April was a busy month with some significant improvements made to Loadero. While most of them aren’t really visible in the tool itself, they make Loadero work better and allow to use it even more efficiently. Here’s a list of the main updates in Loadero this month.

Digital security has always been an issue for payment organizations and their customers. Transparent and immediate payment is the basic need. To enhance and popularize digital payments and be more customer-focused, payments need to be made easy, fast, and highly secure. Blockchain technology has come up with the solution which addresses the payment security needs, transaction transparency and boosts the overall efficiency of financial transactions.

The provisioning of software and services that help companies grow is the end goal of Human Capital Management (HCM) organizations around the world. Software specialists in this space ensure that their clients are in compliance with Human Resources (HR) laws and dispel the need to hire full-time, back-office staff. The delivery of these specialized services has changed in recent years. Many providers of HCM transmit via the cloud and on a subscription basis.

Imagine the following scenario: You’re building next year’s budget in Microsoft Excel, using current year-to-date actuals that you exported from your enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You also have this year’s approved budget on hand for reference. During this process, you notice that maintenance and repair expenses were especially high in June and July. That increase wasn’t in the budget, but maybe you should budget for it next year.

Marketing technology is as important for customer retention as it is for acquisition. One of the complex tasks businesses have to deal with today is managing customer experience and getting it right. That’s why brands are always on the lookout for innovative solutions and features that deliver value. Most tasks, including drip campaigns, lead qualification, call tracking, and agent and call scoring, can be automated with the help of marketing technology.

Our Five Key Points: E-commerce is bigger than ever, with the pandemic propelling changed shopping habits and easier ways for sellers to get their goods online. As e-commerce becomes more of a driving force in the retail sector, it’s inevitable that online businesses will need the same types of support functions as brick-and-mortar businesses — including a fully functional ERP platform.

API providers need to observe their APIs to get meaningful data about whether and how they are consumed in practice. API observability is a form of monitoring that passively logs API traffic to an observability service. Different from traditional API monitoring, with API observability you: Monitor interactions to improve developer experience Understand how customers use your API Troubleshoot your API Observing REST APIs is well understood and supported, but not every API is a REST API.

A lack of understanding regarding the role of data in decision-making is a reoccurring challenge for many organizations. However, with the increase in quantity and complexity of data, you need to do everything possible to help your people use data effectively.

For our latest expert interview on our blog, we’ve welcomed the Director of Data Science and Machine Learning at Included, Michael Chang. Michael helps measure and optimize workforce diversity and inclusion efforts through data. Prior to Included, Michael worked in various data capacities at Facebook, Teach for America, Interactive Corp, and eBay. Michael also enjoys teaching and is an adjunct instructor for data science at UCLA Extension and Harvard FAS.