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2/26 Transmission - Korn Ferry - How to Lead Your Organization Through Pay Transparency - NA_NNL

How to Lead Your Organization Through Pay Transparency: A Korn Ferry eBook


Pay transparency legislation is putting new pressure on organizations worldwide—but it’s more than a compliance requirement. It’s a cultural shift. Shareholders and employees alike expect openness and fairness in how pay is determined.

To attract top talent, strengthen trust, and keep your best people, it’s time to move beyond minimum compliance. How you implement pay transparency shapes employee morale, company culture, and your reputation. 

Korn Ferry’s eBook offers a practical roadmap to build transparency into your organization—the right way.

You’ll learn:

  • Why pay transparency requires a significant cultural shift in your organization
  • How to bring reluctant leaders on board
  • The tools, mindset, and skills HR managers need to succeed
  • Three actions to take if you find pay inequities
  • Why a compelling communications strategy is essential

3/26 - ActivTrak - 2026 State of the Workplace Report

2026 State of the Workplace Report

How is AI changing work? It’s the question on every leader’s mind. And based on new data from the ActivTrak Productivity Lab, the answer is more complex than expected.

For this year’s annual State of the Workplace report, we analyzed 443M+ hours of actual work activity across 163,638 employees at 1,111 organizations. It’s one of the most comprehensive and objective studies of workplace productivity to date, with new insights in four key areas: AI adoption and impact, productivity, employee well-being and engagement and work locations.

Key findings:

  • Productive hours increased 5% even as workdays got shorter
  • 80% of employees now use AI tools, up from 53%
  • Time spent in AI tools increased 8x

The biggest surprise? AI isn’t replacing work. It’s amplifying it. Read the full report to see how — get the 2026 State of the Workplace report now.

04/20 - Dayforce - Buyers Guide – Pay & Time (Large Enterprise)

A Buyer’s Guide to Global Payroll and Workforce Management Software

Learn how to quickly evaluate global payroll solutions in our buyer’s guide for global pay and time.

What you’ll gain:

  • Clarity on where payroll and workforce management risk actually star
  • A framework to evaluate vendors based on true capabilities
  • Alignment across finance, operations, payroll, and IT
  • A path to predictable labor costs and fewer surprises

Global payroll and workforce management decisions no longer sit within one function. They shape labor cost, compliance posture, operational continuity, and employee trust all at once. When time, scheduling, and pay operate in disconnected systems, leaders are left reacting to outcomes instead of shaping them.

This guide helps you evaluate what it truly takes to run payroll and workforce management as a single system of action — so you can operate with confidence, control costs before they escalate, and support the people doing the work every day.

04/20 - Dayforce - Buyers Guide – Pay & Time (Enterprise)

A Buyer’s Guide to Global Payroll and Workforce Management Software

Learn how to quickly evaluate global payroll solutions in our buyer’s guide for global pay and time.

What you’ll gain:

  • Clarity on where payroll and workforce management risk actually start
  • A framework to evaluate vendors based on true capabilities
  • Alignment across finance, operations, payroll, and IT
  • A path to predictable labor costs and fewer surprises

Global payroll and workforce management decisions no longer sit within one function. They shape labor cost, compliance posture, operational continuity, and employee trust all at once. When time, scheduling, and pay operate in disconnected systems, leaders are left reacting to outcomes instead of shaping them.

This guide helps you evaluate what it truly takes to run payroll and workforce management as a single system of action — so you can operate with confidence, control costs before they escalate, and support the people doing the work every day.

04/20 - Armis - Armis Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms

Armis Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms

See Why Armis is a Leader in CPS Protection for the 2nd Consecutive Year

Armis is proud to be recognized again as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms. We believe this recognition reflects Armis’ continued commitment to helping organizations secure complex cyber-physical environments with a proactive, platform-first approach powered by Armis Centrix™, our cyber exposure management platform.


Get your copy of the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms to:

  • Understand the latest trends shaping CPS protection and why platform consolidation matters
  • Learn why Gartner continues to recognize Armis as a Leader for CPS Protection
  • See how we believe Armis Centrix™ helps organizations proactively manage risk across all connected assets
  • Explore how a unified approach can strengthen CPS security across IT, OT, IoT, IoMT, cloud and code


We also invite you to download the Critical Capabilities for CPS Protection Platforms report, a companion report to the Magic Quadrant™. Read the report to see how Gartner recognized the critical capabilities of vendors across essential CPS Security Use Cases.

