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• BrandPost: The Pulse of IT: Security

  20-06-2017 23:51
  
  We all know how important security in our digital age of information is. But are you up to date with the latest strategies for managing the security of your corporate data? We surveyed a group of your peers about how they’re handling data security in the age of anytime, anywhere access. Here are some highlights:Non-U.S. data centers manage data for about 55% of organizations
  Nearly 50% of organizations are considering DLP technology for 2017
  An average of 37% of digital corporate data bear
  
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• BrandPost: Planning for Application Migrations

  20-06-2017 23:44
  
  Migrating packaged, off-the-shelf software applications creates complexities that must be carefully managed. The success of any application migration is greatly influenced by properly planning, provisioning access, and managing users. But upgrading or migrating to new applications creates challenges for IT teams that are focused on maintaining existing infrastructure.The choice to upgrade to the latest software is an easy decision because it usually improves workflows that streamline business pr
  
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• BrandPost: How to Keep Control and Balance in the RPA Race

  20-06-2017 23:20
  
  Robotic process automation (RPA), a form of digital labor that automates simple transactional activities to improve speed, efficiency and accuracy, has sparked a bot revolution. Forrester predicts the RPA market will grow 41% each year until 2020, reaching $2.9 billion in 2021.Thanks to the fact that it is quick and easy to implement, business units are eager  to race straight toward implementing  RPA delivery without thoughtful and planned enterprise-wide coordination and governance.
  
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• BrandPost: 5 Reasons to Rethink Your Governance Strategy

  20-06-2017 23:18
  
  It has long been believed that the only way to successfully govern a business intelligence (BI) deployment is through rigorous process, tight controls and restricted access to data and reporting solutions. Organizations think that if the rules are written and enforced by a small, centralized group of individuals residing in IT, the risk of misuse can be mitigated.  Unfortunately, this rigid approach to governance only serves to restrict business users who have the necessary business context
  
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• EU wants to ease commercial drone use with future flight rules

  20-06-2017 22:06
  
  The European Commission wants to make it easier for lightweight drones to fly autonomously in European airspace -- with logistics, inspection services and agricultural businesses set to benefit.Last Friday, the Commission unveiled a plan to improve the safety of drones flying at low altitude.It wants to introduce a consistent set of rules across the EU for flying drones in "U-space," its name for regulated airspace under 150 meters in altitude.Simpler regulations will be welcomed by multinationa
  
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• AMD launches its Epyc server chip to take on Intel in the data center

  20-06-2017 22:00
  
  It's not just the folks at AMD who hope that that the company's Epyc server processor, officially launched Tuesday, will break Intel's stranglehold on the data-center chip market.Enterprise users, web hosting companies and hyperscale cloud providers all want competition and choice in server chips to curb costs and fuel innovation."OEMs have been looking for an alternative to Intel for a long time, and with Intel having 98 percent market share I can say that there's absolutely a need, from the OE
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What does 'open' mean to IT in the cloud era?

  20-06-2017 16:54
  
  The term “open” when used in the IT context is an old and heavily used word. In an industry where new terms are introduced with incredible frequency, then age, and are discarded like napkins at a BBQ restaurant, the term “open” has surprising longevity. But what does “open” mean in the IT context? And why is it important to IT decision makers?Dictionary.com offers a robust set of definitions for “open” as a verb, adjective and noun. For IT, I like
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 ways big data is changing financial trading

  20-06-2017 16:52
  
  The impact big data is making in the financial world is more of a splash than a ripple. The technology is scaling at an exponential rate and the consequences are far reaching. Increasing complexity and data generation is transforming the way industries operate and the financial sector isn’t exempt.Currently, the world is creating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily and this represents a unique opportunity for processing, analysing and leveraging the information in useful ways. Machine lear
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Can innovation help curb medical mistakes?

