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• Why a Center of Excellence is Key for Digital Transformation

  15-06-2017 23:44
  
  Today every sector, every industry is affected by technology changes. Technology is getting more accessible and affordable for everyone. Technology lifecycles are getting faster, and disruptive innovation is becoming easier and cheaper.Digital transformation is the execution piece of a digital strategy. Taking advantage of technology changes for digital transformation is a complex beast. Mastering the complexity is the key CEO challenge, as outlined by Michael Dell at SAPPHIRE NOW, where he stat
  
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• SOX en GDPR zijn ook moneymakers

  15-06-2017 23:30
  Door Paul van der Linden – Zowel bedrijven als overheidsorganisaties zijn in toenemende mate het slachtoffer van hac­kers die ongeoorloofd toegang proberen te krijgen tot opgeslagen data.In de Verenigde Staten wordt 2016 al be­titeld als een recordjaar, met 1.100 geregistreerde datalekken, een toename... lees meer
  
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• BrandPost: Infrastructure as a Service in Action

  15-06-2017 22:22
  
  Recently, the team at Connection and I worked with The Paper Store to help them upgrade their infrastructure to facilitate their plans for expansion. After steadily growing their business over their first 50 years, The Paper Store was planning to double in size and expand geographically over the next five years. There was no way their existing data center, client delivery, and IT services strategy could support that growth. They turned to the experts at Connection, and our team put them on
  
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• 6 trends shaping IT cloud strategies today

  15-06-2017 21:22
  
  Cloud computing has helped many enterprises transform their IT practices over the past five years, but experts agree that the market is entering a second wave for public, private and hybrid cloud services.According to a Forrester Research survey, 38 percent of enterprise decision-makers said they are building private clouds, with 32 percent procuring public cloud services and the remainder planning to implement some form of cloud technology this year. The hybrid cloud is also heating up, wi
  
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• BrandPost: Opportunity Lost: How Data Silos Continue to Inhibit your Business

  15-06-2017 18:06
  
  According to some estimates, data scientists spend as much as 80% of their time getting data in a format that can be used. As a practicing data scientist, I’d say that is a fairly accurate estimate in many organizations.In the more sophisticated organizations that have implemented proper data integration and management systems, the amount of time spent sifting through and cleaning data is much lower and, in my experience, more in line with the numbers reported in the 2017 Data Scientist Re
  
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• BrandPost: Credibility Wars: 5 ‘Soft’ Skills for ‘Hard-Nosed’ IT Professionals

  15-06-2017 16:09
  
  If you’ve worked in the IT industry for any length of time, the idea that IT ‘does what it is told’ won’t come as a huge surprise. It’s a way of life in many organizations.There is an imbalance in the relationship between the IT organization and its business partners – the internal or external departments and individuals that use its services. Sadly, IT is not regularly seen as an ‘equal’, but rather a subservient service provider that basically ta
  
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• Right Now Get a $20 Amazon Dash Wand With Alexa For Free - Deal Alert

  15-06-2017 16:03
  
  Dash Wand is a wifi enabled kitchen assistant that helps you shop AmazonFresh and millions of everyday essentials on Amazon.com. Essentially free, since right now you get a $20 Amazon credit when you register the device. How does it work? Just scan a barcode on an item you need, or press the button and say:"How many teaspoons in a tablespoon?”"How many calories are there in Greek yogurt?""Alexa, ask Pizza Hut to place an order."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, pleas
  
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• Today's Your Last Chance To Buy Dad A Discounted Echo or Kindle Device - Deal Alert

  15-06-2017 15:36
  
  Still need to get Dad a gift? Or a gift for yourself? The Amazon devices below are currently discounted for Father's day. Yes, Father's day is only 3 days away, but don't panic -- if you're a Prime member, order today you'll have it shipped in time, and for free. If you're not a Prime member, sign up for a free trial and you'll get the free 2-day shipping you need if you want to pull off this last minute plan.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Robots aren't coming – they're already here

  15-06-2017 15:35
  
  If there is one thing the last year has shown me in my global travels and work, it’s this: now is the time for CDOs to determine their grand vision for artificial intelligence and machine learning and how it will shape their business strategy. Why? Because the robots are not coming. Right now, businesses are already leveraging the cognitive abilities of self-learning and self-correcting, software-driven robots. Their arrival is not a few years or months down the road. They are already in t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 6 marketing techniques that will reduce shopping cart abandonment

  15-06-2017 15:16
  
  If you own an ecommerce business, chances are you see your fair share of shopping cart abandonment. In fact, 74 percent of retail shoppers will walk away from an online purchase after adding items to a shopping cart, according to SaleCycle. In some cases, customers come back later to complete the purchase but all too often, the sale is never completed.The reasons for abandonment can vary from one customer to the next, but there are some things businesses can do to reduce those behaviors. Here ar
  
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• Cloud steeds populairder, bedrijven zoekende naar optimale strategie

  15-06-2017 14:41
  Gemiddeld draaien bedrijven net iets meer dan veertig procent van hun applicaties op de eigen IT-infrastructuur: meer dan applicaties in de publieke (26%) of private cloud (24%). En vier op de tien bedrijven die ooit applicaties in de publieke cloud hebben ondergebracht, zijn daar weer van teruggekomen. Daarop duidt... lees meer
  
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• BrandPost: Four Steps to Managing Vendor Security

  15-06-2017 13:49
  
  Target. Home Depot. Wendys.  The stories of significant cyber breaches are in the headlines every day.  Board members and CEOs are growing more and more concerned about cyber risk management in their organization.  But most don’t realize that each of the three breaches listed above were linked to 3rd party service providers and business associates.Most of us do review our vendors for contract compliance and service delivery.  But very few are also reviewing vendors for
  
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