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• IDG Contributor Network: Managing ETL vendors

  16-11-2017 18:49
  It wasn’t but a few short years ago your local technology vendor (IBM, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, etc.) was always looking to enhance your ETL services on premise so you could be in “full control” of your database operations locally. You invested hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not much more!) to build out your local infrastructure to support your data platform of choice. Not to mention all the other costs for hardware, security, environment, expertise, and the list goes on.T
  
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• BrandPost: Higher Quality Data Strengthens the Business

  16-11-2017 17:42
  In Part 2 of this series, I look at the impact of DataOps on data defects. Read Part 1 here.Decisions and actions based on incorrect information carry far greater destructive potential than data-delayed decisions and actions do. Scott Emigh, CTO of Microsoft’s U.S. Partner organization, recently said, “Your analytics are only as good as the quality of data on which you reason.”I extrapolate this same logic to machine learning (ML), where technology is “doing the reas
  
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• 5 use cases for AI in the workplace

  16-11-2017 16:44
  Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way in the past few years.  What was once something only witnessed in science fiction has now become very real with AIs playing poker, telling us when to leave for the airport and letting us know what the weather will be like tomorrow.  In the business world, AI has been used to improve cybersecurity and help contact center agents be smarter but it has yet to do is make workers more productive in any significant way but that will change soon
  
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• BrandPost: Empowering Users to Automate Their Own Work Processes

  16-11-2017 16:37
  Imagine spending over a quarter of your work week on things like copying and pasting information between documents and spreadsheets, sending yet another email requesting budget approval, or reminding your team (again!) to update their weekly status reports.  The majority of information workers today report that this level of repetitive activity is their reality, and they are ready for a better way to work.According to a recent survey, 43% of information workers say they spend more than 11 h
  
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• BrandPost: The Cloud Journey, Part 3: Why A Cloud Migration Factory Is the Catalyst for Cloud Enablement

  16-11-2017 16:10
  The initial push to the cloud is often driven by cost savings or efficiency opportunities to keep up with demand, while at the same time software vendors have pivoted to a SaaS delivery model over the traditional on premise perpetual licensing model. However, while moving to the cloud can be another step towards service management and operational improvement, cloud migration is not simply a one-time, big bang data center exit event.“Migrating to the cloud is where cloud strategy rubber mee
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Have we been doing IT wrong?

  16-11-2017 14:25
  Within the past year, three Fortune 500 companies have appointed former CIOs as chief financial officers. Goldman Sachs, Norfolk Southern and most recently GE are signaling to the market that IT is a strategic asset worth investing in.This comes on the heels of major market shifts, including the globalization of digital capabilities, agile entrants disrupting traditional businesses and radically changing consumer expectations. Every industry is being impacted by disruptors, from Amazon to FinTec
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 ways for businesses to master the relationship economy

  16-11-2017 14:18
  In the past decade or so, the economics driving global sales have gradually shifted. For years, the world operated on the model of the Consumer Economy. However, the rise of an interconnected society has opened the doors to many possibilities, and collectively, this puts the power back in the consumer’s hands. The result is that successful companies have shifted to the Relationship Economy rather than the Consumer Economy. Built around trust, enabled by digitization, rather than sales, thi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 essential tips to ace the tech job interview

  16-11-2017 13:15
  The tech talent pool may be small, but for any job you will be up against equally qualified, high-end professionals with similar skill sets and certifications. It’s not enough to let your work speak for itself, no matter how impressive it may be. Instead, you need an edge up on the competition to get the job.As a Senior Vice President at a leading tech staffing agency, I’m well versed in the interview techniques and strategies applicants use to win over their potential employer and l
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Finding the key to success with enterprise customers

  16-11-2017 13:00
  Many tech entrepreneurs steadfastly search for the key to successful sales execution with large, multinational corporations. Even for growth-stage companies, the sales processes and product set that got them through the early stages might not be enough to succeed consistently with the largest customers. The reality is that this is the hardest segment of customer to sell to.KKR has a roster of 100-plus portfolio companies that spend an aggregate of $7 billion a year on information technology. The
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Digital done wrong

  16-11-2017 13:00
  For readers in the U.S., the following is an all-too-familiar—and painful—story I need to tell to make a point. Warning: reading this may raise your blood pressure or tie your stomach in knots.Jeannie is a middle-aged woman who takes medication for two chronic conditions. She will likely take both for the rest of her life and is grateful for her employer-provided health plan.Because of the long-term recurring nature of these medications, her health insurer insists they be purchased f
  
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• 8 cities where tech talent is outpacing job growth

  16-11-2017 12:00
  8 cities where tech talent is outpacing job growthImage by ThinkstockAmazon is making headlines as it searches for a new city to call home for its second headquarters. And the obvious cities have been tossed around, such as Boston or San Francisco. But these popular tech cities come with more competition when it comes to scoring local talent — something to consider if your business is looking to expand or is suffering from an IT skills shortage.To read this article in full, please click he
  
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• 5 things that are dragging down your digital transformation

  16-11-2017 11:59
  Since IDC conducted its first digital transformation (DX) benchmark in March 2015, we have seen progress in the number of organizations that have digitally transformed. Yet, despite this progress, we find most organizations are at an impasse. Fifty-nine percent of organizations worldwide are running digital projects and making progress, but they are not transforming the overall organization.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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