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• IDG Contributor Network: The 5 fundamentals of creating an employee experience in the workplace

  22-06-2017 17:51
  
  The "employee experience" refers to the totality of an employee's experience interacting with the organization they work for. This includes how an employee perceives their company's intentions, good or bad. Employees who have a positive employee experience typically have faith in their organization’s decision-making and believe their place in the business has value. Meanwhile, a negative employee experience often leaves workers feeling out of place or disregarded.As a result, it makes sens
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What do they really want? Decoding IT demand signals from your business

  22-06-2017 17:38
  
  This article is part of a series highlighting key takeaways from my recently published book, Truth from the Trenches, A Practical Guide to the Art of IT Management. As a seven-time CIO I’ve had an opportunity to observe the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of IT management up close and personal. Truth from the Trenches is my attempt to share my experiences with emerging IT leaders to help them avoid the chronic problems that afflict so many IT organizations.Every leader of a large IT org
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 7 surprising ways a hackathon will boost your employability

  22-06-2017 17:34
  
  The rise of the hackathon
  Let’s get one thing straight. You don’t have to be a “hacker” to participate in a hackathon. These events are nothing to do with that dubious practice. Instead, they bring together technical professionals, split them into teams and pitch these teams against one another for one or two intense days. The main aim is to create something new, or solve a tricky problem in a unique and inventive manner. It could be an app, a robot or a new business mode
  
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• BrandPost: The Network ROI of Digital Transformation

  22-06-2017 17:27
  
  “In 2017, global organizations will spend $1.2 trillion on digital transformation with discrete and process manufacturers contributing almost 30% of this spending, while the fastest growth will come from retail, healthcare providers, insurance, and banking,” says Eileen Smith, program director for IDC’s Customer Insights & Analysis Group.The IT industry loves buzz words and hyperbole, but rarely do they live up to their advanced billing. That’s not the case with digit
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Does gender matter?

  22-06-2017 17:07
  
  Every March the media focus is on how men outperform women as part of National Women’s History Month, but these issues fade from the forefront. So what? Do women have the intelligence and opportunities to advance in business and why should corporations care?Women are equally intelligent...
  ...attain more university degrees, and with higher academic performance. (ALBA) Women have a higher degree of emotional intelligence and empathy, which may be a biological adaptation similar to the fligh
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How venues are using technology to reinvent event marketing

  22-06-2017 16:38
  
  Events are ideal for marketing, with thousands of potential consumers gathered in one place, sometimes for days. Whether it’s an industry-specific trade show or the final game of the World Series, brands know that if they can get their name displayed in front of those captive audiences, they can make substantial sales.But event marketing has gone well beyond logos and banners. Thanks to technology, today’s event sponsors have a wide variety of options available. Savvy brands realize
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Insights from the Gartner Security & Risk Summit

  22-06-2017 16:32
  
  As a CIO today, you are limited in the number of events you can attend. Given this, I will bring the event to you by this summarizing the key insights of the Gartner Security & Risk Summit. The summit was clearly meant for professionals focused on security and risk. However, many topics had clear relevance to CIOs. CIOs like Steven diFilipo, the CIO for the University of Texas’ Institute for Transformational Learning, said to me during the summit, “CIOs should be involved in risk
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How the insurance industry is integrating IoT

  22-06-2017 16:16
  
  IoT is making waves in many sectors, especially within the insurance industry. The amount of information available is increasing at a considerable rate and it only makes sense that insurers find ways to exploit the emerging technologies.The field is changing the dynamic between customers and businesses in the insurance industry which is already exploiting IoT sensors to create usage and behavior-based insurance plans. Emergent technology is even allowing smartphones applications to detect and re
  
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• Amazon Prime Gets You 50% off Razer Wildcat Controller for Xbox One, Windows 10 PC - Deal Alert

  22-06-2017 15:20
  
  The Razer Wildcat controller is compatible with both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. An elite level controller developed for tournament play with feedback from the best eSports athletes, it features four additional fully-programmable buttons for a personalized layout, a well thought out ergonomic shape and weight, reduced trigger travel distance for rapid fire, and much more. If you're an Amazon Prime member, the typical list price has been reduced generously to just $74.99. If you're not a Pri
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 6 data-driven marketing trends every small business should embrace

  22-06-2017 14:00
  
  Marketers are increasingly relying on data for their campaigns, measuring the results of every effort so that they can streamline their messages. Instead of wasting time and money reaching out to Facebook members, for instance, they could learn that Instagram posts lead to more conversions. With so many brands now investing in software that analyzes their efforts, businesses that don’t use data-driven marketing may find that they’re falling behind.Fortunately, there are plenty of sol
  
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• BrandPost: Go Global with Connection

  22-06-2017 03:45
  
  Whether you’re provisioning IT resources for an office across town or a subsidiary across the globe, you face similar challenges that can be efficiently addressed by implementing best practices. Organizations can achieve greater visibility, efficiency, and savings by solving global supply chain challenges through a trusted relationship with international supply chain and procurement experts.Companies with locations throughout the world have to address multiple challenges when managing supp
  
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• BrandPost: 5 Considerations When Purchasing Cyber Insurance

  22-06-2017 03:31
  
  There are certain basic questions that both current and prospective cyber insurance policy holders will ask you when purchasing a policy. What terms should be included? What are the important aspects? And of course, why? The answers to these questions are extremely complex, as cyber insurance is in its early infancy stages. Quantifying the risks of loss associated with those policies is near impossible. And understanding the effects of breaches and what needs to be covered isn’t exactly st
  
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• 8 common project management mistakes — and how to avoid them

  22-06-2017 00:10
  
  So many projects, so much mismanagement. That's the refrain of many IT executives. Indeed, even with project management software, IT projects often wind up taking longer (much longer) than planned and costing more than budgeted.While no two projects are exactly the same, the issues that can affect — and potentially jeopardize — them are often quite similar. And even good project managers can make mistakes when wrangling a big, complex project — or when being bombarded with chan
  
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