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• BrandPost: Using today’s technologies to create AI safeguards for tomorrow

  29-03-2018 22:15
  By Steve ToddIn a proactive move to “eliminate a future conflict,” Elon Musk recently stepped down as chairman of OpenAI, a nonprofit research company he cofounded two years ago aimed at building safe artificial intelligence (AI) with wide benefits for all. In 2014, Musk suggested AI could be “more dangerous than nuclear weapons,” a statement he reiterated at a recent SXSW event in Austin, TX.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: IT Risk Management - Part 2: The Move Towards Dynamic Technology Risk

  29-03-2018 21:03
  In Part 1 of our two-part blog series on today’s technology risk landscape, we discussed the results of KPMG’s 2017 inaugural tech risk survey — which found that despite the rising profile of the technology risk function across the 1st and 2nd line of defense, the organization still does not actively manage risks and show its value to the larger business. Instead, many remain stuck in traditional, compliance-focused approaches to technology risk.To read this article in full, p
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 ways successful CIOs benefit from weather data, forecasts and alerts

  29-03-2018 18:58
  As a meteorologist at Earth Networks, I work with dozens of organizations to ensure they are prepared to mitigate weather-related financial, operational, and human risk. However, there are many differences in terms of how CIOs view the threat of weather.Many businesses incorporate weather intelligence into their operations in a very limited way, utilizing freely available weather sources to simply fulfill a high-level requirement for weather information.  Other businesses take a more strat
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Portfolio velocity: the new measure of business value realized

  29-03-2018 18:47
  Are you still talking about how many projects your team delivered last year? Please don’t. You’re misrepresenting what your team, department, and organization delivered. Stop talking about projects completed and start talking about portfolio velocity.At the beginning of each year, CIOs need to commit to deliver work. This could refer to a group of critical projects, features, buckets of work, or even just finishing certain carryover projects. Each year, we make these commitments, an
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to deal with legacy systems, the Achilles’ Heel of digital transformation

  29-03-2018 18:31
  Companies that have been executing digital programs over the years have quickly realized that their investments in shiny new mobile apps and web interfaces have not moved the needle. In order to make ground-breaking changes within a business – digital or not – they need to transform the business and not just experiment with technology. Unfortunately, many businesses today are hard-coded in technology investments of the past: legacy systems – containing the data that they need
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Best and worst practices in mobile expense management

  29-03-2018 18:00
  Why do some organizations overspend on mobile technology while others manage their remote telecom expenses with maximum efficiency? Usually, the answer is simple: automation or lack of it.Many organizations have a Mobile Expense Management (MEM) process or solution in place, which is a great start to controlling costs – but it is only a start. As food for thought, I would like to offer a few examples of worst and best practices that I have seen around MEM programs in an effort to foster i
  
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• SAP will shut down SAP Anywhere service for SMBs

  29-03-2018 14:23
  SAP has decided to “sunset” a front-office service with which it hoped to crack the small business market.Launched in May 2016, SAP Anywhere was supposed to help small companies build online stores, create marketing campaigns, manage inventory and analyze business performance. To achieve this it offered integrations with web services from Google, PayPal and United Parcel Service.
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• IDG Contributor Network: Denmark creates world’s first Tech Embassy to understand global tech giants impact on society

  29-03-2018 13:10
  Denmark has decided to elevate technological diplomacy to a priority in its foreign and security policy, especially given that most tech giants are now wealthier, and more powerful, than many countries.  Recently, I interviewed Denmark’s Tech Ambassador Casper Klynge, who is the world's first ever Tech Ambassador.  Mr. Klynge was previously an Ambassador to Indonesia, Republic of Cyprus, and ASEAN.  He has held positions with the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: To manage GDPR data risk, pay attention to your service level agreements

  29-03-2018 13:04
  To be ‘enterprising’ is to be eager to undertake or to attempt. To show initiative and be resourceful. These are leadership traits, so to be enterprising is to lead. ‘Analytics’ is how we use data to inform decision making, in the context of achieving business objectives. These are management practices, so analytics is about management.‘Enterprising analytics’ is about being creative, resourceful and adventurous with decision making to achieve business object
  
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• 11 outsourcing myths debunked

  29-03-2018 12:00
  Even as CIOs enter their third generation of IT services deals, misconceptions persist about the practice of IT outsourcing. Worse, new illusions have begun to emerge as outsourcing approaches have evolved. Achieving desired outcomes when working with third-party providers depends on clear-eyed understanding of what’s possible and what’s not, what responsibilities remain with the buyer and what new capabilities are required, what’s changed about outsourcing models and what rem
  
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• Slack anchors digital transformation at 21st Century Fox

  29-03-2018 11:55
  It started two years ago with software engineers uploading bits of code and chatting about ongoing projects. But it quickly went viral, spreading across human resources, sales, editorial and other business units in 171 offices across 194 countries.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Slack anchors digital transformation at 20th Century Fox

  29-03-2018 11:55
  It started two years ago with software engineers uploading bits of code and chatting about ongoing projects. But it quickly went viral, spreading across human resources, sales, editorial and other business units in 171 offices across 194 countries.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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