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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 practical ways AR can be used in business today

  15-12-2017 20:45
  Augmented reality (or AR) is an increasingly hot topic at the moment, thanks to the rapid pace of new technologies and the fact that we all carry AR-ready devices around in the form of our smartphones. There was a time when AR software was sluggish, unintuitive and quite frankly ugly to look at. People didn’t use it because they didn’t like it.But those days are over, as is evidenced by the exciting new technologies that are popping up all over the world. Google’s new Pixel Bud
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Multi-cloud landscapes will be standard by 2019 but greater choices yield excessive complexity

  15-12-2017 19:45
  Cloud computing is growing like mad, and on the verge of even greater adoption by enterprises of all sizes. Yet, despite the proliferation of services—from AWS and Azure to Google, Alibaba, Dropbox and Rackspace—there is no “one cloud to rule them all.” Organizations continue to direct their IT assets toward a hodgepodge of cloud providers, which ­— according to a studyby 451 Research—presents both challenges and potentially lucrative opportunities for pla
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: CIOs should be the catalyst for disrupting the execution of influencer marketing

  15-12-2017 19:15
  Public perception and trust are becoming an increasingly valuable metric for business owners, brand marketers, and even Wall Street. The means by which brands share their message can be a make or break for the vision of their company.In today’s modern marketing sphere, influencer marketing has been a front runner. Businesses and marketers love it because they can reach networks they otherwise couldn’t have touched, creating a strong level of trust and brand loyalty while holistically
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Non-traditional team development

  15-12-2017 17:24
  Although the following story of armed conflict seems to have little to do with information technology, business, innovation or team building, if you hang on to the end, the application will surprise and challenge you.The battle
  They called him "Widowmaker"—fitting, as he had produced many widows with his 7.62 millimeter sniper rifle. The mission was to locate and rescue three hostages. When you’re deep in enemy territory you want only the best and most trusted comrades on your team,
  
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• BrandPost: How to Think Digitally in 3 Easy Steps

  15-12-2017 16:30
  Keep customers top of mind, make it personal, and don’t limit outcomes.“Digital transformation” may be a buzzword, but that doesn’t diminish the value of the concept. Adopting a digital mindset should be an organization-wide effort, but your core values shouldn’t change. Instead, teach your people how to think of information as an asset. Here are three ways you can make the shift.1. Ditch the “Digital” Your goal shouldn’t be to go digital, but
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Growing rift between enterprises and service providers

  15-12-2017 15:26
  As the services industry shifts into a digital world, there is a growing misalignment in interests among service providers, their critical stakeholders and investors, and their clients. Why should clients care about this growing rift with their service providers? Because it changes the service providers’ investments and commitment. Here’s what I see clearly happening.In a nutshell, clients are voting through their wallets and basically forcing the service providers into a digital bus
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The 4-step plan for CIOs to shape the future of work

  15-12-2017 15:11
  A CIO’s team will make or break their success in digital transformation. But, fewer than one out of every three, are hiring employees who know how to work with intelligent platforms. That means the majority of us are leading organizations of the past.More than 40% of 500 CIOs surveyed from across the world by ServiceNow say their organizations lack the skills to manage smart platforms and 47% lack budget to hire or train new skills. Gartner recently affirmed this challenge: CIOs told the r
  
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• Diversity and competency are not mutually exclusive

  15-12-2017 12:15
  My editor sent me a link to this cybersecurity podcast-slash-radio show, Task Force 7 Radio, because they’ve been talking about the talent shortage within cybersecurity and especially the shortage of women and people of color. At approximately 19 minutes in, the host, George Rettus, reads a listener comment about a previous week’s show, which said something along the lines of, “I’m all for diversity, and it’s important, but we can’t lower our technical st
  
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• What is project management? Tips, strategies, best practices

  15-12-2017 12:00
  Managing any project can become a slippery slope when your organization doesn’t have a solid grasp of all the moving pieces. Project management can be a complex discipline to understand and navigate. After all, there are enough key phases, knowledge areas, and project management-specific terms to fill a glossary.To simplify the key components of successful project management, CIO has put together this guide to understanding project management — the phases, knowledge areas, tools and
  
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• Digital disruption: 10 ways to survive and thrive

  15-12-2017 12:00
  Digital disruption hasn't reached its zenith, leaving many CEOs still desperate to learn how to get ahead of it. Fear not: PwC principal Tom Puthiyamadam is on a mission to save corporate C-suites from themselves.Some CEOs are embarking on vision quests to help navigate digital disruption, which is marked by a shift in profitability from one prevailing business model to another. Puthiyamadam, who leads the PwC's digital services practice and oversees its experience center, recalls one recent con
  
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