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• What’s a workforce marketplace? How work will get done in the future

  12-07-2017 22:45
  
  WordPress parent company Automattic has eliminated traditional organizational structures for its 450 employees across 45 different countries, demonstrating the future of work. Business is done based on project teams ranging from two to 12 workers, without traditional managers, and they’re encouraged to experiment with new ways of collaborating to complete jobs. So far, it’s working. More than 25 percent of websites use the Automattic platform and the company is valued at more than $1
  
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• BrandPost: Dell EMC HPC Community meeting on June 21-22, 2017

  12-07-2017 19:50
  
  The 5th meeting of the Dell EMC HPC Community (DellHPC.org) was held on June 21-22, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany, during the week of the ISC (International Supercomputing) High Performance 2017 conference and exhibition (isc-hpc.com). The Dell EMC HPC Community is a Dell EMC – sponsored forum designed to foster the exchange of HPC strategies, technologies and best practices among Dell EMC executives and staff, our technology partners, and most importantly, our HPC customers.For this Communi
  
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• BrandPost: Machine Learning Is Transforming Data Security

  12-07-2017 18:37
  
  Organizations have spent considerable amounts of time, effort, and money to implement the proper security systems and protocols – but most IT professionals still worry about data security.  Part of the challenge is being able to accurately and quickly monitor how secure your data is. In my experiences, most organizations generally keep their sensitive data secure but don’t regularly monitor or audit the data, due to the costs and time commitment they need for analyzing acce
  
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• BrandPost: Are You and Your GC in Sync?

  12-07-2017 18:20
  
  Security threats, mobile employees and a changing regulatory climate have many corporations re-evaluating their current technology and processes to ensure data is protected. As CIOs and CISOs map out developing technology plans and possible procurement initiatives for their organization, it’s critical they collaborate closely with general counsel in several areas, to steer the ship through the challenges of a rapidly changing information age environment.Ensuring Data SecurityThere are many
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Keeping pace with the digital transformation: From rhetoric to action

  12-07-2017 16:30
  
  Going digital is about reinventing business models, redefining industries, and improving the customer experience to stay ahead of the game and ensure future growth. Digital-savvy organizations challenge the status quo, love experimenting, are not afraid to fail fast, learn from mistakes, move on quickly, and constantly push the ambition level further. While this might sound familiar, many organizations struggle to move beyond the rhetoric and convert acknowledgement into action. McKinsey estimat
  
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• 67% off BioShock: The Collection for PlayStation 4 - Deal Alert

  12-07-2017 16:24
  
  Return to the cities of Rapture and Columbia and experience the award-winning BioShock franchise like never before. BioShock: The Collection retells the epic journeys of the BioShock universe beautifully remastered in 1080p. BioShock: The Collection contains all single-player content from BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, all single-player add-on content, the 'Columbia’s Finest' pack, and Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock, featuring Ken Levine and Shawn Robert
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Uber's culture crash and how to avoid it

  12-07-2017 16:18
  
  Uber has been in a leadership crisis for the last several years. In recent months, Uber has gone through a series of highly public missteps. Some highlights include:The NYT published a bombshell report, accusing Uber of promoting a culture of sexual harassment.
  CEO Travis Kalanick berated an Uber driver on video.
  The WSJ reported that Uber used a nefarious software to trick and avoid law enforcement.
  The WSJ reported that Uber had “mistakenly” shortchanged drivers by millions of doll
  
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• 37% off DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo Label Printer and Mailing Scale - Deal Alert

  12-07-2017 16:14
  
  This label maker from Dymo is an all-in-one kit with everything you need to address, weigh and stamp your mail. Thermal printing technology is silent and never needs ink, toner, or ribbons. 300 dpi resolution 55 labels per minute print speed. Includes label printer, scale, 1 roll of 200 DYMO Stamps postage labels and 1 roll of 130 DYMO address labels, as well as a 2-year limited manufacturer warranty. This desktop mailing solution averages 4 out of 5 stars from over 720 people on Amazon (re
  
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• BrandPost: Achieving Compliance in the Ever-Mobile Healthcare Industry

  12-07-2017 15:59
  
  Not only are cloud-delivered, software-defined network solutions progressing the healthcare industry by introducing network mobility to mobile clinics, ambulatory applications, and traveling doctors, but these network solutions are also improving the security of patients’ private information.Leaders in the healthcare field recognize that these evolving network technologies are necessary for ensuring and affording compliance. Compliance challenges include keeping medical and financial data
  
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• The key to successful digital transformation

  12-07-2017 13:30
  
  Nearly 70 percent of midmarket CIOs report their organizations are still in the infancy stages of the digital transformation process. So, how do these less rigid, yet prudent midmarket companies build the business cases and reduce failure rates?At a high level, digital transformation is the need to connect business functions to streamline operations and drive efficiency. But changing hardware and software without a full understanding of the business process is transforming very little; it’
  
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• Teaching finance to IT leaders

  12-07-2017 12:00
  
  How many of your applications managers can do a cost-benefit analysis? Does your director of engineering understand total cost of ownership? Deborah Strong, CFO of IT and Operations at $28 billion insurance provider Travelers, could not answer either question positively, so she decided to do something about it.“If you want to move IT from being a cost center to driving value, the CIO and the CFO cannot be the only people talking about chargebacks and new IT service models,” says Stro
  
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• 5 innovative IT hiring strategies

  12-07-2017 11:50
  
  The IT skills gap can negatively impact your business in a number of ways – and not just because it makes a hiring manager's job that much harder. Respondents to a recent CompTIA survey report that it hurts staff productivity (52%), customer engagement (38%), profits (33%), time to market (32%), cybersecurity safeguards (32%) and staying competitive (30%).But a skills shortage doesn’t mean you’re out of luck when it comes to IT hiring – you just need to rethink your strat
  
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