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• BrandPost: The best incident management is value-driven – here's why

  09-06-2017 21:05
  
  Today, we’re all laser focused on delivering world-class service, resolving issues faster, and building lasting trust within the organization.But things break – that's just a fact. We need to think a lot about how to handle them when they do. So we follow our Incident Management process to restore service quickly and our Post-Incident Review (PIR) Process to learn from failure and become more resilient.That said, life is unpredictable, and incidents especially so. A process is necess
  
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• 42% off Cable Organizer Electronics Accessories Travel Bag - Deal Alert

  09-06-2017 16:48
  
  Do you have a ball of tangled up wires and adapters somewhere in the bottom of your bag? This Universal Electronics Accessories Travel Organizer provides a flexible organization solution for your electronics and computer accessories. It helps make you better organized with all the small items and gadgets.  Made of durable and weather-resistant nylon with well padded semi-flexible covers.  It's compact size of  8.8“ x W 6.1"allows it to easily stored in you laptop bag or
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Finance disrupted, tech it or leave it

  09-06-2017 16:00
  
  Software is disrupting (eating?) our world. That’s something that has been going on for quite a while now at the scale of our fast-changing world. As the tech industry is leading our economic growth, there is something that many of us do not realize about these “tech companies.”Amazon is not a tech company but a retail one, Facebook is not a tech company but a media one, Lyft is not a tech company but a transportation one…“Tech companies” used to operate only
  
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• 24% off Resqme Keychain Car Escape Tool 2-Pack - Deal Alert

  09-06-2017 15:42
  
  Made in the USA and originally developed for first responders, this 2-in-1 safety and survival tool is amazingly powerful despite its mini size. A fierce but safe spring loaded stainless steel spike allows the vehicle occupant to easily break side windows, and a carefully concealed stainless steel razor blade slices through a jammed seat belt to prevent vehicular entrapment. resqme is small enough to keep on your keychain, or clip it to your visor where it will always be at arm's reach. The resq
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Stay out of security breach headlines: 3 things that must be addressed in your cloud agreement

  09-06-2017 14:43
  
  It seems like you can’t go a day without reading a headline regarding yet another high-profile mass data and security breach. Security and data breaches are a concern for corporations, universities, individual consumers, and even the US government. Some recent examples making headlines include Chipotle, Kmart, Zomato, as well as OneLogin, and if you are not aware, there are concerns over Russia’s military intelligence executing a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software suppl
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How big data is transforming the automotive industry

  09-06-2017 14:42
  
  The rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) is seeing more and more devices connected to the internet. Traditionally, these have been biometric wearables, home appliances and audio-visual equipment. Automobile manufacturers, however, are making a play to corner this market for their own ends.Entrenching Wi-Fi into automobiles opens an entirely new avenue of pursuit that entails vehicles communicating directly with the internet for GPS navigation, email and music streaming, for example.By 2020
  
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• SoftBank targets service industries with new robotics acquisition

  09-06-2017 14:24
  
  SoftBank's latest robotics acquisition could allow it to open up a whole new market for service industries and home help.Its customer service and companion robot, Pepper, is somewhat limited by the fact that it can't do much more than wave its arms and talk.Now, though, SoftBank has its eyes on the fetching and carrying capabilities of BigDog and Spot, the dog-sized pack robots developed by Boston Robotics.SoftBank, originally an ISP and mobile network operator, moved into robotics in 2014 when
  
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• SoftBank targets service industries with Boston Robotics acquisition

  09-06-2017 14:24
  
  SoftBank's latest robotics acquisition could allow it to open up a whole new market for service industries and home help.Its customer service and companion robot, Pepper, is somewhat limited by the fact that it can't do much more than wave its arms and talk.Now, though, SoftBank has its eyes on the fetching and carrying capabilities of BigDog and Spot, the dog-sized pack robots developed by Boston Robotics.SoftBank, originally an ISP and mobile network operator, moved into robotics in 2014 when
  
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• CFO or CEO: To whom should IT report?

  09-06-2017 13:00
  
  In a recent survey of midmarket CIOs and IT executives, nearly half said they report directly to the CEO, while 23 percent report to the CFO. CIOs are less frequently tasked with traditional technology management functions such as systems and infrastructure, rather their time is spent on growth strategies and developing stakeholder relationships.So, how does organizational reporting structure affect a CIO’s ability to negotiate for budget and enable them to leverage the latest technol
  
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• Randstad schakelt Commvault in bij overstap naar cloud

  09-06-2017 11:56
  Randstand Global IT Solutions gaat integrale oplossingen voor cloud-gebaseerde back-up en herstelprocedures afnemen van Commvault, aanbieder van zakelijke oplossingen voor back-up en herstel, archivering en cloud computing.De oplossingen moeten de wereldwijde infrastructuur van Randstand ondersteunen. De organisatie... lees meer
  
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