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• BrandPost: AI Technology in the Digital Enterprise

  22-12-2017 18:37
  Cognitive technology solutions that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) advancements have moved seemingly overnight from the computing fringe to mainstream business practice. At least, that’s what a recent survey conducted by IBM and IDG suggests at first glance. Of the 200 executives and decision makers at large enterprises who participated, 51% said they have already deployed AI in their cloud environments, and the remaining 49% said they would do so in the next 12 months.But what type
  
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• BrandPost: End-User Security Risks—Mitigating Insider Threats to Enterprise Security

  22-12-2017 18:25
  Whether a user’s credentials have been stolen, or external partners have been compromised, any user with network access is a potential risk to enterprise IT security.We’re not just talking about disgruntled employees here: Attackers continue to use social engineering tactics to steal credentials by leveraging personal information from social networking sites. And more sophisticated phishing attacks continue to trick end users into clicking on malicious links and attachments. In fact,
  
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• BrandPost: Securing the Multi-Cloud Environment

  22-12-2017 18:10
  Security and compliance are already hot-button issues for enterprise IT, but the rise of multi-cloud environments is making an already challenging problem all the more vexing.In fact, exclusive IBM and IDG research shows that the majority of companies surveyed (77%) said multi-cloud makes them look at security differently. Thirteen percent of respondents believe multi-cloud adds another layer of complexity to the security equation, making it the top challenge related to managing multi-cloud envi
  
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• BrandPost: Are You Ready to Become a “Cognitive Business?”

  22-12-2017 17:48
  In its early days, artificial intelligence’s (AI) overly ambitious project visions overtook delivery common sense—and AI missed the mark. But over the past 25 years, AI researchers in university and corporate labs have made significant strides. The result: the emergence—and accelerating adoption—of varied AI-enabled technologies by companies seeking to digitally transform and differentiate both their business models and their day-to-day operations.The hard realities of to
  
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• Harassment at work is everyone’s problem and nobody’s responsibility

  22-12-2017 14:15
  The good news: In a survey of 2,000 working adults in the U.S. by creative agency Berlin Cameron, The Female Quotient and Harris Poll, 47 percent of respondents say they “are not surprised by how many women came out and said they were sexually assaulted.” OK! Cool. Maybe we’re getting somewhere, right? First, you have to acknowledge the problem, and then … oh, wait.The bad news: Only half – 49 percent – believe male business leaders need to speak out and do s
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 golden rules for winning in software-driven ecosystems

  22-12-2017 13:15
  [This article was co-authored by Prashanth Subrahmanyam]With names like Android, iOS, and Facebook dominating today’s technological, cultural, and economic landscapes, it’s easy to see why so many business leaders are interested in turning their companies into platforms.  But as we have written before, it is not obvious that becoming a platform is the right (or the only) strategy. Often, it pays to bootstrap your ecosystem success by connecting to other platforms, the way Airbnb
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why you need to worry about the security of open source software in 2018 and beyond

  22-12-2017 13:00
  It’s important to say this up front. Mark Curphey loves open source software.“I’m a big fan, and always have been,” the founder and CEO of the security startup SourceClear says.After all, what’s not to like about people pulling together in the same direction for the common good of building useful software? And software that you can get for free? If you have a good idea, you can build it, release it to the world, and typically other people will over time help you mak
  
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• What is COBIT? A framework for alignment and governance

  22-12-2017 12:00
  What is COBIT?
  COBIT is an IT management framework developed by the ISACA to help businesses develop, organize and implement strategies around information management and governance.First released in 1996, COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) was initially designed as a set of IT control objectives to help the financial audit community better navigate the growth of IT environments. In 1998, the ISACA released version 2, which expanded the framework to apply outside
  
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• How much do CIOs really make? Pay packages of 25 Fortune 500 execs revealed

  22-12-2017 12:00
  CIO salary: We'll show you the moneyImage by ThinkstockCIO salaries in the U.S. range from $170,500 to $287,000, according to Robert Half's 2018 Salary Guide for Technology Professionals. But salary is just the beginning. Cash bonuses and equity awards can propel pay packages into the millions.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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