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• Vind jezelf opnieuw uit

  31-05-2017 23:06
  Door Frank Buytendijk – De maatschappij digitaliseert in rap tempo. De virtuele en de fysieke wereld oefenen steeds meer invloed op elkaar uit en kunnen niet meer zonder elkaar. We vinden elkaar in de fysieke ruimte via onze smartphone en we krijgen in realtime ‘relevante aanbiedingen van zorgvuldig... lees meer
  
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• BrandPost: A More Scalable Approach to Data Management

  31-05-2017 18:27
  
  Strategic CIOs understand that successful digital transformation requires next-generation analytics capabilities that allow them to unleash the power of big data across the organization. Those advanced capabilities require repeatable, scalable, and agile data management.For data to drive the business, CIOs need to tear down data silos as a first step toward changing how businesses think about how they collect, store, share, and use information.“We can’t keep forecast data locked up i
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How SaaS abandonment is killing your enterprise bottom line

  31-05-2017 17:00
  
  Ten years ago every company bought enterprise software, often in abundance. Today, 96% of organizations have now shelved some or all of it. While buying software is daunting, it is essential for competing in increasingly sophisticated industries.The right software stack can give companies a competitive advantage, and because it is so much easier to buy today, brands are increasingly open to buying from more and more vendors.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Bridgestone kiest voor BT

  31-05-2017 16:55
  Bandenfabrikant Bridgestone Europe heeft een overeenkomst gesloten met BT voor nieuwe netwerkinfrastructuur en clouddiensten. De diensten zullen meer dan 200 locaties in 20 landen - verspreid over Europa, het Midden-Oosten en Afrika (EMEA) - met elkaar gaan verbinden.BT zal meer dan 150 winkels en meer dan 50... lees meer
  
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• CIO Career Coach: Drive operational change

  31-05-2017 16:25
  
  Welcome back to CIO Career Coach, a video series I created with CIO.com and IDG.tv. This season, we’re discussing the skills that top CIOs are developing to be successful in the new era of IT. Today’s topic is Driving Operational Change. In every company, there are these three layers:Strategy layer
  Operating layer
  Systems layer
  Most companies are great at the strategy layer. They understand the importance of a strategy that, for example, creates a global enterprise from a s
  
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• CIO May/June Digital Magazine: Making waves with immersive technologies

  31-05-2017 16:22
  
  Download the CIO May/June 2017 Digital Magazine.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• BrandPost: A new skillset: How CIOs become a leader in digital transformation

  31-05-2017 15:37
  
  Digital transformation has reached maturity by now, going from showcases to concrete business models and the introduction of new revenue streams.  In the wake of this process, the full scale of the effects of disruption is hitting businesses. And it is changing the role of those in charge of managing the digital environments: the CIOs themselves. No longer merely the providers of operational excellence, they now also need to become the champions and enablers of digital transformation.Accord
  
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• BrandPost: Recipes for digital success: Learning from the digital thrivers

  31-05-2017 15:36
  
  In the past few months, IDC has conducted an extensive survey of more than 1,000 business and IT executives, sponsored by the software company SAP, on how they were executing digital transformation. What are the strategies and KPIs that distinguish “digital thrivers” from the “survivors” who were merely struggling to survive its effects? What is the structure in place where CIOs are leading and pushing information transformation to innovate, to differentiate the business
  
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• BrandPost: Digital Governance: New KPIs to form the basis for CDO’s performance

  31-05-2017 15:36
  
  The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is a relatively new role created across all industries to promote digital transformation initiatives. The CDO’s mission is to shake up organizations, call for innovation and change, and seek new revenue through information-based services.However, IDC found that in only 25 percent of organizations throughout Europe, the Middle-East, and Africa, it is the CDO who is leading enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives. Clearly defining the role and tasks
  
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• BrandPost: Beyond department boundaries: Information strategy in the digital transformation age

  31-05-2017 15:35
  
  Digital transformation must span across the entire organization, IDC urges CIOs and IT leaders in its InfoBrief “Leading in digital”, sponsored by the software company SAP. For the survey that is the basis for the InfoBrief, IDC interviewed over 1,000 IT executives in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, providing a highly profound assessment of digitalization strategies and approaches across all industries.As digital transformation involves dedicated efforts across multiple dimensio
  
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• BrandPost: Information Transformation: Putting Data at the Heart of the Enterprise

  31-05-2017 15:34
  
  Major companies such as BMW, Barclays Bank, or Proctor & Gamble are not only complementing their revenues with new digital products but are often revolutionizing their own vision by a complete dedication to digitization. At the heart of this process is data, making information transformation the most important and central dimension of digital transformation.The “Information Transformation Workbook” that IDC has created, sponsored by the software company SAP, is a companion on the
  
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• BrandPost: From Strategy to Action: Planning Disruption

  31-05-2017 15:33
  
  Data must be at the heart of every digital transformation process, IDC urges CIOs in their “Information Transformation Workbook” sponsored by the software company SAP. The workbook introduces five dimensions of information transformation and the corresponding organizational maturity model. After assessing their own level of maturity across the five dimensions, it is time for CIOs to plan for implementation: CIOs must define what concrete actions items to tackle, and which potential a
  
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• BrandPost: SAP Digital Business Framework: A digital platform for live business

  31-05-2017 15:31
  
  Digital transformation has been the talk of the town in IT for some years now. However, it is only recently that innovative technologies and concepts such as Big Data and Analytics, Cloud, Mobile and Social Business, Artificial Intelligence, and the “Internet of Things” are turning our hyperconnected world into a huge information system that makes data an asset itself.As a result, a new, more organic vision of how companies work successfully has evolved: The “Live Business&rdqu
  
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• BrandPost: Creating a future-proof IT: How the Enterprise Digital Platform supports digital

  31-05-2017 15:31
  
  Online Retailer Zalando has produced an amazing success story since its launch 7 years ago. In 2016, it generated a turnover of almost 4 billion euros and is one of the leaders in digital retail. But far from being satisfied with its success, it is taking a huge step by redefining its business model: Zalando envisions being a platform that functions as an operating system for the fashion world, with multiple ways of integrating all forms of fashion contributors and stakeholders. In this “p
  
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• Henry van de Ven (Nutreco) Puzzelstukjes op hun plaats

  31-05-2017 15:17
  Henry van de Ven is een van de CIO’s wiens invloed zowel de traditionele IT als het digitale businessdomein bestrijkt, en alles wat er tussenin zit. Binnen Nutreco begonnen met de basis en in stapjes van telkens twee jaar doorgegroeid naar het leveren van waarde voor de eindklant. “Ik geloof niet in een... lees meer
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 tips for creating a tight-knit community on social media

  31-05-2017 14:30
  
  Today’s startups and SMBs have a distinct advantage over those of 20-30 years ago. Never before has there been such efficient ways to create unique communities of customers. Given the likes of social media and other forms of online marketing, businesses are able to put a personal touch on their messaging and reach vast numbers of consumers. In fact, a study by Smart Insights is predicting significant increases in social media budgets across the board in upcoming years.Smart Insights That b
  
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• Blind skills challenges help vet true tech talent

  31-05-2017 12:00
  
  A new tool in the hiring process is proving to be a win-win for candidates and companies alike. Blind skills challenges, in which candidates’ names and email addresses are hidden, place the focus squarely on talent and accomplishments.For new grads looking to gain an extra edge in a competitive tech talent marketplace, skills challenges can be a great way to refine technical chops and show potential employers they’ve got what it takes.[ Get a leg up with our free tech resume samples
  
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