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• 11 common ERP mistakes and how to avoid them

  29-09-2017 18:43
  Today’s IT executives have more choices than ever when choosing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. From on-premises systems to cloud-based software-as-a-service to industry-based solutions, there is a dazzling array. And decision makers can feel overwhelmed when trying to determine which features and functions are the most important.So CIO.com reached out to dozens of ERP experts, for advice on how to navigate this complex landscape. Specifically, we asked them to identify the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Getting to the collaborative mindset

  29-09-2017 16:06
  Our research on the factors necessary for successful collaboration has shown that although technology is an “enabler” of interactions, collaboration is a collection of human behaviors. What we found most critical are two things: a “collaborative mindset” and learning how to collaborate successfully.One of our assessment tools (TCEP, which I wrote about in my last blog), is a metric of how collaborative a team or organization is. This metric is subjective, but it does allo
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Digital health solutions: Forget the AI-washing. ROI is king.

  29-09-2017 15:09
  The market has been driving itself into a frenzy this past year with the potential for emerging technologies to influence the digital transformation of healthcare to a value-based care era. Every year, a new term becomes the buzzword around which the entire technology industry rallies to make its case and rise above the noise. This year, it's been AI, and technology vendors have fallen over one another to demonstrate how their solutions are "AI-powered,” “AI-enabled” or “
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why are women leaving technology jobs?

  29-09-2017 15:00
  A lack of diversity and issues with under-representation are widely acknowledged in the technology industry. Women make up almost 60% of the workforce in the States and only 25% work in tech, one of the most dominant and growing sectors.From the pipeline problem with a lack of women in STEM education to the pay gap in some of the world’s most powerful organizations, we are now beginning to acknowledge the lack of women in technology and why that really is so detrimental to our progression.
  
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• Why the ‘cult’ mentality in IT hinders diversity

  29-09-2017 13:00
  “Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” That sounds great on the surface (or as an inspirational quote on Instagram), but there’s a slightly sinister undercurrent to this concept, and it seems especially pervasive in tech. I like to think of it as an “obsession with obsession” —  the idea that you can only “belong” and “fit in” in technology if it’s not just your job but your hobby, your passi
  
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• The digital workplace: 8 steps to greater agility, productivity

  29-09-2017 12:00
  True digital transformation goes all the way through to the core. And that includes an often overlooked aspect: the workplace itself.Yes, modernizing IT systems, overhauling business processes and stacking talent benches are crucial undertakings. But such initiatives lay bare a chicken-and-egg problem that many CIOs must scramble to address: that a good customer experience first requires a good employee experience in the form of a digital workplace, says Gartner analyst Carol Rozwell.What is the
  
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• Informatica brings AI to GDPR compliance, data governance

  29-09-2017 11:41
  Companies that are scrambling to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have a new tool to consider: Informatica's Compliance Data Lake, unveiled this week at the Strata Data Conference in New York.With the new software, Informatica is bringing machine learning to bear on compliance issues, aiming to give enterprises a comprehensive view of compliance-related data stored not only in geographically dispersed databases but also in email, social media, insta
  
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