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• BrandPost: Don’t Trip on the Cloud Migration Path

  02-01-2018 23:57
  It seems like everybody is rushing to migrate to cloud applications, and you don’t want to get left on the wrong side of an inflection curve. But there are pitfalls for hasty cloud migration, so it’s important to sit back and fully analyze what you’ve got and where you want to go.Early in 2016, the ERP world was shocked by reports of Gartner projecting a near-100% failure rate of cloud ERP projects through 2018. The headlines may have been a little more dramatic than Gartner an
  
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• BrandPost: Cut IT Support Costs to Drive Digital Business Initiatives

  02-01-2018 23:52
  Does your IT organization eagerly embrace digital transformation, or quiver in fear at the prospect of it?If the former, you’re following the model of world-class IT organizations that run more efficiently and devote a larger portion of their process costs to new business-focused initiatives. That’s the takeaway from a study by Hackett Group, as reported in an issue of Computer Weekly.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: What’s the State of the CIO?

  02-01-2018 23:44
  The life of a CIO? It’s complicated. That’s the conclusion of CIO Editor in Chief Dan Muse, introducing the publication’s 2017 State of the CIO report.“Moving apps and workloads to the cloud, ensuring legacy software can talk to off-premises apps, and keeping networks and systems secure remain core functional tasks of the CIO role,” Muse writes. “At the same time, boards of directors, CEOs, and business colleagues are turning to the CIO to lead digital transf
  
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• BrandPost: Enterprise Apps Are at a Crossroads — Podcast Episode 1

  02-01-2018 23:31
  The time has come to rethink the CIO role. Listen as Rebecca Wettemann of Nucleus Research and IDG’s Tom Schmidt discuss why this needs to be the year where CIOs go from “serving” to “leading.”To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: Digital Transformation: “It Isn’t a Technology Thing”

  02-01-2018 22:50
  According to IDC, global organizations will spend $1.2 trillion on digital transformation this year.“Changing competitive landscapes and consumerism are disrupting businesses and creating an imperative to invest in digital transformation, unleashing the power of information across the enterprise and thereby improving the customer experience, operational efficiencies, and optimizing the workforce,” says Eileen Smith, program director in IDC’s Customer Insights & Analys
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: A better tomorrow? Here’s what will be motivating CIOs over the next 12 months

  02-01-2018 20:57
  Making predictions about something as fast-changing as technology and data can be a challenge. But it’s that time of year when pundits put their reputations on the line and so, in time-honoured tradition, here are my key predictions for what will matter to CIOs and IT departments over the next 12 months:All together now
  It’s the same old song, sung with more urgency thanks to upcoming GDPR legislation. How to unify and manage data to meet customer and legal demands as well as to dri
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 steps to control stress

  02-01-2018 20:49
  When did life become so crazy?  Because technology is growing exponentially, business is changing so rapidly that employees must become lifelong learners to survive. They need to keep abreast with changes in industry and be on the lookout for the warning signs of obsolescence.Not so long ago lifelong employment with advancement and stability were guaranteed. Today the average worker will change jobs ten to fifteen times during their career. Career instability is just one cause of stress. S
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Keep your dirty, stinkin’ hands off my Internet

  02-01-2018 19:02
  Mention net neutrality in a conversation and you’ll get an instant, visceral reaction full of political talking points. You can usually take a pretty fair guess about where a person resides in the political universe based on their net neutrality stance.Why is this so? And why do we allow politicians to control the dialogue? If you listen to politicians and most news outlets, you would think there are only two sides to the issue – the democrat and the republican side, the liberal and
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why 2018 will be a dramatically different year for tech labor

  02-01-2018 18:54
  Two long time labor trends have quite dramatically shifted recently. First, market value volatility for tech skills is ebbing; the 945 certified and noncertified tech skills tracked in my company Foote Partners’ “Tech Skills and Certifications Volatility Index” have smoothed out after more than a decade of high volatility (see below graphic). Second, the constant frenzy surrounding short term skills gaps and unfilled jobs targeted at point solutions has quieted down according
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Lessons from Visa and MasterCard: governments need to work with tech companies to respond to harmful content

  02-01-2018 18:00
  Governments around the world are seeking to ratchet up pressure on tech companies to block and take down harmful content.  Some have passed laws imposing fines if this material stays up too long.  Others threaten legislation if companies don’t automatically block all harmful material.This is the wrong approach.  At a time when governments need the full and active cooperation of tech companies, they are instead seeking confrontation and legal compulsion.  From a culture
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Top 3 trends for CIOs in 2018

  02-01-2018 16:02
  With the new year upon us, tech leaders and key decision makers need to be prepared for a few curveballs. As expected, the most successful companies will need to be agile, hire top talent and embrace emerging technologies, but the expectations won’t stop there.Industry leaders will need more than flexible IT and a strong dev team, but a fresh way of thinking about what their company builds, buys and prioritizes. To give your company a head start, let’s take a closer look at the thre
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The data warehouse in 2018

  02-01-2018 15:49
  We truly live in an age where newer technology grows almost faster than we can keep pace, yet still not fast enough for the insatiable appetite of the consumer. Additionally, business leaders want more information at their fingertips to make decisions now, and predictive analytics to be their crystal ball of information so they can stay one step ahead of their customers.So how does a company keep pace with trends, technology and most importantly the competition? An industry peer of mine, Ronald
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How CIOs can get buy-in for a job-destroying AI revolution

  02-01-2018 15:37
  Today the word “Luddite” describes anyone who opposes technology. The Luddites were English weavers and textile workers who destroyed weaving machinery to protest the automation of jobs in the Industrial Revolution.The CIO job is arguably to provide data, infrastructure and tools to increase the productivity of people. Innovative technology means changes in how people do those jobs. With disruptive innovations this often means job destruction.People largely accept this because it fe
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Spills and cleanup in tech initiatives

  02-01-2018 15:23
  The moment an idea is proposed for some technology, a common reaction is to jump straight into developing (or buying) it as long as the organization has the required budget. The idea could come from within your organization or from your vendor organization. And what triggered the idea could be that competitors have it or it’s a hot new tech in some ways.The initial focus is on the development or purchase process. Then it’s about deployment and use.The consequences of this approach s
  
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• BrandPost: IPv6 Is No Hail Mary

  02-01-2018 15:00
  It may answer some prayers, but it fails to address the fundamental flaw in TCP/IPIP addresses function not only as an identifier, but also as a locator, which is a frequent cause of IT headaches. The location function causes conflicts, adds to management overhead, creates security holes, and often raises availability issues. Don’t hold your breath waiting for IPv6 to resolve all these issues—that could be fatal. IP addressing is fundamentally flawed, and migrating to IPv6 for the m
  
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• Serverless: The future of cloud computing?

  02-01-2018 12:00
  The cloud has been a boon for many companies, enabling CIOs to turn off servers or even shutter data centers. CIOs rent processing power, storage and other tools from a mix of vendors in a quickly growing market. But a small contingent of IT leaders is looking to a more efficient way to rent computing horsepower. Rather than take on the often onerous obligations of designing and managing cloud architecture, they are going “serverless.”With serverless computing, cloud instances are n
  
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• 5 steps to becoming a global IT leader

  02-01-2018 12:00
  As more organizations expand to new locations around the world, a growing number of IT leaders are finding themselves collaborating with colleagues, staff and business partners in places with drastically different personal, work and ethics practices.For an IT professional, moving into a global management environment can be both a shock and a matchless career advancement opportunity. "IT professionals must be prepared to drive innovation in today’s globally interconnected markets," says Sa
  
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