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• BrandPost: Why Controlling Public Cloud Costs is so Difficult and What to Do About It

  12-09-2017 22:51
  Of all the reasons to move to public cloud solutions during the past decade, reducing computing costs has perennially ranked as a top driver. That remains true today – in its most recent cloud computing survey of more than 900 IT decision makers, IDG Enterprise found that 42% cited lower total cost of ownership as a key objective behind their cloud initiatives, a higher percentage of mentions than any other cloud driver received.Public cloud application and infrastructure offerings have al
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Summer whirlwind: The world is changing fast

  12-09-2017 21:53
  Summer has come and passed. The innocent can never last. Wake me up when September ends. – Green DayIt’s hard to believe summer is over. In just three short months, I flew more than 125,000 miles to Europe, India and across the U.S. This was on top of the 120,000 I flew in the first half of the year. One thing is clear across all these miles: The world is changing fast.The summer began not too far from home, debating the future of IT with 50 of the top CIOs from global commercia
  
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• BrandPost: True Enterprise Collaboration Depends on Cross-Platform Interoperability

  12-09-2017 21:41
  Cloud-based work management and collaboration tools are now considered a must-have for successful businesses. In a recent survey of business leaders, more than 80% say collaboration and work management tools are used across their entire business. It’s clear that business leaders have recognized the vital role that these tools can play: collaboration is an essential driver of growth, and investing in enterprise collaboration and work management tools is critical to staying competitive.And t
  
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• BrandPost: Satisfying the Impatient Customer

  12-09-2017 18:16
  Today's digital-savvy customers have no time for "good enough" interactions with your company. They expect to communicate with you at any time and receive an immediate, relevant response via whatever channel they choose, whether that's chat, email, messaging, social media, a self-service portal, etc. If you can't deliver on that expectation, they have no qualms about taking their business elsewhere.Customers now have the upper hand in the customer journey. With more ways to shop and less time to
  
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• 61% off this 3-foot Anker Powerline+ USB C to USB 3.0 Cable - Deal Alert

  12-09-2017 15:32
  This USB C to USB 3.0 cable from Anker merges seamless connectivity, premium materials and market benchmark production techniques. Features a double-braided nylon exterior, toughened aramid fiber core and laser-welded connectors for with superior toughness end-to-end, and super fast 5Gbps data transfer speeds. Right now you can pick up the 3-foot version for 61% off, or just $10.19. See it on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is the road to the C-suite a winding one?

  12-09-2017 15:08
  Do you have what it takes to make it to the C-suite or reach the upper levels of management? The best route may be a winding one, according to research from LinkedIn and Burning Glass, a company that mines job openings for labor market trends. Based on these analyses of employment data, people whose careers cross disciplines – and those in particular who have tech skills – get promoted faster. The New York Times reported on the topic in "How to Become a C.E.O.? The Quickest Path
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why the future of machine learning will be crunching words

  12-09-2017 15:06
  In recent years, enterprise machine learning has revolved around crunching numbers: analyzing datasets or tracking customer behavior. But what organizations will soon realize is that applying machine learning to content—physical documents, images, presentations and even conversational UIs—removes the cap on who machine learning impacts, and how far its value extends across the enterprise.  Tracking down lost documents and images, or drafting abstracts and case studies only to re
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 11 ways CIOs can be more effective in the board room

  12-09-2017 14:50
  In an era of digital disruption, CIOs need to be actively involved with their company’s business plan as more and more of the business becomes digital and software-based. According to Alan Murray, Chief Content Officer of Time Inc. and President, Fortune Magazine, the companies who attended last year’s World Economic Forum all said to him that they are now technology companies. Given this, CIOs that add business value must have a seat at the table with the rest of the business execut
  
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• The 10 best coding bootcamps

  12-09-2017 12:00
  If you’re looking to beef up your developer teams, don’t discount talent from coding bootcamps. Many bootcamp graduates are eager to make a career change, get back into the workforce after a leave period or simply add to their existing coding skills. But how can you gauge the quality of the large array of bootcamps to ensure your talent has the coding chops to excel?The best measure comes from students and graduates themselves; Switchup.com, a comprehensive review and ranking guide d
  
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• 10 tips for getting started with machine learning

  12-09-2017 12:00
  Machine learning (ML) is fast becoming a litmus test for forward-thinking CIOs. Companies that fail to adopt machine learning for product development or business operations risk falling behind more nimble competitors in the coming decade. That's according to Dan Olley, who as the CTO of Elsevier, the scientific and health information unit of RELX Group, has ratcheted up his organization's adoption of ML technologies in recent years.  To read this article in full or to leave a comment,
  
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