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• BrandPost: How Automation Can Help You Attract and Retain a Better Workforce

  17-01-2018 18:01
  High salaries, foosball tables, nap pods, free food: The rewards that companies assume will attract and retain talented and committed employees range from the traditional to the trendy. However, many of the most valuable workers are less motivated by money or perks than by factors such as  recognition, challenges, empowerment, and a sense of being part of something bigger than themselves. Asking motivated employees to set aside time from their more engaging work to do necessary but repetit
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Top of the year focus on your digital transformation bottom line

  17-01-2018 18:00
  Every year we’re given the opportunity to hit reset and redefine our vision of optimal performance. From both a personal and professional perspective, it is refreshing to have this recurring reset. A new vision of our perfect self or world class business. For me, the year starts with a goal to drop 5 kg to get to an improved running weight, to reduce my daily intake to one large beer per day (I am usually very thirsty) and to complete the launch of a new business venture with a focus on &
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What is the 'Location of Things' and how is it minimizing risk?

  17-01-2018 17:45
  “A place for everything, and everything in its place” is an expression dating back to the 18th century, in a Victorian England where cleanliness and tidiness were widely revered. In today’s dynamic world of commerce, ‘place’ has never been more relevant as businesses collect data on digital and physical locations to drive decision-making, influence outcomes and get closer to their customers.As we move around, we generate data. Our devices capture, connect and commu
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 7 key factors of successful digital transformation in the enterprise

  17-01-2018 15:47
  It’s easy to find people who are interested in talking about digital transformation (DX). It’s hard to find people who have experience and knowledge in doing it from the bottom up.  Kevin McGuire (@potentiam_km) is one of those hard to find people.  He built a DX team within a Fortune 100 financial services company from a team of 10, to a team of 70. I asked Mr. McGuire what it takes to make DX-type initiatives succeed within large existing organizations.  He gav
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 BRM tools for evolution not revolution

  17-01-2018 15:35
  Focusing on strategic initiatives is possible once tactical needs are met. Use these three tools to talk about strategy faster.What does BRM value mean to your organization? This is a question that all CIOs pose to their leadership teams shortly after entering the BRM journey. In sum, it’s a quest for value. The BRM Institute argues that this business relationship path leads CIOs to the business-relationship maturity model. This model defines five levels of maturity:
  Level 1 (ad hoc)
  Leve
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Small service providers becoming heavyweights and outcompeting system integrators

  17-01-2018 14:50
  Why would a large retail bank with access to the largest, most sophisticated systems integrators and fintech firms in the world opt, instead, for a relatively small boutique service provider to build one of its most important systems? This “David vs. Goliath” story caught my attention as it illustrates one of the most exciting trends of 2017 in the digital services world. I think the outcome of this story is rather amazing, given that winning in the payment space is among the highes
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Education of the future: everywhere, for everyone, all the time

  17-01-2018 13:30
  There’s a strange sort of message in the ceremonial toss of the graduation cap that concludes a college graduation ceremony. It says: Congratulations, you’re done! And for many people, that’s the end of formal education. Most learning done afterwards is accidental and simply called work experience.Reality is that to thrive in today’s workforce, everyone needs to be continuously learning to stay relevant and keep skillsets modern. It benefits us as individuals and the job
  
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• CIOs reveal how they measure vendor success

  17-01-2018 12:15
  The global IT market is projected to reach $3.7 trillion in 2018, a year-over-year increase of 4.3 percent, according to Gartner.Underpinning this massive figure are countless everyday interactions between CIOs and the vendors who serve them — interactions that lead to collaboration or friction, understanding or confusion, success or failure.Strategic IT leaders leave nothing to chance. They rely on specific tools and methods to measure vendor effectiveness and to determine continued
  
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• The keys to modernizing legacy IT systems

  17-01-2018 12:00
  The IT stack at Live Nation Entertainment resembled the setup typically found at most companies of any substantial size and age: a mix of new systems with some older hardware and software.Similarly, Live Nation found itself in another typical situation: trying to move at the speed of business while dealing with legacy systems not up to the task.Those situations drove the company’s decision to ramp up modernization, says Jake Burns, the vice president of cloud services at the Beverly Hills
  
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• 10 top-rated tech companies to work for in 2018

  17-01-2018 00:34
  Top-rated tech companies on GlassdoorImage by raw pixel via PixabayGlassdoor can offer you an insiders-look at what it’s like to work at almost any company before you decide to take the job. With candid reviews and ratings, employees — past and present — can leave reviews detailing their personal experiences working for the company.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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