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• IDG Contributor Network: Manage your unconscious bias

  13-02-2018 17:09
  The expression “Don’t judge a book by its cover” reminds us to avoid making decisions based on outward appearance, what you see is not always what you get.If you met an older gentleman with long disheveled hair would you think Einstein or indigent? How you make this distinction is individualized based on established patterns that your brain applies. These decision processes happen without conscious thought. While pattern recognition allows you to act without continually evalua
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Smart contracts still miles away from living up to their name

  13-02-2018 17:00
  One of the best developments to come from blockchain was not the rampant speculation that has accompanied the rapid price gains in cryptocurrencies over the last year, but rather its unique ability as a platform to disrupt many established business practices. In their drive for greater embrace and adoption, blockchain-based utilities have sprouted up as the missing piece of the puzzle for streamlining operations and optimizing efficiency. Whether deploying the decentralized ledger to coordinate
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Redefine the future of your organization with a competency framework

  13-02-2018 16:16
  Organizational leaders charged with organizational role design and workforce planning as well as recruitment and performance management can benefit from re-skilling and up-skilling talent management for IT organizations.Three of the primary advantages to utilizing a framework for IT skills management are 1) defining organizational roles with standard skills, 2) mapping existing roles to standard organizational IT roles, and 3) measuring skills gaps.Reference architecture can improve how busines
  
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• AI’s biggest risk factor: Data gone wrong

  13-02-2018 12:00
  Artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to radically transform many industries, but they also pose significant risks — many of which are yet to be discovered, given that the technology is only now beginning to be rolled out in force.There have already been a number of public, and embarrassing, examples of AI gone bad. Microsoft's Tay went from innocent chatbot to a crazed racist in just a day, corrupted by Twitter trolls. Two years ago, Google had to censor image searches for
  
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• The best ERP systems: 10 enterprise resource planning tools compared

  13-02-2018 11:50
  Choosing a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system – or deciding to renew a contract with your current vendor – remains one of the most challenging decisions facing CIOs and other IT decision makers. To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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