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• BrandPost: An Executive’s Guide to Increase Productivity: Understanding the Value Behind Implementing the Right Technology

  12-04-2018 19:32
  One of the top questions many executives often ask is, “what can we do to increase productivity?” Your employees want to be productive, but if the technology and processes your organization is using is improperly deployed, their productivity is easily curtailed.Does your organization have the right technology? Is it correctly deployed? Are you getting the most from your investment in technology? These are some of the questions that this blog will explore.
  [Case Study] A Healthcare P
  
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• BrandPost: 7 Must-Fill Security Roles

  12-04-2018 19:07
  Security teams need people who understand tech and can communicate effectively with non‑technical colleagues
   A council made up of execs from across the company can help elevate the importance of security
  Emerging software tools can help compensate for overstretched staffSecurity organizations are between the proverbial rock and hard place.Cybercrime is rampant—hackers caused an estimated $21 billion in losses to U.S. companies in 2017, according to Accenture. Every year, attack
  
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• BrandPost: GDPR for SaaS Environments: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself

  12-04-2018 18:52
  In just a few weeks on May 25, 2018, the deadline to be in compliance with GDPR will be here. For IT professionals who manage SaaS apps, GDPR compliance can be a little tricky. The sprawl of SaaS data can be hard to see and, in turn, protect. Here’s what you need to know to be GDPR compliant in the age of SaaS.
  Who has the keys to your SaaS data?GDPR is about protecting personal data. To adequately protect an individual’s data, a company needs to manage who has access to the data. F
  
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• BrandPost: Why HPC Matters: Powering AI to Understand Disease Outbreaks

  12-04-2018 16:58
  To compete in today’s data-driven world, organizations need to accelerate the digital transformation process that puts technology at the heart of products, services and operations. Digital transformation enables both private and public entities to provide better outcomes and experiences for the people they serve — from smarter vehicles to personalized healthcare, from customized shopping experiences to the prevention of credit card fraud.A common thread to these and countless other
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The ultimate way to effective software evaluation

  12-04-2018 15:52
  I have a simple question: what is quality? Seems like an easy thing to explain. However, when you try, it does not look like a piece of cake. I have been in software development for 30 years and all this time I promised my clients to produce quality software. And all my fellow colleagues did the same. But what did we promise in reality?
  Some define quality as the level of customer satisfaction. Others say it is about meeting the requirements of the customer. For those “living” in th
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Yes, the cloud computing category can grow (almost) forever

  12-04-2018 14:04
  Nothing goes up forever, but in the case of cloud computing, there appears no end of growth in sight as companies increasingly put their trust and their data in the cloud. These cloud services could be public clouds shared by many customers on a single set of infrastructure managed and run by a cloud provider, or private cloud resources dedicated for their own use.Having said that, projecting actual dollars-and-cents spending on cloud services—or any segment of IT for that matter—is
  
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• How to get a failing project back on track

  12-04-2018 12:00
  It can be a short path between project initiation and project failure. And while not every failing project is worth recovering, project managers who heed early warning signs of project failure can rescue a troubled project by tapping their valuable training and experience and executing the following.Tip 1: Recognize the signs of trouble
  First and foremost, pay close attention for any signs that there may be a problem with your project. Here are some important signs your project may be headed to
  
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• 7 ways to bounce back from a career setback

  12-04-2018 12:00
  It was the day Victor Olex's career crashed in flames. At least that's how it felt to him at the time."When the financial crisis hit in the fall of 2008, my software development job with Merrill Lynch's credit derivative trading group came to an unexpected halt," he recalls. What was once amazing, intellectually stimulating and challenging work suddenly ended as credit trading imploded all over Wall Street, taking trading desks — and Olex — into the abyss. "With few, if any, immedia
  
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