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• BrandPost: How to Develop a Culture of Visibility

  22-03-2018 20:16
  Business decisions made without full visibility—particularly at the executive level—can put your company at risk. On the other hand, informed decisions based on relevant data can help your employees become more efficient, increase customer satisfaction, improve business performance, and, ultimately, drive growth. Creating a culture where visibility is the norm (and not a nice to have) is vital to maintaining a competitive edge. From the engineer who pairs incoming requests with the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 tips for keeping the service you want despite net neutrality changes

  22-03-2018 20:08
  Last December all eyes were on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as they voted in favor of repealing existing net neutrality rules. The question for consumers and IT leaders alike is “What’s happened since?” and “When will this affect me/my business and how we access online resources and information?” While bureaucracy has speed bumps (the new rules were published in the Federal Registrar in late February and now are subject to review of the OMB) most of
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Scaling EdTech to reach the next billion learners

  22-03-2018 18:18
  According to UNESCO, 264 million children do not have access to schooling, while at least 600 million more are “in school but not learning” constituting what the World Bank calls a learning crisis.This is the problem that drove the Varkey Foundation to create the Next Billion EdTech prize, which recognises leading EdTech start-ups making an impact on education in low income and emerging economies.Awarded to “the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on e
  
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• BrandPost: Why HPC Matters: Empowering Researchers to Think Big

  22-03-2018 18:15
  In scientific and engineering research, the search for knowledge never ends. Every time researchers find answers to one set of questions, they open the door to even bigger questions. Increasingly, these questions can be answered only with the processing power of high-performance computing (HPC) systems.That’s the way it is at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC). At LLSC, thousands of scientists and engineers leverage HPC clusters to tackle ever-harder problems in field
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why the industrial enterprise is moving to iOS

  22-03-2018 15:03
  It’s common knowledge that iOS was initially built for consumers, and Apple has been wildly successful at selling hardware based on this platform. One of the major reasons why consumers love it is the same reason why enterprises are migrating to it-- iOS is the most secure, reliable and functional platform available today to get work done efficiently.When I first started experimenting with the concept of iOS in industrial environments, my biggest concern was, not surprisingly, durability.
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Bridging the cyber skills gap with automation

  22-03-2018 14:09
  As we know all too well, cybersecurity is a field suffering from a staggering talent shortage. In fact, the Capgemini Digital Transformation Institute recently issued a report titled, “Cybersecurity Talent: The Big Gap in Cyber Protection,” which found of the skills most required by businesses to support digital transformation, cybersecurity skills are most in demand but with the least internal supply.Security approaches that focus on disparate tools and human capital initiatives ju
  
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• Agile project management: 16 tips for a smooth switch to agile

  22-03-2018 11:00
  Shifting to agile project management can greatly increase your project’s prospects for success. The methodology, which makes use of short development cycles to provide continuous improvement in developing a product or service, is being used across many industries due to its highly collaborative and efficient processes.But once your organization has weighed its options and made the decision to switch to agile, how can you ensure a smooth transition that benefits both your business and your
  
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