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• BrandPost: Do You Know How to Plan for a Digital Investigation?

  30-05-2017 23:21
  
  CISOs and CIOs are increasingly attached at the hip in large organizations. They have their hands full protecting the corporation from digital threats and overseeing the company’s information technology purchases and deployments. The CISO role has grown since the Target cyber-breach. Not to mention the impact of an appellate court ruling allowing the Federal Trade Commission to sue companies for lax data security. In honoring its 2016 CIO 100 winners, CIO.com noted that outstanding CIOs &l
  
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• 25% off Garmin Approach S20 GPS Golf Watch - Deal Alert

  30-05-2017 23:05
  
  On the course, the Approach S20’s AutoShot round analyzer tracks shots, measures distance and records shot locations for post-round analysis on Garmin Connect. View the details for each round or analyze your cumulative stats over time or by club, and view your swing data. It's never been easier to track your progress and share it with friends. You can even save swing sessions for later review. The S20 features more than 40,000 courses. When off the course, your Approach S20 features a
  
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• BrandPost: The 5 secrets of high-performing IT teams

  30-05-2017 22:31
  
  At Atlassian, our mission is to unleash the potential in every team. Helping IT teams be their best is a big part of that mission. We understand that our customer's success doesn't just come from what technology products they purchase, but from their goals, processes, and culture. That’s why we partnered with HDI (The Help Desk Institute), the leading industry association for the technical support community, to sponsor first-hand research that goes beyond technology to understand what make
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Service economy ushers in Results-as-a-Service

  30-05-2017 19:29
  
  The Agricultural Age moved humans from nomads to farmers. The Industrial Age transitioned society from hammers and chisels to steam engines and cotton gins. The Information Age put the focus on data and computers. Today that reliance on technology has given us options to buy valuable services as an alternative to owning tangible goods. We have entered into a new Service Age.If you don’t have a vehicle and need to get from point A to point B, you can use UBER. If you’re visiting famil
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to assess whether your data is worth the dollars

  30-05-2017 19:25
  
  Marketers will preach the important role data plays in marketing, but no one really talks about the value of the data. Data-driven buys can cost more, and digital advertisers could be left paying for calls to ad servers and to use better tracking. The costs add up, and they don’t always even out. So how can you tell if the data needed for advertising is worth the dollars spent on getting it? You have to test it of course.Start out by considering the budget you have and what you need t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Design in digital initiatives

  30-05-2017 19:21
  
  The boundaries of traditional tech projects were often limited to that of the proposed tech. Designing tech was done from the technical perspective, and increasingly included the user perspective as well. But in today’s digital projects, the boundaries span multiple processes that encompass multiple business elements particularly tech elements. Have we made the needed changes to our design approach?The change in boundaries means, we need to design at two levels:1. Integral design2. Individ
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why Google is betting big on AI

  30-05-2017 19:20
  
  The recent Google I/O conference saw the internet giant unveil is artificial intelligence intentions. From modest machine learning beginnings, Google has unveiled products that intend to revolutionise our daily lives and bring machine learning into all current applications.As the development of mobile applications hit the tech world by storm a few years ago, now is the time of AI and Google intends to capitalise with a regime change. In addition to improving the functionality of Google Home, Sea
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Business is playing a bigger role in tech buying, but the CIO will still dominate

  30-05-2017 19:17
  
  CIOs find themselves at a crossroads: tech buying in business and governments is clearly shifting from the sole or primary control of the CIO and the tech management organization and into the hands of business leaders. But how much is this happening? Anecdotal comments suggest that most tech purchases are now controlled by business executives.However, in our newly-published research, “C-Suite Tech Purchasing Patterns,” Forrester finds that the business role in tech purchases is growi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: AIOps combines machine learning and automation to transform IT operations.

  30-05-2017 19:14
  
  IT operations has become the lifeblood of all businesses today. A healthy IT organization can provide key competitive advantages for businesses in a fast-paced market. Many companies struggle to meet the high demand due to increased cloud system complexity. Distributed apps (where different parts of an app run on different systems) make it difficult to track where problems occur during an IT incident. Every minute of downtime or app failure directly impacts revenues. To mitigate these failures,
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to stop spear-phishing cold

  30-05-2017 18:15
  
  How do I hack thee?   Let me count the ways. Among others, I hack thee to the depth and breadth and height of a spear-phishing attack (apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning).By now, you may be aware that many of the most devastating hacks that have occurred in recent history—the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Yahoo, the W-2 scam—have been launched from a base of information or access garnered by sending a poisoned email with tailored details to a specific individual, who
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 reasons most IoT projects fail

  30-05-2017 18:03
  
  At the IoT World Forum in London, Cisco released some interesting statistics, suggesting that most IoT projects are doomed to fail. The reasons suggested by the network supplier for the failure were surprisingly not technology related, but arise from company culture, organisation and structure.The phase of installation that seems to bring up the most problems is the “proof of concept” stage. As the survey of 1800 IT leaders from the UK and US revealed, only 26 percent of businesses r
  
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• BrandPost: How IT Leaders Are Shaping End-user Computing Workplaces

