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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 vital skills CIOs need to survive digital transformation

  17-10-2017 16:55
  The implications of any digital transformation project are far-reaching for both your current and future workforce. As an IT leader and the driving force behind innovation in your business, it should be your top priority to ensure your teams have the right mix of skills across the project lifecycle, especially if you intend to maintain resources beyond the initial stages of digital transformation. This is no easy task.For starters, IT leaders need to be attuned to, aware of and responsive to the
  
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• 35% off SanDisk 256GB iXpand Base for iPhone charging and backup - Deal Alert

  17-10-2017 15:30
  Here's something you probably didn't know existed. With SanDisk's iXpand iPhone base, you'll never have to worry about losing your memories again. Every time you charge your iPhone with the iXpand Base, it automatically backs up your photos, videos and contacts. The iXpand Base offers plenty of room to save your files in their original quality with no worry about recurring monthly fees for Internet-based storage. Designed for everyday use with a soft rubber top, a sturdy base, and a wr
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is strategic planning the key to IT cost optimization?

  17-10-2017 15:00
  When it comes to renewing IT contracts, cost optimization is typically top of mind. While there are several ways to approach renewal negotiations, the most effective means to achieve long-term cost-savings is by leveraging a comprehensive future demand roadmap. Why? It’s the key ingredient in a recipe to maximizing your cost optimization opportunity and producing a ‘win-win’ scenario for both parties.Competitive bid or sole source negotiation?
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• IDG Contributor Network: 'This is not an IT project'

  17-10-2017 14:59
  In order to gain buy-in and support for an important software application implementation, some IT leaders announce: This is not an IT project!But is such a declaration sufficient to generate a successful implementation or high levels of adoption? Can the IT leader really expect operations users and senior leaders to know what is expected of them when you announce the project is not IT driven?Don't just say what it isn't – say what it is
  For many software application implementations, IT lea
  
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• The keys to a successful remote work strategy

  17-10-2017 12:00
  Remote work can be a win-win opportunity for employers and employees alike. The benefits to your employee engagement, retention and morale, as well as your ability to expand your talent pool and attract and hire stronger candidates, are all well known.But remote work offers unique challenges that companies must address to make the most of their remote work strategies. Maintaining a sense of connection with remote employees, ensuring technology helps rather than hinders collaboration and innovati
  
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• Demystifying the dark science of data analytics

  17-10-2017 12:00
  Although few will publicly admit it, data analytics remains something of a dark science for many IT leaders, replete with mystical methods and seemingly inscrutable practices. Yet despite its somewhat enigmatic reputation, analytics has repeatedly demonstrated that it is a proven science, a powerful tool that generally leads to significant improvements in productivity, efficiency, sales, profits and other key business metrics and goals.Today's analytics revolution caught many senior IT leaders b
  
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• BrandPost: How To Break Free From Spreadsheet Sprawl

  17-10-2017 02:02
  Traditional spreadsheets were never intended for utility beyond number crunching, yet they’ve become a common language for managing shared work. It’s all too easy to fall back on a form factor that is universally understood when trendy collaboration tools aren’t adopted by every team member or access to Microsoft Project is too difficult to obtain – again. But when the volume of work grows or more stakeholders begin to contribute, a single spreadsheet quickly grows t
  
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