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• BrandPost: Innovation – It Matters More than Ever

  01-11-2017 23:10
  There are 4 lessons from Leonardo da Vinci’s life – the “universal genius” from the Renaissance era – that still hold true for today’s digital enterprises.In his new biography of Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson concludes with a list of lessons that can be learned from Leonardo’s life. Among them: “be relentlessly curious,” “seek knowledge for its own sake,” “start with the details,” and “go down the rabbit hol
  
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• BrandPost: How Can You Really Turn Technology into Innovation?

  01-11-2017 23:07
  Every company is struggling to innovate – at breakneck speed. The SAP Leonardo platform offers an integrated approach to capitalize on technology such as IoT, cloud, and big data today.Digital transformation is upon us, and innovation is table stakes. Sometimes the answers are elusive. What if you could rub shoulders with your IT and business counterparts to compare notes on what to do next?You can. Come learn from other enterprises who are already successfully innovating across customer e
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 things about cryptocurrencies and blockchains you need to know right now

  01-11-2017 21:00
  While I normally like to focus this blog on M&A IT, there are profound developments in the blockchain technology and cryptocurrency markets that are important to explore.  While most readers should be familiar with the changes in this arena, some of the recent events and results are truly incredible, particularly with the returns being generated and the funds flowing into this emerging area. In the near future, this sector will undoubtedly experience a wave of M&A transactions, and
  
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• What is geofencing? Putting location to work

  01-11-2017 20:43
  What is geofencing?
  Geofencing is a location-based service in which an app or other software uses GPS, RFID, Wi-Fi or cellular data to trigger a pre-programmed action when a mobile device or RFID tag enters or exits a virtual boundary set up around a geographical location, known as a geofence.  Depending on how a geofence is configured it can prompt mobile push notifications, trigger text messages or alerts, send targeted advertisements on social media, allow tracking on vehicle fleets, dis
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 barriers to AI adoption across the enterprise

  01-11-2017 20:25
  Recently, I talked with the forward-thinkers and machine learning scientists at the AI Summit in San Francisco. How to connect the power of AI to the enterprise is an open question facing all of us, experts and those connecting the experts with business problems. There are so many possible applications, and everyone is trying to get in on the game. At PwC, we estimate AI will drive global GDP gains of $15 trillion by 2030, but companies are all over the map. In our survey of CEOs, 24% reported t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Developing leaders for managing AI-driven businesses

  01-11-2017 19:10
  As most businesses feel the need for and strive to become AI-driven, there is bound to be a growing need for professionals who understand what it takes to run an AI-driven business. Enterprises can leverage AI across the board; from using AI- to run their sales and biz dev to using AI to enhance product development to using AI to revamp operations and using AI to market, support and improve their products and services. However, as AI is introduced in these various functions, managing these funct
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to fail well in IT projects

  01-11-2017 17:45
  Knowing when to say enough is enough and kill an IT project must be among the hardest skills to learn. I’m not sure any of us ever totally master it either. When your sponsor has invested a considerable amount of money and you and your team have invested time, blood, sweat and tears it can be difficult to admit that a successful outcome may elude you.It’s has been front of my mind of late because I’ve had to deliver this news to a couple of clients who had asked my advice on th
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The data-centric enterprise: Not yet a done deal

  01-11-2017 17:19
  In today’s digital era, a new type of asset is emerging: data. What oil was to the 20th century is what is data has become in the 21st century — an engine that propels change, economic growth, competitiveness, and innovation. Enterprises are gathering, storing, refining, and analyzing vast amounts of data.  In the digital age, data will be the essential input factor and determinant of a company’s future success. However, many companies are operating within a fragmented IT
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 ways big data analytics is disrupting the agriculture industry

  01-11-2017 16:17
  In 1838 the John Deere plow, which at the time was pulled by livestock, revolutionized the agriculture industry, in the early 1900s it was the combine harvester, and today big data is disrupting agriculture across the globe. Big data helps farmers speed up plant-growth and increase their yield, and it allows scientists to engineer plants that will grow in harsh climates to prevent famine.On the other hand, big data allowed companies to create seeds that won’t reflower the following year an
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How digital is helping the RNLI to save lives at sea

  01-11-2017 14:57
  The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a UK-based charity whose mission is to save lives at sea. The charity was founded back in 1824 and their lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 140,000 lives to date. You might think that digital technologies lend little value to aid in at-sea rescues, but on closer inspection it is energizing RNLI’s goal to cut lives lost due to drowning by 50% by 2024.There are over 350 lifeboats in the RNLI fleet based at various stations around t
  
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• BrandPost: AI + GDPR = Compliance Reassurance

  01-11-2017 12:42
  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s sweeping new data privacy law, is triggering a lot of sleepless nights for CIOs grappling with how to effectively comply with the new regulations and help their organizations avoid potentially hefty penalties.The GDPR, which goes into effect May 25, 2018, requires all companies that collect data on citizens in EU countries to provide a “reasonable” level of protection for personal data. The ramifications for no
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Optimize your customer journeys using personas and business architecture

  01-11-2017 12:00
  The use of personas has been a maturing customer-centric methodology in marketing, but under utilized elsewhere. Yet, the use of personas throughout customer digital journeys from beginning to end is now possible using the discipline of business architecture. Corporations that want to become customer-driven enterprises have several types of clients (or personas), and none of them should experience the exact same customer journey when interfacing with any part of its organization, not just in mar
  
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• What is a chief analytics officer? The exec who turns data into decisions

  01-11-2017 11:00
  The chief analytics officer (CAO) heads up a company’s data analytics operations, transforming data into business value, and drives data-related business change. The role is often viewed as interchangeable with that of the chief data officer. For Gartner’s recent report on “The State of the Office of the ‘Chief Data Officer,’” the company surveyed 180 chief data officers and chief analytics officers, making no distinction between the titles.“The word &ls
  
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• 5 hurdles to adopting devops

  01-11-2017 11:00
  The concept of devops turns 10 in 2018. Despite that milestone of maturity, most organizations have yet to fully embrace this IT practice, which blends development, operations and testing personnel together into cross-functional teams aimed at improving the agility of IT service delivery.According to Forrester Research, only 13 percent of organizations have implemented devops, with 50 percent piloting or conducting proof of concepts. Another 27 percent plan to implement devops within the year, w
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why the Internet of Things without the hardware is just vapor

  01-11-2017 00:00
  Imagine it’s a Friday night and you decide to try out a fancy-looking new restaurant in town. You pull up to the front and are greeted by a white-gloved valet and a maître d’ who addresses you by name. The maître ushers you inside and seats you at a white-table-clothed, candle-lit table, complete with gleaming cutlery and crystal glassware. You take in the elegant surroundings while your stomach rumbles at the promise of a decadent meal to come.But when you ask your serve
  
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