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• BrandPost: GDPR is Around the Corner. How Prepared Are You?

  21-08-2017 23:14
  GDPR, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, takes effect May 25, 2018. It is anticipated to be major data privacy disruption and also huge benefit to consumer data privacy protection worldwide.While companies within the EU will be directly affected, tens of millions of companies will need to comply with GDPR. This includes EU company headquarters and foreign entities doing business in and with the EU.AccessData, the forensics champion founded in 1987, sponsored a webinar series with GDPR as
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 ways you could avoid and prepare for cyberattacks in your organization

  21-08-2017 19:40
  In an age when cyber criminals abound, it pays to prepare and be always on guard. It means being aware of strategies criminals often resort to and investing in monitoring tools as well as preventive measures to avoid such massive cyber atrocities in the first place.Security software company Avast found that of 132 million routers tested, 41 percent could easily be hacked, a recent GSMA Intelligence report showed. In the recent years, we have seen cyber thieves switching from personal computers t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: IT relevance and delivery model changes when moving to digital models

  21-08-2017 18:30
  Over the years, companies structured their IT into centrally managed departments organized by functional capabilities. The objective was to improve the delivery of information technology by establishing and meeting service levels and lowering the cost of the function. These services were sold or provided back to the business, which ingested them into the respective business processes. In most companies, this evolution is now mature and the enterprise receives quality services at an ever-decreasi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Artificial intelligence and digital communication are disrupting the contact center space

  21-08-2017 15:51
  The customer service (contact center) space is accelerating faster than the market has ever seen up to this point. Artificial intelligence and digital communication is changing everything.Let’s start with some context. Right now we’re in the middle of a major market disruption by cloud-based contact center software platforms. They’re turning the conservative call center space into cutting-edge contact centers by helping them give up the expense and complexity of their hosted ge
  
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• 26% off Qwerkywriter BlueTooth Mechanical Keyboard with Integrated Tablet Stand - Deal Alert

  21-08-2017 15:49
  Qwerkywriter connects wirelessly to any phone or tablet with BlueTooth. It features vintage inspired round typewriter keycaps and industrial strength mechanical switches that provide a unique clicky tactile feel, similar to the old vintage clacky typewriters. A mechanical keyboard promotes a more accurate typing experience and the clicky feedback is very satisfying. The Qwerkywriter is made of metal from top to bottom, the type of quality you don't get from a modern keyboard. The Qwerkywrit
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Bank acceptance of bitcoin key to wider adoption of crypto

  21-08-2017 15:39
  Bitcoin broke into public consciousness during the early part of the decade. Now that bitcoin is trading at more than $4,000, it can be hard to imagine why it's not getting more attention.While bitcoin has been the talk of the town of late, adoption of cryptocurrencies and crypto services are still limited. We have yet to see ordinary consumers use bitcoin to pay for day-to-day transactions over cash and cards. In addition, banks and bitcoin still appear to be at odds with each other.Financial i
  
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• $150 Price Drop on Pico Pro Craft Beer Brewing Appliance - Deal Alert

  21-08-2017 15:34
  Pico Pro is an automated craft brewery that brews fresh craft beer using recipes from award-winning breweries. Brew any style of beer you desire – from IPAs to session ales to stouts to porters – starting with just the press of a button. Your beer will be fermented, carbonated, and ready to enjoy in a little over a week. Built-in steam cleaning and dishwasher-safe components make for a simpler cleanup. The list price has been reduced by $150, so if you've been interested in a su
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Three lines of defense for data management

  21-08-2017 15:25
  In the financial services industry, people are used to the three lines of defense for the majority of the risk functions. Generally the first line of defense for management of risk is the business, the second line of defense is a control function, and the third line of defense is internal audit.Increasingly firms are considering data risk as a risk element in their overall risk management framework. Firms are including data risk in their group risk appetite statement in addition to their ma
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Digital transformation in oil and gas: 10 companies to watch

  21-08-2017 14:25
  Oil and gas, despite it’s age, is a booming industry. At $1.7 trillion per year, it’s larger than every metal industry combined. Exxon Mobil, the largest petroleum refining company in the world, is number 4 on Fortune 500’s list of most valuable companies. Oil and gas is still able to compete handily with major tech companies that are rushing in from Silicon Valley.Like any other industry however, oil and gas is not immune to innovation. Chris Niven, research director for IDC E
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Crossing the chasm: How to operate containers and microservices at scale

  21-08-2017 14:14
  In an effort to reinvent their operating model and strengthen their digital capabilities, organizations are increasingly striving for greater speed, agility and efficiency. Many of them aim to accelerate innovation by shortening release and deployment cycles in order to provide a better digital experience to their customers and thereby outpace competition.Due to the rise of containers and microservices, the rate at which new application projects are moving into production environments is growing
  
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• 9 lies CIOs tell themselves

  21-08-2017 12:00
  “O what a tangled web we weave,” explained Scottish novelist Walter Scott, “when first we practice to deceive.”But no matter how tangled the web when someone else is the target, it has nothing on the mess that happens when we’re fooling ourselves.And fool ourselves we do — not because we deliberately want to set the wrong priorities, make the wrong decisions, and pursue the wrong goals, but because wishful thinking is a whole lot easier than looking at the wor
  
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• 3D printing is now entrenched at Ford

  21-08-2017 12:00
  DEARBORN, Mich. -- If you were to put the brakes on 3D printing technology at Ford today, the company's vehicle development would literally come to a screeching halt.Additive manufacturing at the automaker has evolved from being a niche technology a few engineers toyed with 20 years ago to its integration in the R&D process 10 years ago to the "entrenched" development process it is now.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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