEI
    9:15 - But it’s like anything else, there’s a pendulum swing. We’re seeing a huge focus on ESG, and now we’re seeing some pushback on that, on doing good, and what that means, and what does that mean from an investing perspective, and should these portfolios focus on doing good or should they focus on profit? I think you can focus on both.17:01 - We say that businesses should be hiring these…
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    November 19, 2022
    UN Executive Secretary: We need the private sector to help solve planet’s biggest challenges
    Water scarcity and drought, climate change, land degradation and biodiversity loss are key drivers of current and future global crises. We must act on all these interconnected crises concurrently.The world has a choice. Either we continue with the current nature-destructive path and lose up to half of the global GDP by 2050, or we take a sustainable land management approach, which gives us the…
  • Blog
    January 9, 2023
    The 'learning metaverse’: Cambridge dean envisions a meeting place for business and higher ed
    The metaverse promises to improve, perhaps even revolutionize, higher education by making it more immersive, engaging, interactive and interconnected. And the opportunity applies to corporate talent development as well.The metaverse is on demand and cost-effective. At a time when many universities are reeling from rising costs and reduced enrollments, the metaverse offers new options that will…
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    January 17, 2023
    Mekong Club CEO: Building a ‘metaverse for good’ requires an ethical foundation—NGOs can help
    As CEO of the Mekong Club, I often hear about human trafficking cases that start with online encounters on the internet. And I have no doubt that predators will be able to do this—and worse—in the metaverse.Our goal is to acquire a seat at the table early to help develop safety and privacy standards and to work with the designers and developers to prevent the seeping of real-world problems—racism…
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    January 23, 2023
    Customers will lead companies into the metaverse, says Coupa VP for Africa and the Middle East
    11:11 - I think any industry that thinks they’re free from being affected by the metaverse is going to be naive in their thinking. I do think that the B2C type of industries are going to land up looking at this first because, again, it’s “Where does their target audience hang out?”13:17 - I think there is opportunity in the corporate space and if you have a look — I mentioned J.P. Morgan, so FSI…
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    January 23, 2023
    Game on! Tech visionary says gaming offers lessons for attracting active users in the metaverse
    The primary way people will experience the metaverse in the short term will still be through 2D apps. The real metaverse, which will bridge the physical and digital realms using real-time 3D software, will probably take decades to become a reality.In immersive worlds, new technologies will siphon up data at an increasingly granular level, a person’s gait, eye movements, emotions and more, putting…
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