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• For government CIOs, accountability comes without authority

  03-05-2018 22:13
  WASHINGTON — Government CIOs may shoulder more responsibility than ever before, but they still struggle with the authority they need to executive their jobs, according to Suzette Kent, CIO of the federal government.In a keynote address at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Kent observed that federal CIOs have assumed an unprecedented accountability for the successful deployment of IT projects at their agencies, but that's only one side of the balance sheet.[ Learn
  
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• BrandPost: 5 Ways Technology Can Improve Teamwork in the Workplace

  03-05-2018 19:22
  Is “teamwork in the workplace” a prevalent theme of your organization? How happy is your staff with their ability to work as a team? According to a study done by Ernst & Young, one of the top five reasons people quit their jobs is because their work environment doesn’t encourage teamwork. But, improving teamwork in the workplace is a common challenge that’s faced by many managers today. Here are five common teamwork challenges and the technological solutions that wil
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Aligning IT project and business strategies: why you should and how you can

  03-05-2018 19:00
  My friend’s business is delivering financial services, and he ensures that all his staff are suitably trained to provide the best advice; another friend’s business is carrying bus passengers, his drivers know the local roads, what time their buses are due to arrive and how much the fares cost. This week I’ve been looking at holidays and hope that the firms I’m dealing with have brokered great relationships with hotels and airlines.In each case here, the financial advisor
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Implementing SAP S4/HANA digital core – Don’t be a prisoner to unnecessary costs

  03-05-2018 16:44
  ERP implementations are highly complex undertakings that challenge even the most experienced program managers. They ooze complexity at multiple levels.First and most obviously, there is the complexity associated with bringing system configuration, data, and training together simultaneously for a go-live.Second, there are the time constraints. The small windows of opportunity that are open for implementing a new system must be aligned with financial closings and minimizing business disruption.Fi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Digital transformation needs an effective IT strategy

  03-05-2018 15:34
  In the previous two articles of this series, I made bold assertions about the effectiveness of today’s enterprise IT: First, I said that a significant portion of IT effort falls by the wayside and contributes little or no economic value. Then, I shared scientific evidence demonstrating that the problem was not about the leaders, culture, or people, but the technology management practices that don’t meet the needs of a digital world. Finally, I concluded that conventional IT strategi
  
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• 7 ways to embrace shadow IT and win

  03-05-2018 12:00
  Fear not shadow IT, the software and services employees secretly use without explicit organizational approval.For decades, CIOs and IT managers have searched for ways of reliably ferreting out and squashing shadow technologies, realizing that the illicit tools create dangerous security, compliance and workflow vulnerabilities.Yet a small but growing number of IT leaders are beginning to view shadow IT in a new light. They're coming to understand that studying the covert practice can help them g
  
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