04/20 - Armis - A World Under Pressure: Navigating The Reality of AI-Driven Cyberwarfare

A World Under Pressure: Navigating The Reality of AI-Driven Cyberwarfare

The 2026 Armis State of Cyberwarfare report reveals a digital battlefield redefined by weaponized AI and quantum computing, with nation-states and non-state actors alike exploiting an ever widening ‘Hubris Gap’.


In a world where 52% of organizations admit their average ransomware payout exceeds their annual cybersecurity budget, the cost of being unprepared now far outweighs the price of safety.


AI is leveling the playing field.

Are you using it to keep up?

04/20 - Armis - Overcoming The Cybersecurity Asset Management Challenge

Overcoming The Cybersecurity Asset Management Challenge

Today, “more” is on the rise. More assets, more platform variations, more API integrations, more apps, more processes, and more users. The continuous innovation in device technology delivers convenience and the promise of better productivity, collaboration, and efficiency, but it also results in more risk.


The proliferation of assets across organizations has increased the need for better visibility of those assets to properly manage your risk posture and threat landscape. Unfortunately, the siloed nature of legacy tools means a complex, fragmented landscape, with neither complete visibility nor a single source of trusted information. Armis addresses this complexity and fragmentation to deliver greater visibility for all your assets.


Read this White Paper to learn how Armis Centrix™:

  • Delivers better visibility to all assets in your environment
  • Identifies vulnerabilities and risks
  • Automates enforcement of security policies

04/20 - Armis - Mastering Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM)

Mastering Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM)

Legacy vulnerability management can’t keep up.

Fragmented tools and static, CVSS-based approaches leave organizations struggling to manage today’s expanding attack surface. A more unified, risk-based strategy is essential.


The Armis Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) Playbook shows how to transition to a real-time approach that unifies IT, OT, IoT, and cloud assets into a single source of truth, helping teams prioritize faster and remediate more effectively.


Download the playbook to learn how to:

  • Strengthen your foundation with complete asset visibility and streamlined remediation workflows
  • Prioritize critical risks using AI-driven insights and real-time threat intelligence
  • Boost efficiency and accelerate remediation with automation, improving MTTR by up to 90%
  • Adopt a proven framework with a five-phase roadmap to move from reactive processes to continuous exposure management

04/20 - Armis - Armis Labs Report: Trusted Vibing Benchmark

Armis Labs Report: Trusted Vibing Benchmark

100% of AI Models Fail to Generate Secure Code for Critical Development Scenarios

The Trusted Vibing Benchmark provides a critical analysis of 18 leading generative AI models, evaluating their ability to generate secure code across 31 development scenarios. The report reveals a sobering reality: 100% of tested models, including top-tier commercial and open-source options, failed to consistently produce secure code.

A key finding of the benchmark is the dramatic performance gap between model generations. The report also highlights the rising value of open-source models, which offer competitive security performance at a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives.

Ultimately, the report concludes that current AI code generators are insufficient for production-level development without rigorous, independent security oversight. To mitigate the “security debt” introduced by these models, Armis Labs recommends that enterprises implement AI-native Application Security (AppSec) controls.

04/20 - Dayforce - Gartner magic quadrant analyst report

Dayforce named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for HCM Suites for sixth consecutive year

Six years and running, Dayforce continues to be recognized as a Leader in the report.

Recognition like this never gets old: Dayforce is proud to be named a Leader once again in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™.

And this year, there’s even more to celebrate. In the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities report, Dayforce is ranked amongst the three highest scoring vendors across 3 (out of 6) Use Cases, including both North American Compliance Use Cases and, for the first time, the North American Midmarket Use Case. It’s proof that we’re continuing to grow with our customers, helping them to simplify work at scale with a single, AI-powered people platform and deliver real value.

At Dayforce, making work life better isn’t just our promise. It’s what gets us out of bed in the morning. From AI that feels like a teammate to compliance that helps you breathe easier, we’re here to take on complexity so you can focus on the work you’re meant to do.

The Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ is one of the most trusted resources for evaluating cloud HCM solutions. It offers an independent look at how vendors stack up and where the industry is headed.

If you’re exploring global HR, pay, time, talent, or analytics, download the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ report and see why Dayforce keeps leading the way.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises, Josie Xing, Ranadip Chandra, et AL, September 9, 2025.
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