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• IDG Contributor Network: How to set your priorities using architecture

  09-03-2018 18:53
  Most large organizations are undergoing major digital transformation that will last for at minimum another 10 years. Successful enterprises will rightfully claim that their organizational transformation never ends and has become a continuous process. Yet, capital and human resources are finite and all initiatives to be delivered should generate a good return on investment. Not every initiative can be done at once. Are we sure that the current list of initiatives is not missing any critical init
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The workforce of the future is already here: are you ready?

  09-03-2018 18:04
  The age of automation—long talked about as a thing of the future—has already arrived, and it’s here to stay. Emerging technologies like IoT, AI and machine learning are seeing rapid adoption, and existing technologies like big data analytics and the cloud are becoming firmly embedded in the way we do business.But this fundamental shift in how and where we use intelligent technology is only the beginning. We should expect exponential growth and turnover within the next 10 to 15
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 mindset traits to become a digital disruptor

  09-03-2018 16:29
  We inhabit a world that is being upended by digital innovation. Organizations that have embraced digital tech are insinuating themselves into established industries and cause sleepless nights for leaders of incumbent firms who are puzzled about how they should respond to the emerging order of things.Gartner’s Digital Disruption e-book (registration required) reveals that some CEOs know that companies such as AWS, Airbnb, Netflix or Uber are shaking things up and grabbing serious market sh
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Here’s what blockchain can do for you. Yes, you

  09-03-2018 16:23
  Most of the talk—and there has been a ton of it—about blockchain technology focuses on financial services applications.That makes sense. Blockchain, after all, is the ledger technology underpinning bitcoin and other cybercurrencies.  And what are currencies—cyber and otherwise—if not vehicles to facilitate buying and selling things?Blockchain facilitates all kinds of transactions – and not just those of the financial variety. With blockchain, companies can wri
  
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• Data privacy: What your employees don’t know but should

  09-03-2018 12:00
  What do employees in your organization understand about security, data privacy, and compliance? According to a recent report from Bothell, Wash.-based MediaPro, perhaps not as much as they should. With data privacy fast becoming a hot-button issue, and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) right around the corner, what your employees don’t know about handling data at your company could burn you.The news isn’t all bad. In general, U.S.-based employees are pro
  
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• BrandPost: Fueling business transformation

  09-03-2018 02:07
  I recently participated in a presentation and panel session at Dell EMC’s Field Readiness Seminar (FRS) in Las Vegas. The subject was four emerging technologies that transform data into the fuel for business success:
  IoT
  AI/ML/DL
  AR/VR
  BlockchainEach of these trends was presented within the context of the great challenge that is facing every enterprise company today and in the years to come: extracting data’s value. The topic of data valuation is one of the more significant themes e
  
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