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• BrandPost: Innovation through multi-cloud automation

  22-05-2018 23:27
  Multi-cloud is becoming the new norm as progressive organizations look for enticing avenues to compete in today’s digital economy. However, without also embracing best-in-class automation management tools, the complexities of manually managing a multi-cloud environment can hamper, rather than facilitate, the innovation organizations covet.  The move towards multi-cloud continues to escalate as increasingly more organizations recognize the best-of-breed approach it inherently ena
  
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• BrandPost: Cybersecurity 101: Your End-Users are the First Line of Defense

  22-05-2018 18:15
  Phishing is one of the main cybersecurity risks that organizations of any size face, and it’s a major way in which an organization can become compromised. However, many organizations still don’t have a cybersecurity plan despite the growing threats that they are facing every day.Many organizations’ corporate cultures truly lack the security basics of working in this digital age. For example, do your employees know not to click on links that people send to them unless they&rsqu
  
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• BrandPost: 4 Strategies for CIOs to Accelerate Digital Transformation

  22-05-2018 18:00
  The role of the chief information officer changes as fast as the technology they manage. While once primarily focused on managing IT infrastructure and computer systems, modern CIOs are increasingly tasked with harnessing cloud technology to help their organizations move forward with digital transformation. Because technology impacts nearly every facet of the organization and customer experience, it can be argued that today’s CIO is now one of the most important C-level executives.Yet the
  
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• BrandPost: Modern Procurement Software: Engaging Users of Every Generation

  22-05-2018 17:24
  Even the world’s most powerful software is wasted if the user experience is unfriendly – or difficult. This is due, in part, to the rapid consumerization of IT, which has led users from baby boomers to Generation Z to demand simple, intuitive, touch-friendly, device-agnostic software for their business applications.So, in this “app for everything,” consumerized software environment, what goes into providing the best possible user experience for procurement professionals,
  
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• BrandPost: Modernizing Procurement: The Answer is in Data Analytics

  22-05-2018 17:12
  In our increasingly data-driven world, many organizations have gained a competitive edge in their marketing departments by adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and business analytics tools. For example, CRM provider Optimove’s use of predictive analytics has improved customer retention by 10-15%.However, many of those same businesses may be missing out on the payoffs that applying AI and business analytics to the procurement function can deliver. In fact, utilizing advanced analytics for
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5. tips to create a data-driven culture at your company

  22-05-2018 15:38
  From personalization to geo-targeting, our customers demand more out of businesses to offer them compelling and engaging experiences.Unfortunately, simply putting a couple of tools on auto-pilot and using data as a reporting tool is no longer a viable option to stay lean or competitive. CIOs need to recognize the importance of creating a data-driven culture in 2018 or fall by the wayside.According to New Vantage Partners’ Big Data Executive Survey 2017, only 37% of companies who pledged t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to turn cyber babble into a language we all speak

  22-05-2018 13:04
  There's a lot of cyber babble out there that creates AI confusion, drives poor cybersecurity decision-making and kills key safety initiatives. Part of the issue is that we assume we all speak the same language and thus are in alignment. On the other side of the coin, we sometimes feel foolish because we don’t understand the language being spoken and assume it’s our fault (see video below).(Test your assumptions. Click on the video above) To read this article in full,
  
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• How Kroger transforms IT innovation to revenue generation

  22-05-2018 12:00
  As U.S. grocery chains go, Kroger is an outlier for its early-adopter approach to technologies, including internet of things (IoT), data analytics and mobile applications and services, to better serve customers. Now the company is commercializing its investments, selling software, hardware and other products to rivals and other retailers.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 7 risk mitigation strategies for the cloud

  22-05-2018 12:00
  Cloud services are here to stay, and they are taking over more enterprise functions every year. Where once cloud services were limited to simple storage or contact management, core functions like ERP have now moved to the cloud. And with a broad array of essential services increasingly shifting to the cloud, IT leaders must keep an eye on the risks inherent in today’s cloud environment and take preventative steps to mitigate them.Here’s a look at what your organization should do to
  
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