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• BrandPost: Escape the BI maintenance Dilemma and Modernize

  06-06-2018 22:56
  Organizations are flocking to modern BI to empower more people in their business with faster insights through visual, self-service analytics. You may be completely sold on the benefits of modern BI, but you’ll want to look carefully at your reporting and analytics to ensure you modernize for maximum value.Many organizations are also wary of the migration process and how to escape the maintenance dilemma—if you move too late in an annual maintenance cycle, you could risk not completi
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Reality check: the complexities of mapping the world in 2018

  06-06-2018 20:55
  Now more than ever, businesses are recognizing data sampling and visualization as a critical component of purchasing precise and relevant third-party data. Across the thousands of data sets I’ve examined over my career, many have contained major gaps or inaccuracies not initially apparent on the surface. However, vetting these data sets is just one of the challenges organizations face today.What if there is no data to even buy? What if no creditable information exists in the areas you nee
  
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• CIO Leadership Live Ep 1: Bernie Gracy

  06-06-2018 20:22
  In this lively hourlong discussion, Maryfran Johnson, executive director of CIO programs for CIO Events and the CIO Executive Council, talks with Bernie Gracy, Chief Digital Officer of Agero, the largest provider of roadside assistance services to car makers and insurance providers across North America. Johnson and Gracy talk about the sophisticated data analytics behind Agero’s services, the challenges he faces in digitizing the entire business and how the roles of CIOs and CDOs are chan
  
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 2: Ron Guerrier

  06-06-2018 20:19
  In this episode, host Maryfran Johnson and Ron Guerrier, CIO at Farmers Insurance, discuss building an IT innovation ecosystem, and the impact of next-generation technologies on the insurance industry.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 3: Kristin Darby

  06-06-2018 20:17
  In this episode, Maryfran Johnson, executive director of CIO programs and events at IDG, talks with CIO Kristin Darby of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America about IT’s critical role in the convergence of genomic advances, clinical research and digital capabilities in healthcare – and how all of that is creating a new world of connected care for patients.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 4: Joel Jacobs

  06-06-2018 20:15
  Show host Maryfran Johnson talks with CIO Joel Jacobs of MITRE Corp., a private non-profit research organization that provides consulting, engineering, and technical services for numerous federal government agencies. A big part of its mission is to keep innovating -- in everything from predictive analytics to mobile app development.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 5: John Hill

  06-06-2018 20:12
  In this lively one-hour discussion, show host Maryfran Johnson talks with Carhartt's CIO John Hill about the evolving role of the IT leader, the quest for innovation game changers and how Carhartt tackled digital transformation by digitizing processes end-to-end.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 6: Mojgan Lefebvre

  06-06-2018 20:09
  Host Maryfran Johnson talks with Mojgan Lefebvre, CIO for Liberty Mutual's Global Specialty business, about how the insurance firm is leveraging the cloud, creating business-specific data strategy and getting the best from its acquisitions.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 7: Klara Jelinkova

  06-06-2018 20:06
  Maryfran Johnson talks with Klara Jelinkova, Rice University’s CIO, on a range of topics, including the responsibility of senior women in IT to mentor the next generation and how the university's GDPR project was an opportunity to talk with business unit leaders and stakeholders about data security and privacy.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 8: Sanjay Shringarpure

  06-06-2018 20:05
  In this Q&A, host Maryfran Johnson talks one-on-one with Sanjay Shringarpure, CIO at E.& J. Gallo Winery, about the changing landscape of IT and innovation technologies in the agriculture industry, the challenges of recruiting talent, and more.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 10: Cynthia Stoddard

  06-06-2018 19:51
  ‏In this episode, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Cynthia Stoddard, SVP and CIO at Adobe. Their hour-long conversation covers a range of topics, including IT innovation and ROI, data strategy, automation, machine learning and AI, and the new IT roles at Adobe.
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• CIO Leadership Live Episode 9: Jack Clare

  06-06-2018 17:45
  In this episode of CIO Leadership Live, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands, about the company's mobile payment, ordering and loyalty apps, and how it's striving to improve customers' drive-through experience.
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• BrandPost: Managed-Cloud Services Nirvana

  06-06-2018 17:36
  Since their 2013 acquisition of SoftLayer, IBM has evolved into a cloud powerhouse, offering a plethora of services from bare metal to fully managed and hosted environments.  So, it shouldn’t be a great surprise that IBM Cloud was tapped to be one of the initial launch partners for VMware Cloud Verified. Recently, we spoke to Zane Adam, VP IBM Cloud, about what IBM brings to the program.Adam sees three major types of VMware-rich cloud engagements at IBM Cloud: First, those who want a
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Powering AI for government

  06-06-2018 15:52
  Over the last 20 years, the ongoing digital revolution has brought massive changes to the way most of us work and live. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will offer even faster and deeper change. Forward-looking government leaders are acting now to prepare public sector organizations to fulfill of the full promise of AI. They are blazing a trail for AI to free up their employees and serve citizens more effectively.AI is affordable, doable and available
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• IDG Contributor Network: David Shrier thinks we need a better model of how we deploy new technologies (and he’s right)

  06-06-2018 15:36
  Recently, I interviewed David Shrier, an Associate Fellow, Said Business School, University of Oxford, and originator of the online programmes Oxford Fintech and Oxford Blockchain Strategy.  David is also the CEO of Distilled Analytics, an MIT spinout that is transforming financial services through behavioral analytics; and Chairman of Riff Learning, an AI-driven collaboration technology platform provider. He currently counsels the Government of Dubai on blockchain and digital identity, an
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Psychologically, all C-suite executives must overcome these 3 traits

  06-06-2018 15:11
  While prioritizing emotional intelligence can make a big difference when hiring new employees, as a C-suite executive, strengthening your own emotional intelligence quota is absolutely essential if you want your company to remain successful in the long run.For many executives, this means overcoming certain emotional and mental traits that keep them from performing at their best level. Here are three key areas where all C-suite executives must improve their efforts if they wish to become stronge
  
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• Avoid these digital transformation false starts

  06-06-2018 12:15
  Congratulations! You’ve just been hired as the CIO of a large global company that is in dire need of digital transformation. For your new company to thrive in the digital economy, everything must change: business model, technology, and culture. Your CEO needs you to drive this digital transformation now. There is no time to waste!Bruce Lee, who has held CIO roles at BNP Paribas, HSBC Securities, NYSE Euronext, and Fannie Mae, applauds your bias for action, but he suggests you take a minut
  
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• What is an EPMO? The organizational key to project success

  06-06-2018 12:00
  One of the most common reasons for project failure is the misalignment between project goals and business strategy. Organizations that establish an enterprise project management office (EPMO), with the goal of aligning projects and strategy, suffer 33 percent fewer project failures, according to the Project Management Institute’s “Pulse of the Profession 2017: Success Rates Rise.” Organizations are increasingly adopting the EPMO structure, whereby project, program and portfoli
  
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• The future of manufacturing is digital

  06-06-2018 12:00
  The Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way, and leading manufacturers are deploying technology not only on their factory floors and back offices but throughout their entire value chain. The result? Significant changes in what manufacturers produce and sell — and how they conduct business and make money. Their embrace of technology is transforming who they are.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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