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• Linium Named to Inc. 5000 List of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Companies

  16-08-2017 17:17
  Linium a world-class provider of business services that empower the entire enterprise, today announced it has been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for the 6th consecutive year – a designation that places it on Inc. 5000’s Honor Roll, which is achieved by fewer than a tenth of honorees.
  
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• Oracle's Hurd, AT&T's Donovan on their massive cloud migration deal

  16-08-2017 16:00
  If worries about digital transformation projects keep you up at night, imagine how it would feel to be responsible for moving thousands of internal databases to the cloud for a company with more than $160 billion in annual sales and 260,000 employees. That's the job that AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan is undertaking, and he's working with Oracle CEO Mark Hurd to do it. When the companies announced in May that they were working together, Hurd called the agreement "historic." While
  
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• 31% off WD 4TB My Passport Portable External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Deal Alert

  16-08-2017 15:26
  Safely store massive amounts of photos, videos and music with this 4TB external drive from WD. It comes equipped with WD Backup software so you can automatically back up photos, videos, music and documents on your preferred schedule. And built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security software helps keep your content private and safe. The 4TB My Passport model is currently priced just $10 higher than its 3TB counterpart with this 31% off deal. See it now on Amazon.To read this art
  
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• 47% off Solartab S1111 Solar Mobile Device Charger - Deal Alert

  16-08-2017 15:14
  Whether in the park, at the beach, at a music festival or out trekking, Solartab lets you enjoy free and endless solar power. Simply open up the Solartab to start solar charging either the internal battery or or USB devices like your phone or tablet. Thanks to Solartab’s huge internal battery, you can even charge your devices after the sun sets. The typical list price on the charger has been reduced 47% to $69. See this deal on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, ple
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Information security policies every business must implement

  16-08-2017 13:44
  Businesses are often criticized for not having strict policies for information security. However, this criticism is not inaccurate. Important information security practices are often overlooked despite all the major hacks discovered in recent years. It is unfortunate that preventive measures are often adopted only after a crippling incident.It is not only the hacks that threaten businesses throughout the world. Self-propagating malware is perhaps an even greater threat. The release of Etern
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: High-performing teams: Lessons from the symphony orchestra

  16-08-2017 13:32
  How well are your employees playing together? Are they playing in harmony or are they slightly out of tune?I am an amateur musician (flute, piano and bassoon) and have performed with numerous orchestras and groups. Currently I am the principal bassoonist for the Broomfield Symphony Orchestra. The BSO has more than 60 regular members, most are amateurs like myself. Individuals who have a passion for music. A group that comes together once a week to rehearse and performs five concerts a year. We s
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Make your CIO more relevant using business architecture

  16-08-2017 13:18
  According to a Logicalis Global CIO survey[i], the likelihood that CIOs are left out of the IT purchasing decision process has grown every year since 2013 with only 60% of CIOs controlling technology spending in 2016. This trend will most probably continue in the future. Even more troubling, over 60% organizations created at least one new mobile app in 2015 without any IT involvement[ii].Decision making in the enterprise has changed, and it's becoming very complex. The bigger the IT project is,
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The business value of data-driven storytelling

  16-08-2017 13:04
  As I talk with executives from around the world, it’s clear that their companies’ data to-do lists are changing. A few years ago, businesses were focused on gathering information — from internal systems, customers, suppliers, etc. But now that those aggregation hurdles have (mostly) been cleared, attention is shifting. Today, business executives are most concerned with this: What’s the best way for us to extract value from the deluge of data we’re collecting every d
  
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• How IT became business problem solvers at Level 3 Communications

  16-08-2017 12:15
  What does “digital thinking” mean in the telecom industry? How does an IT organization in a company that delivers a complex array of products become a “product organization” itself? How do IT and business operations work together on customer experience? For Atilla Tinic, CIO of Level 3, the answers lie in removing hierarchy, sharing dashboards and getting the company to start thinking “outside-in.”How have you turned IT from a culture of order takers into busi
  
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• 12 Microsoft Power BI success stories

  16-08-2017 12:00
  Self-service BI is on the rise among forward-thinking organizations, enabling business users to obtain up-to-the-minute business information in graphical form on demand — with little to no IT intervention. Since the release of Microsoft Power BI, organizations around the world have been turning to the cloud-based service for self-service business intelligence tools that allow users to analyze, visualize and share data using the familiar Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Here are 12 success
  
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• Brexit creates supply chain uncertainty

  16-08-2017 11:46
  For organizations operating in the EU, Britain’s pending withdrawal, known as Brexit, may disrupt both physical supply chains as well as the information systems required to manage those supply chains.  Depending on the final Brexit terms, organizations may need to change the way physical goods and information move across British borders.Here's a look at what Brexit means for business and how far-reaching the disruption may be as Britain prepares to extricate itself from the work EU me
  
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