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• IDG Contributor Network: How to start your first trial engagement with outsourcing

  31-10-2017 20:30
  Has the time come for your company to explore software development outsourcing? The potential for cost savings is always attractive, but there are many other good reasons software development outsourcing has been pursued by other companies, including:A large backlog of existing projects, exceeding your staff’s capacity to address
  Local talent pool challenges – finding and retaining programming talent.
  A need for new (or even niche) technical skills that are not part of your team&rsqu
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Playing to win with enterprise technology

  31-10-2017 18:14
  Enterprise technology is like baseball: a lineup of varying levels of ability wouldn’t stand a chance against best-in-class players, carefully selected for their unique skillsets that perfectly craft a team.As much as we hate to admit it, not every player on your favorite baseball team can knock it out of the park. As fans, we tend to overlook these flaws to remain loyal. But as a CIO, your loyalty should remain unwaveringly with your employees. This calls for a fantasy baseball approach (
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How blockchain is hastening the advance of autonomous cars

  31-10-2017 14:51
  Our modern era is a pivotal time, and new technology is constantly pushing the status quo. While tech gurus, engineers, and developers make steady progress in numerous industries, there are only a few trends that will define this point in time for our successors. Those who look back fondly at the dawn of the 21st century will likely count the advance of blockchain and autonomous vehicles among the key emergent technologies. They will also recognize that these two innovations were undoubtedly int
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The Agile PMO

  31-10-2017 14:17
  The Project Management Office has received a negative reputation in many corporate circles.  Often hailed as the "Project Management Overhead," many consider the PMO a waste of corporate budget and time, an office that exists to create strict consistency rules while hampering the efficiency and effectiveness of software, firmware and hardware delivery.  Unfortunately, my experience interacting with dozens of PMO's, the criticism has roots within reality. Back in the early 2000's,
  
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• 47% off Garmin vivosmart HR Activity Tracker - Deal Post

  31-10-2017 14:08
  Garmin's vivosmart is the touchscreen activity tracker with wrist-based heart rate and a full suite of smart notifications. The sleek band is comfortable to wear all day, and the always-on display shows your stats, even in sunlight. With a built-in heart rate sensor and altimeter, it tracks and displays steps, distance, calories, heart rate, floors climbed and activity intensity. Receive text, call, email, calendar and other alerts on your wrist when paired with your phone. The full featured act
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Managing your IT career

  31-10-2017 14:00
  Over the last couple of years, I have been amazed at how many CIOs that I know personally have been "in transition." One good friend even "transitioned" for a couple of years. Honestly, I had this happen to me once as a startup person and I can tell you it is no fun. Given that CIO and other IT leader tenures have been getting shorter, I wanted to hear their perspectives regarding managing an IT career.Members of the CIOChat that I run shared openly on this topic. They were candid that the &lsqu
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Platform business models: 4 key steps for implementation

  31-10-2017 13:20
  Platform business models allow enterprises to set up powerful industry-focused, cloud-based ecosystems for value exchange and innovation among participants. After their initial debut in the tech sector, they’re now appearing across almost all industry verticals, including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, telecom, transportation and utilities.In “Platform business models: A primer”, I wrote about how these models are fast becoming the dominant business model fo
  
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• How to select the best self-service BI tool for your business

  31-10-2017 11:00
  The business information (BI) market is fierce and crowded. Historically, the big players — think Oracle and IBM — engaged in feature wars to try to justify budget-stretching (if not budget-busting) pricing, and relied heavily on high-touch salesmanship. To make matters worse, the vendors expected your IT department to work with the vendors' own consultants to configure their products and integrate them with each of your systems of record, often at additional cost.Once a traditional
  
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