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• IDG Contributor Network: Why technology sometimes fails to deliver the promised outcomes

  26-06-2018 14:57
  Imagine a logistics business in a fictional country which is still making all its deliveries using horses and carts. This worked well in the past, but now there is a rumor that an internet shopping and delivery company is coming, and the business has to upgrade. So, they invite sales teams to make a pitch – for trucks, quad bikes, solar-powered drones – whatever you can think of.The first step in the selection process is to set criteria. They take a survey across the business and on
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: CIO warns of slideware and homogeneity

  26-06-2018 14:46
  With all the tech hype generated these days, business leaders must not become entranced by technologies that exist only in PowerPoint presentations. This includes IT leaders, who also need to steer clear of all-or-nothing approaches to IT deployment, says Earl Newsome, chief information officer (CIO) of Praxair, a company that manufactures and sells industrial gases to companies like Intel and Hitachi.We live in an age of massive technological change, and the most interesting and cutting-edge t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Enterprise architects as digital transformers

  26-06-2018 14:37
  The age of enterprise architecture?
  Jeanne Ross, Former Research Director and a Principal Research Scientist, at MIT Sloan School of Management, proclaimed recently that the digital economy has finally arrived. She suggests for this reason that this should be the moment for enterprise architects. She says winners in digital disruption have integrated channels, seamless end-to-end transactions, real understanding of customer data, and real tight security. And these all require an organization wi
  
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• 6 ways your interview process is broken — and how to fix it

  26-06-2018 12:00
  IT leaders often bemoan a lack of qualified candidates to fill critical IT positions. Organizations that struggle with talent acquisition blame the skills gap, the IT talent shortage, broken pipelines, but what if the real problem — and solution — is much closer to home?Even if you source the right talent and get them in the door, there are a number of ways your interview process itself could be turning candidates away, actively undermining your interests without you knowing it. Her
  
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• Get ready for blockchain’s big business breakout

  26-06-2018 02:48
  For all the hype, blockchain has yet to go mainstream in the enterprise. That may well change this year as the technology's reputation for trusted transactions continues to grow among IT leaders.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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