  30-05-2017 17:33
  
  The end user has become the focus of today’s digital workplace, thanks to modern work practices and the consumerization of IT. Individuals use multiple devices of their choosing, and work from anywhere at any time while accessing applications and services from the cloud.To better understand this end-user focus, we asked IT leaders and practitioners for their definition of end-user computing (EUC), and how they are creating this type of environment.Here’s what they had to say.EUC: Def
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: “No touching!” – new technology redesigns user experience demands

  30-05-2017 17:01
  
  Condemning smartphones to the past sounds like something only a madman would do. In 2016, 1.5 billion smartphones were sold[1] – a mind-boggling number considering our planets hosts ‘only’ 7 billion people. How can such a popular device ever go out of fashion? Ask Kodak’s Polaroid, ask vinyl, tapes and CD’s, ask Blockbuster videos. All of these products (and product categories) got replaced by something that offered a far better User Experience – the one thing
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Leveraging low code and citizen development platforms to accelerate digital transformation

  30-05-2017 16:58
  
  Once you complete a digital strategy, develop a deeper understanding of how to improve customer experiences, rationalize the potential impact of new digital competitors, and consider strategic impact of leveraging emerging technologies - all these and other analyses that go into a digital transformation program - you’ll soon realize that a large part of executing the plan will involve modernizing legacy and developing new applications.Some of these applications will be customer facing and
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What the Rise of the Exoskeleton means for the Future of Work

  30-05-2017 16:55
  
  When you hear the word exoskeleton, you might think of super suits that boost physical abilities, perhaps you imagine something from science fiction. However, there is a real change that is occurring in places like Lowes where workers get a boost while lifting or in Mt Sinai hospital where patients regain their physical mobility.  We can now enhance our ability beyond what we were originally designed to do using exoskeletons.Beyond physical exoskeletons, there is an opportunity to provide a
  
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• 53% off Nulaxy Wireless In-Car FM Bluetooth Kit with Display and USB Charger - Deal Alert

  30-05-2017 15:53
  
  Nulaxy's car transmitter works with Bluetooth enabled devices like smartphones and tablets to wirelessly transmit audio through your car's speakers. Its display will show incoming call & music information, and also features a USB charging port. Listed as a #1 best seller on Amazon, it currently averages 4.5 stars out of 5 from over 5,400 people (read reviews). The typical list price on Nulaxy's KM18 transmitter is $36.99, but right now it's discounted 53% to just $17.49. See this deal now on
  
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• 33% off Prey for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - Deal Alert

  30-05-2017 15:39
  
  In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted. As you dig into the dark secrets of Talos I and your own past, you must survive using the tools found on the station, your wits, weapons, and mind-bending abilities. Right now you can get 33% off the listed
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: ServiceNow's Intelligent Automation hints at a smarter, more productive workplace

  30-05-2017 15:00
  
  There was a time in my life, not so long ago when I felt oppressed by tiny pieces of paper: receipts.For much of my working life, I've spent about a third of each year traveling for work, and running up a lot of expenses.About once a month, I spend most of a Saturday or Sunday with a pot of coffee, a pile of receipts, and a spreadsheet. I do this on weekends because it's basically impossible to devote the time to concentrate during a busy work week. My day-to-day work commands a higher priority.
  
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• Cliënten hebben recht op innovatie

  30-05-2017 13:56
  Technologie wordt gezien als hét middel om de kwali­teit van zorg te verbeteren en de stijgende zorgkosten te beheersen. eHealth is het toverwoord. In de praktijk mislukt er veel, omdat het lef ontbreekt om te investeren in innovatie. Gebrekkige interoperabiliteit tussen systemen is ook spelbreker.... lees meer
  
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• BrandPost: The Cyber Security Industry Could Be the Greatest Threat to Cyber Security Today

  30-05-2017 13:31
  I’ve said it before and I’ll keep on saying it: The greatest threat to cyber security is the cyber security industry itself and the “good enough” mindset.Every day there is a claim of a new product that will be the silver bullet to protect your organization against a breach, and every day a company spins up new “Cyber Security” services division. They’re hopping on the security bandwagon usually with little to no credentials. The security industry i
  
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• Fitness bands do a terrible job measuring the calories you’ve burned

  30-05-2017 13:14
  
  Think your FitBit does a good job counting calories when you’re working up a sweat at the gym? Better think again, because it doesn’t. Neither do six other popular fitness devices, according to a just published study out of Stanford University School of Medicine. The study did contain a bit of good news. The devices do a decent job keeping track of your heart rate. In fact, that data is so good it would be useful to a cardiologist looking for heart-rate irregularities, known as
  
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• Your digital initiative’s biggest test may be measuring its success

  30-05-2017 12:05
  
  Digital transformation is a key initiative for many CIOs these days, but how do you know if your digital efforts are working?It’s a tough question. And while many CIO conference panels discuss the virtues of digital transformation, their conversations dry up when someone asks how they know if they’re succeeding. There are no standard key performance indicators, magical Net Promoter Scores or other clear-cut metrics for measuring the effectiveness of digital initiatives. No CIO has pa
  
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• The hard truths of navigating ageism in IT

  30-05-2017 12:00
  
  How old is too old to work in IT? That depends on who is doing the hiring and paying the salaries of IT pros. But one thing is for certain: Widespread age discrimination has become a central issue, affecting many people working or seeking work in today’s IT industry, according to legal and career experts.“Large percentages of IT professionals see age discrimination as a serious problem, and leaders in the tech industry boast of their preference for young workers,” says Cathy Ve
  
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