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Gabrijel Zelic

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Gabrijel Zelic is a digital marketing professional and an early contributor to Altivate’s enterprise-technology explainers.

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How Can Analytics Help Drive Corporate Performance?

Posted on: May 11th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Most large businesses use data to make everyday decisions, but often only in a relatively narrow scope. With the emergence of big data forward-thinking companies have come to understand how the pervasive rather than piecemeal use of data can really drive corporate performance in so many areas. Rather…

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Should We Upgrade from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA?

Posted on: May 3rd, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Making the decision to embark on major changes to a business-critical enterprise system such as your ERP solution should not be taken lightly. It’s no wonder companies are hesitant, therefore, to make the shift from SAP’s ECC to the new S/4HANA ERP suite. In this article, we look…

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How Do You Reduce Application Support Costs Over Time?

Posted on: April 27th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

The costs associated with application support is significant and businesses rightly want to reduce these costs over time. But how can a business reduce application support costs without damaging how effectively these applications operate in the long run?

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How Can Enterprises Transform IT from a Commodity to a Differentiator?

Posted on: April 18th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

It’s blindingly obvious that some companies are very successful at turning IT into an advantage that differentiates them from their competitors. But how exactly can technology be turned into a competitive advantage?

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How Can Companies Drive Employee Productivity?

Posted on: April 14th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Employee productivity is a complex but crucial topic for organisations of all sizes. Work employees too hard and effective productivity will slump, while unmotivated employees will inevitably be inefficient too.

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What are the Benefits of Supply Chain Digitization?

Posted on: April 7th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Digitization brings greater efficiency, an improved customer experience and a fatter bottom line to many areas of business, and this is true of supply chain digitization as well. Yet companies are still holding back, arguably because supply chains operate behind the scenes of most enterprises and rarely gather much attention.

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When to Buy a Packaged Solution and When to Build your Own

Posted on: March 29th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

The build vs. buy question has been haunting technology decision makers for decades. Is it better to build a completely custom business application in-house, or should companies buy off-the-shelf software from a vendor? The answer is not straight forward as both routes have pros and cons but understanding…

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Can Digital Transformation Help Government Organisations Evolve?

Posted on: March 23rd, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Government organisations such as public services and law enforcement are often seen as static and resistant to change. This resistance to evolving comes from the inertia brought on by the size of typical government institutions, alongside the lack of a profit motive which often forces change on a commercial organisation. How then can government organisations kickstart change? Digital transformation holds the key.

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What is CRM and What are its Benefits?

Posted on: March 13th, 2019 by Gabrijel Zelic

Most companies interact with a large volume of current and potential customers. Managing these customer relationships with manual systems is ineffective which is why companies tend to deploy the help of software solutions. But what exactly is customer relationship management (CRM) software, and what are the benefits for…

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