  20-06-2017 16:46
  
  Even with all the advances in patient care, medical error continues to take lives at 1,000 per day in the United States (Leapfrog – Spring 2017 Report). So what are we doing to reduce these numbers? The answer: Individuals and organizations like The Innovation Institute, who want to have a positive impact in health care, are developing and funding new technologies that are focused on reducing medical mistakes. Health care is an area where innovation is making a difference curbing medical m
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Notorious Project Failures - Google Glass

  20-06-2017 16:42
  
  With the aim of learning from past failures, this section analyses, using a simplified framework developed over more than ten years, a notorious project that was poorly managed and was terribly unsuccessful.What is fascinating about all projects is that they all share a set of common characteristics, which, if well understood, soundly addressed, and actively managed; can increase the chances of success and minimize the risk of failure.Google Glass: A product development project doomed to fail
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 little-known factors influencing your ROI

  20-06-2017 16:07
  
  The one thing nearly every business on the face of the planet has in common, is they are all trying to bring their rate of investment (ROI) to a profitable level. While ROI applies to every aspect of business operations, the bottom line almost always comes down to the ability to convert customers.A recent study by Econsultancy shockingly found that only about 22 percent of businesses are satisfied with their conversion rates. That doesn’t mean the rest need to radically change their ways o
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: A major medical device maker's unique approach to data security

  20-06-2017 16:03
  
  The inside joke among healthcare IT executives is that there are two kinds of CIOs; those that have been hacked and those that don’t know they have been hacked.The recent Wannacry cyberattacks that temporarily crippled the National Health System (NHS) in the UK had limited impact in the U.S. Notably; the malware was able to infect a medical device by healthcare company Bayer, prompting other major medical devices manufactures such as Becton and Siemens to release IT security notifications.
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How Adam Noble, CIO of GAF, drives innovation through collaboration

  20-06-2017 15:59
  
  As a CIO, I’m sure you’ve been reading a lot about collaboration and how, as a strategy, it helps CIOs improve their working relationship with business units. After all, as companies begin to recognize that technology needs to be at the core of their business, CIOs are continuously challenged to collaborate with business units to leverage technology to create new and improved products, services, and processes. But have you thought about how you would go about doing this?A few months
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How Adam Noble, CIO-GAF Inc. Drives Innovation through Collaboration

  20-06-2017 15:59
  
  As a CIO, I’m sure you’ve been reading a lot about collaboration and how, as a strategy, it helps CIOs improve their working relationship with business units. After all, as companies begin to recognize that technology needs to be at the core of their business, CIOs are continuously challenged to collaborate with business units to leverage technology to create new and improved products, services, and processes. But have you thought about how you would go about doing this?A few months
  
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• 43% off OxyLED Mini Stick-on 6-LED Wireless Motion Sensing Night Light - Deal Alert

  20-06-2017 14:49
  
  This tiny motion-sensing strip contains 6 bright LEDs, and sticks anywhere. Just the trick for illuminating an entryway door-lock, a kitchen cabinet, drawers, closet or the glove box in your car. Simply turns on when somebody is there, and turns off when no motion is sensed. And the part that sticks is actually a magnetic base, so you can pop the light off and take it with you as a torch if needed. Currently priced at 43% off, so right now you're paying just $16.99 for a two-pack. See this deal
  
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• Shake Shack’s secret sauce for getting mobile apps right

  20-06-2017 12:05
  
  Mobile ordering is fast becoming a must-have offering for retail chains built on quick customer service. But as several first movers in mobile ordering have shown, balancing digital services with in-store experiences can be challenging.Shake Shack earlier this year took a unique approach as it prepared to launch a mobile application that enables consumers to order and pay from their iPhones. It allowed hundreds of consumers to give the application a whirl in select locations around the country.
  
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• 7 reasons to switch to microservices — and 5 reasons you might not succeed

  20-06-2017 12:00
  
  Microservices has been making waves among forward-thinking application development organizations since the term was first coined in 2011. A few short years later, microservices is on the verge of going mainstream, as, according to a recent survey from Nginix, 36 percent of enterprises surveyed are currently using microservices, with another 26 percent in the research phase. But what exactly is microservices architecture, and is it right for your organization’s culture, skills, and needs?He
  
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• BrandPost: 4 Ways Private/Hybrid Clouds Improve Business Outcomes

  20-06-2017 04:26
  
  Private and hybrid cloud models play a critical role in the next phase of enterprise cloud computing. In IDG Enterprise’s “2016 Cloud Computing” survey, 62% of the respondents’ organizations were using a private cloud, accounting for nearly one-quarter (23%) of their total IT environment, and 26% had deployed a hybrid model that combines private and public cloud services. These types of deployments, Hitachi Data Systems’ Gary Breder writes, will help organizati
  
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