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• BrandPost: Why HPC Matters: Enabling ‘Bionic Vision’

  05-03-2018 20:41
  While it doesn’t grab the big headlines, visual impairment is a catastrophic issue in human health. A study by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 285 million people around the world are living with visual impairments, a number that encompasses 39 million blind people and 246 million people with low vision. 1In the United States alone, an estimated 10 million Americans are blind or visually impaired, including 5.5 million seniors, according to the National Federation of the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 questions every CIO needs to ask about a CDP

  05-03-2018 16:40
  The idea of a Customer Data Platform (CDP) has been around since 2013, when David Raab originally coined the term. Fast forward five years to today and industry pundits are predicting that 2018 will be the year of the CDP RFP.So, how is it possible that we still don’t have a standard definition for what a CDP is and what it isn’t?The evolution of the term and its ongoing ambiguity created the perfect storm of confusion (beyond the acronym alphabet soup).Early definitions resembled t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How is the tale of the Three Little Pigs a lesson for GDPR?

  05-03-2018 13:57
  Just about everyone agrees – business regulations are unpopular. Execs dislike the time and money they must spend investing in hardware and software to comply with those that they think don’t apply to their company, don’t help their customers, and don’t improve the business.So, “as soon as I can get rid of it, the better,” is a pervasive attitude. Execs might decide to add some additional servers for extra security, but don’t generally see a need to go
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: CIOs need to carefully define boundaries between product research and team support

  05-03-2018 13:35
  This is the digital age. No, wait, this is really the cloud age. Or, maybe it’s the age of the sharing economy. No matter what label you try to place on this decade of technological evolution, CIOs are battling to clearly define their roles.In a world where everything is impacted by technology, and the information that tech can communicate and gather, the Chief INFORMATION Officer is wearing more hats than ever before. Mission creep is real.So, how do CIOs in large organizations with dive
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Blending business strategy and ITSM for transformational value

  05-03-2018 13:17
  Where does IT service management (ITSM) fit into an organization’s overall objectives and why should CIOs care about how well it’s integrated into the IT organization and C-suite strategy?Today, we are seeing more business-type targets for IT, i.e. objectives tied to the success of organizations as a whole. For example, the IT goals for an ambulance service are likely to coincide with its organizational goals – so its IT department’s targets relate to getting ambulances
  
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• Comcast CIO takes leading role in customer experience

  05-03-2018 12:00
  Comcast combined its product and technology units several years ago, a move increasing in popularity today, as digital technologies and business models take hold. In the ensuing years, the cable giant launched a number of innovative products, like X1, a cloud-based video platform, and a voice-controlled remote.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 11 signs your career may be off track

  05-03-2018 12:00
  If your tech career doesn’t seem to be taking off, the problem may not be totally obvious. Signs may include seeing your colleagues take better positions, get better pay — and work on high-profile assignments — while your skills and experience fail to reach escape velocity.When you don’t feel like you’re moving up, it may be time for a career self-check. We talked with a dozen IT pros to help identify why your career might be stalling.They told us what to look for:
  
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