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• IT's identity crisis: How to remain essential as the business evolves

  21-07-2017 21:58
  In 2007, Michael Spears became CIO of the National Council on Compensation Insurance. It wasn't the usual promotion. Spears had spent two years as the NCCI's chief data officer, and he kept that role when be became CIO. In his dual capacity, he oversees both the IT department and the data resources division, though they operate as separate entities. Over the years, he says, the CIO and CDO roles have sometimes been held by different people and sometimes by the same person.Spears has taken some r
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 open source tools for developing IoT applications

  21-07-2017 21:23
  The internet of things is growing at a staggeringly fast pace, and is quickly coming to revolutionize virtually every aspect of modern life. Aspiring developers hoping to hop on board and profit off the growing phenomenon are constantly looking for the right tools to use. So what are the open source tools best suited for working with the IoT, and where can developers find them?A plethora of open source tools lay at the disposal of any would-be developer eager and wise enough to use them. By util
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Harvard PhD Andy Yen provides tips to governments on cybersecurity protections

  21-07-2017 14:50
  Recently, I asked Harvard PhD and ProtonMail co-founder and CEO Andy Yen his thoughts on how to prevent government cybersecurity attacks. A physicist and economist by training, Andy was part of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where his research focused on searches for supersymmetric particles. He is translating his experience in large-scale computing to build the infrastructure that is used to run ProtonMail. With two colleagues, Wei Sun and Jason Stockman, he co-founded ProtonMail, an encry
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Machine intelligence: Build your own vs. as-a-service

  21-07-2017 14:40
  Fans of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” may recall the plotline earlier this season in which Erlich Bachman secures $200,000 in VC funding for See Food, a camera app that recognizes various kinds of food and instantly surfaces useful information, such as nutritional data.Bachman is 5% technologist and 95% charlatan, give or take, so naturally there’s a hitch: See Food doesn’t exist. The funding is the result of a misunderstanding that Bachman quickly compounded into a lie. A
  
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• 7 professional networking tips for executives

  21-07-2017 12:00
  
  Few get to the top of the ladder without knowing how to network. But once you’ve established an executive role, professional networking changes significantly, requiring a different approach. Yes, networking as an executive is a meaningful way to keep the pipeline open for future opportunities, but it’s also a way to establish your personal brand and reputation in your industry.“Executive-networking is less about the individual and more about learning for, and empowering, the br
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Understanding today’s outsourcing market

  21-07-2017 04:20
  
  Last month, I asked if traditional outsourcing had lost it strategic relevance. The question was based on the business world’s current irrational exuberance over digital transformation and the shifting focus of CIOs in today’s digital economy. Many readers agreed with me, but I was reminded recently that sourcing is far from dead. According to the latest state-of-the-industry report from ISG, the market generates more than $100 billion of total contract value a year.To read this arti
  
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• 14 big data certifications that will pay off

  21-07-2017 01:24
  
  Data and big data analytics are fast becoming the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging, but building the right team with the right skills to undertake big data initiatives can be even harder.Not surprisingly, that challenge is reflected in the rising demand for big data skills and certifications. According to research by IT research firm Foote Partners, both noncertified advanced data analytics skills and certified big data skills have gained valu
  
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