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• IDG Contributor Network: The death of traditional retail and how data will lead its evolution

  24-07-2017 18:41
  With headlines setting off alarms forewarning the death of retail, it is easy to get sucked into the overwhelming stream of information and data. Luckily, there is more than one side to every story, and that data can actually support a more promising position on the future of the retail industry. A recent article from the WSJ calls 2017 “the year of bankruptcies,” with eight bankruptcies since the beginning of the year. The most bankruptcies in one year happened in 2008 when 20
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Headache for the CIO: Shadow IT is soaring as LoBs seek greater autonomy

  24-07-2017 18:26
  Cloud computing has become the de facto standard for organizations around the globe. In a recent study, McAfee concluded that 93 percent of organizations utilize cloud services in some shape or form. More than 80 percent even embrace a “cloud-first” strategy, in which applications are prioritized that can be procured as a service or deployed in the cloud over those deployed on-premises. Those prioritizing off-premises believe that their IT budgets will be 80 percent cloud services in
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Top 10 excuses to not implement best practices and 5 things to do about it

  24-07-2017 18:05
  Over the past 30 years, a great deal of research has been conducted on IT-enabled business transformations. As a result of this research, leading best practices for implementation have been identified and improved upon. However, the fundamental essential elements have basically remained constant over this period regardless of the technology or the industry. Yet countless examples still exist where companies fail in dramatic fashion upon deployment.These transformation failures do not discri
  
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• 70% Anker Quick Charge 3.0 63W 5-Port USB Wall Charger - Deal Alert

  24-07-2017 15:33
  This premium wall-charger from Anker features 5 ports that pump out 63W of power — enough for the whole family to simultaneously charge multiple devices at the highest speed possible. Right now it’s discounted 70% to just $27 on Amazon, where it averages 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 500 customers. Right now when you buy this item you’ll also activate a 10% discount on other select Anker products including their power bank and bluetooth speaker. See this deal on Amazon.To read t
  
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• 43% off Pecham Vertical Stand for PS4 with Cooling Fan and Dual Controller Charging - Deal Alert

  24-07-2017 15:03
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• The skills and traits of a next-generation CIO

  24-07-2017 12:00
  As digital transformation threatens to alter everything we thought we knew about business, the C-suite is suddenly crowded with geeks, and companies scrambling to disrupt themselves or die trying are looking to technology for answers, but not necessarily to the office of the CIO.The need to spin customer data into gold has led to the rise of tech-savvy executives with titles like chief digital officer, experience officer, marketing technology officer, analytics officer, and the like.But it's abo
  
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• Inside Antares Capital’s remarkable cloud-first transformation

  24-07-2017 12:00
  In 2015, Mary Cecola, CIO of Antares Capital, was faced with a dilemma.At the time, the middle-market private equity firm was a unit of GE Capital. Then GE decided to sell Antares to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in a deal valued at about $12 billion."There were some unique challenges with the Antares divestiture," Cecola says. "The Antares infrastructure was all run by GE. We had an 18-month transition services agreement. I was brought in four months into that. I was the only
  
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