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• IDG Contributor Network: Easterseals Bay Area creates a North Star for payers and providers trying to drive real healthcare transformation

  18-12-2017 21:21
  In "The state of American healthcare", I shared that American healthcare remains complex and expensive compared to other developed nations. I also shared how the interests of payers and providers are aligning. With this as a backdrop, I wanted an example that could be a guiding North Star to both payers and providers. I found this in a recent interview with Robert Van Tuyl, the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) for Easterseals Bay Area (ESBA). In this post, I describe the challenges that they face
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why 2017 was pivotal for AI transformation in the financial industry

  18-12-2017 20:55
  Artificial intelligence (AI) was a major trend in 2017 and its impact was felt especially in the financial services industry. Over the past year we saw AI take center stage at major events like Sibos and Money2020. Discussions ranged from how AI can increase back-office efficiencies in the financial sector and help enhance the customer experience. The financial industry is well positioned for AI disruption given the vast amounts of big data the sector collects daily. According to a recent study
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Cyborg supply chain – how AI and humans will revolutionize labor

  18-12-2017 20:39
  For as long as labor has existed, there has been a fear that technology will kill jobs. Scribes were pissed at the printing press. Lumberjacks and weavers thought life was over after the creation of mechanical axes and looms. Yet, life and labor have gone on.Not only has life continued, it’s thrived. By all measures – life expectancy, child mortality, basic education and access to information, food security, etc. – life for humans is better than ever. This is a direct result of
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 top tech hiring predictions for 2018

  18-12-2017 20:00
  With an eye on the tech hiring horizon for 2018, Mondo is wrapping up our exclusive 2017 tech placement data analysis to identify the most valuable hiring insights and in-demand salary ranges. Based on those insights, these are the three tech hiring predictions for 2018 you need to know to elevate your tech departments and continue to drive innovation in your industry.Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science skills on the rise
  In 2017, we learned that we’re just beginning
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: I need budget for my project – help!

  18-12-2017 18:20
  Imagine the scene: an organization brings you in, as an agile consultant, to sort everything out – from the definition of the new product development strategy, to the improvement of the ways of working and their current structure – to suit the agile roles more.They also bring you in to fix something which, especially for the business, is more important than anything else: defining the budgeting for agile initiatives.The key question I am often asked is: “how can I easily determ
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: No room for Always Connected PC in our computing quiver

  18-12-2017 17:57
  I’ve said for decades that equilibrium for personal devices is two: one in the pocket and one in the bag. When a third device crops up, it is an outgrowth of shortcomings of one or both devices already in our pockets and bags. I said it when PDAs scared PC and phone makers in the ‘90s. I said it again when handheld GPS devices emerged. Yet again, when tablets rocked the PC market.So, is that what’s happening now with the new Always Connected PC, or ACPC, which Qualcomm and Micr
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Data agility or scale: a false choice?

  18-12-2017 17:33
  For decades, I have seen corporate data strategy swing back and forth like a digital pendulum.  Centralize – decentralize. Consolidate – federate. Inmon - Kimball. ERP – EUC (end user computing/desktop). Master data management – analytical sandboxes. Data center – cloud. Each swing is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar migration, after which the limits of the new approach often drive the company to reverse direction again.The forces driving the pendulum are two
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The rise of Blockchain-as-a-Service

  18-12-2017 17:25
  The meteoric rise of the price of Bitcoin and the flurry of initial coin offerings (ICOs) over the latter half of the year have put blockchain in the spotlight of tech. All that buzz has prompted many organizations to aggressively look into blockchain adoption. If large organizations are doing it, why shouldn’t everyone else?Several tech companies have already responded to this heightened interest by offering blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS). Enterprise computing giants have come out with th
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Innovative CIOs deploy hybrid teams to leverage internal talent with external cost-savings

  18-12-2017 17:10
  It’s no secret that tech initiatives involve a huge cost on the corporate balance sheet. The promise of streamlined communications, personalized customer interfaces and sophisticated BI to predict the future requires significant up-front investments in human talent, hardware and software.International Data Corporation estimates that $2.7 trillion will be spent globally on corporate IT products in 2020 – that’s more than a 12% increase from 2016 levels. This number doesn’t
  
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• BrandPost: Hitting the wall with AI Infrastructure?

  18-12-2017 17:01
  Gaining new insight to grow the business is a strong driver for adding artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning to an organization’s IT capabilities. Organizations that don’t adopt these cognitive technologies to gain an advantage risk losing out to the competition. Many take the first step by experimenting with AI software on their existing infrastructure.Nevertheless, at some point they are likely to “hit the wall”—that is, they run out of infrastructure per
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 things digitally driven CIOs want for the holidays

  18-12-2017 16:51
  Happy holidays everyone! You’ve survived planning season and hopefully netted out a reasonable budget and 2018 priorities. Your team has been working hard in Q4, have completed several critical milestones, and are ready for a break before starting on next year’s initiatives. If you’re in retail, hopefully your improved customer experiences have yielded a significant increase in customer spending. You’ve also had employee productivity in mind and have happy users working w
  
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• 30% off APC 1500VA Compact UPS Battery Backup & Surge Protector

  18-12-2017 15:33
  An APC UPS provides backup power power and surge protection to power and protect your PC or Mac, network router, gaming consoles like Xbox and PS4, AV and other business electronics from the dangers of power surges, spikes, lightning and power outages. By powering your critical electronics with a backup battery during blackouts, you ensure personal and professional connectivity when it matters most. Improvements in efficiency, size and surge protection come at an affordable price, making the Bac
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 2018 cloud predictions

  18-12-2017 13:00
  Twelve months is a long time in cloud computing (just think back on all the new developments 2017 brought us) but I’ll willingly uphold this time-honored tradition by asking my own crystal ball what the future holds. Without further ado, here are my 2018 Cloud Predictions.Cloud 2.0 goes mainstream
  For all the incredible innovation occurring in the cloud today, the vast majority of what we do is still basic compute and storage. Yes 16+ years after the creation of the type 1 hypervisor, over
  
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• MetLife renovates legacy IT for the cloud era

  18-12-2017 12:00
  Many enterprises have embraced cloud computing to fuel digital transformations, launching initiatives that range from new mobile applications to analytics for gleaning insights from customers. Yet due to concerns about security, regulations and data governance, enterprise adoption of public cloud services remains less than 50 percent and won't cross that mark until 2018, according to Forrester Research.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How to kill a dead project

  18-12-2017 12:00
  What do the zombie apocalypse and many businesses have in common? Answer: dead things that refuse to lie down and be still.The dead, brain-eating things businesses have a hard time killing are shambling, resource-eating projects.You know the ones. They’re projects where the meetings continue, team members still charge their time, but not only is there no forward progress, no two people seem to even agree which direction “forward” is.But while everyone knows how to kill a real z
  
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