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• IDG Contributor Network: Even CIOs need a hard hat: Agile construction is a secret weapon for smarter IT

  05-06-2018 20:45
  Although construction represents between 10 and 15% of this country’s GDP, it seems like most people take it for granted. Sure, they know that the building across the street didn’t magically materialize, and they may have even made a comment or two while it was being built (“Gee, that seems to be going up pretty fast”), but they’re not too particular about what all went into executing the work.Since most people’s understanding of building construction seems t
  
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• Even CIOs need a hard hat: Agile construction is a secret weapon for smarter IT

  05-06-2018 20:45
  Although construction represents between 10 and 15% of this country’s GDP, it seems like most people take it for granted. Sure, they know that the building across the street didn’t magically materialize, and they may have even made a comment or two while it was being built (“Gee, that seems to be going up pretty fast”), but they’re not too particular about what all went into executing the work.Since most people’s understanding of building construction seems t
  
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• New purpose-built platforms are ready to leverage the Age of Instrumentation

  05-06-2018 20:16
  Throughout history, humans have always created purpose-built tools that serve a specific need. Even in the Stone Age, humans shaped their stones to build a toolset to do different things. Sharp stones served as cutting tools, while larger hammerstones were used to strike or pound things.Purpose-built tools are pervasive in every industry. We are most successful when we have the right tool for the job. Would you prefer that your surgeon use a Swiss Army knife to remove your inflamed appendix, or
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: New purpose-built platforms are ready to leverage the Age of Instrumentation

  05-06-2018 20:16
  Throughout history, humans have always created purpose-built tools that serve a specific need. Even in the Stone Age, humans shaped their stones to build a toolset to do different things. Sharp stones served as cutting tools, while larger hammerstones were used to strike or pound things.Purpose-built tools are pervasive in every industry. We are most successful when we have the right tool for the job. Would you prefer that your surgeon use a Swiss Army knife to remove your inflamed appendix, or
  
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• BrandPost: The Competing Forces of Access and Security

  05-06-2018 17:56
  Today’s organizations face a new work paradigm. Workers can collaborate and communicate easier than ever before, thanks to the rise of enterprise collaboration apps. These apps can also provide unprecedented access to and shareability of data.  At the same time, these collaboration advances leave IT and other business leaders facing increased scrutiny around data security and privacy. This, in turn, increases the focus on  ensuring compliance and reducing the risks around regula
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why Google and Amazon can win in any business – including yours

  05-06-2018 17:03
  ‘Learning’ as a way of building competitive advantage
  Twenty years ago, Michael Treacy’s The Discipline of Market Leaders, argued that market leadership came from a laser focus on dominating in one of three key areas: customer intimacy, product leadership, or operational excellence. You could be good in many things it argued, but you had to dominate your space in one of these categories to be the leader. While these are still important, they won’t provide the edge a busi
  
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• BrandPost: Azure Vs. Amazon Web Services (AWS): Which One is Better for My Organization?

  05-06-2018 16:04
  There’s a major shift for many organizations to move to more Cloud-based (or at least hybrid Cloud) environment and move to a new way of working. Many organizations out there have realized the benefits of Cloud and have made that change. The question that seems to come up a lot, however, is whether organizations should go with Azure, or if Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the better choice.A lot of organizations want to do a side-by-side comparison of Azure vs. AWS to make their decision. But
  
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• SAP wants to woo businesses back to its CRM

  05-06-2018 15:00
  Woo, not sue: That's SAP's new strategy for dealing with customers that want to access their core ERP data through a cloud-based CRM system.Customer relationship management (CRM) overtook database management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to become the biggest business software category in 2017, and is set to be the fastest-growing in the years to come, hitting US$45.8 billion this year. But SAP came late to CRM, and now urgently needs to catch up with Salesforce.com, to which it is run
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Is the employee experience the digital transformation linchpin?

  05-06-2018 14:46
  There’s a new buzzword in town, and it’s taking the industry airwaves by storm. Our industry’s new object of affection: the employee experience.Of course, the idea that organizations should pay attention to and improve the employee experience in the form of the workplace, the tools, and the processes they use to perform their tasks is not new. But the idea has found a fresh and reinvigorated buzz as vendors and pundits connect it to both the need to improve the customer experi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How a CIO decreased cost and leveraged the right technologies to increase revenue

  05-06-2018 14:41
  How many managers does it take to modernize multi-state sales processes within a company steeped in tradition? If it’s Yan Purba, chief information officer at Larry H. Miller Management Corporation, one man is enough.As one of the most recognized car dealerships in the western region, Larry H. Miller Management Corporation is a powerhouse in the world of commerce. But for Purba, pairing the practices of personalized customer service with modern innovations designed to streamline processes
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 resource management practices that improve business agility

  05-06-2018 14:35
  Historically, services organizations have managed the planning and scheduling of resources through informal ways, where tribal knowledge is a critical element of the process. For example, resource planners often have years of history and close working relationships with many personnel, with conversations across the office, email, unintegrated point solutions, and spreadsheets most commonly used.The complexity of delivering services has accelerated — for example, the shift to short-term pr
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Healthcare IT: reading the tea leaves, part 3

  05-06-2018 14:30
  The pace of technological change is multiplied by the rapidly changing business and healthcare landscape.IoT continues to reshape the way business is done. Retail stores are free to carry less inventory because they can direct customers to internet shopping sites for specialized items. The number of people completing their Christmas shopping lists online increases every year. As a result of social media, our language is being invaded by new jargon and mnemonics. Online retailers and resellers a
  
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• The dark secrets of enterprise architecture

  05-06-2018 12:00
  Want to decrease IT costs without increasing technical debt? Enterprise architecture is a good place to start. Want to improve business/IT integration? Enterprise architecture promises to be the tool of choice. How about establishing a more streamlined and effective business? One guess as to where you should look first.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 10 change management courses for IT leaders

  05-06-2018 12:00
  Implementing change in an organization is no small task — it requires time, energy, budgeting and employee and stakeholder engagement. For IT leaders who are responsible for organizational change management with hardware, software or services, there are plenty of training programs to help strengthen your change management leadership skills.Check out these 10 change management courses, where you’ll learn all the right skills to effectively plan for, implement and manage change in the
  
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