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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 stages of digital transformation for exponential growth

  14-08-2018 22:14
  Congratulations! You have decided to grow your business and embrace digital transformation in order to reap today’s sizable rewards. So, how do you get there? Where do you begin? Are there any well-proven and documented strategies? These are complicated questions, and ones we have had to answer for ourselves and for the many companies we have supported through changing technologies and business models. The first step is, of course, to define the goal and even here it is clear to us that c
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How brainy business bots will boost productivity

  14-08-2018 19:15
  Millions of consumers now use smart speakers, also known as personal digital assistants, at home to order pizza or a ride, to control their lighting, or to tune their radios. Recent research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimates that, as of June of this year, 50 million U.S. households had such devices.That is significant market penetration and yet it will probably pale in comparison to what we will see as AI-based digital assistants move into the workplace. And compared to ear
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Online manipulation is the the latest data protection debate

  14-08-2018 18:47
  As privacy controversies continue to absorb public attention both here and in Europe, we are hearing more and more about manipulative “dark patterns” where online services nudge people toward their preferred choices. One consumer report says these websites might be in violation of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation because the consent resulting from such manipulative practices is not informed and freely given. In the U.S., Senator Mark Warner has propose
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Online manipulation is the latest data protection debate

  14-08-2018 18:47
  As privacy controversies continue to absorb public attention both here and in Europe, we are hearing more and more about manipulative “dark patterns” where online services nudge people toward their preferred choices. One consumer report says these websites might be in violation of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation because the consent resulting from such manipulative practices is not informed and freely given. In the U.S., Senator Mark Warner has propose
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What job security lessons can CIOs learn from the NFL?

  14-08-2018 17:30
  The New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals are all beginning the 2018-2019 NFL season with new coaches. These changes are not unusual. Similar changes have occurred over the past several years. On average, roughly one-quarter of the coaches in the National Football League (NFL) are replaced every season. A Business Insider analysis conducted during the midpoint of the 2016-2017 season determined that the av
  
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• How Monsanto leverages startups to catalyze transformation

  14-08-2018 12:00
  Like most life sciences companies, Monsanto’s business relies on continuous innovation and disruption. But despite worldwide growth, it can be difficult to maintain a pace of constant innovation and repeated technological advances, especially for large, global enterprises traditionally slower to react to market changes. Monsanto is tackling that challenge by collaborating with startups to drive its digital transformation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How IT can still influence LOB tech spend in the digital era

  14-08-2018 12:00
  A newly hired CIO arrived at a $500-million consumer products company. He was surprised by what he found. “There wasn’t a standard way of evaluating and approving and managing technology,” recalls Tres Roeder, project management author, speaker, and consultant, who worked with that new CIO.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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