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• IDG Contributor Network: Effective artificial intelligence requires a healthy diet of data

  10-07-2018 18:44
  In the current technology landscape, nothing elicits quite as much curiosity and excitement as artificial intelligence (AI). And we are only beginning to see the potential benefits of AI applications within the enterprise.The growth of AI in the enterprise, however, has been hampered because data scientists too often have limited access to the relevant data they need to build effective AI models. These data specialists are frequently forced rely solely on a few known sources, like existing data
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: State CIO shares insights on the importance of strategic IT governance

  10-07-2018 18:30
  Innovating citizen services is moving to the top of every state CIO’s agenda. Why? Because citizen wants to engage with state agencies services as easily as they navigate purchases on their Amazon prime account. So, the challenge is how to improve citizen engagement, the supporting processes and the value of these services. Ensuring that these strategic projects are implemented successfully depends on the governance process that minimizes risk, reduces cost, manages resources and monitors
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why CIOs need to look beyond their firewall

  10-07-2018 17:45
  A decade ago, CIOs had to keep an eye on what was going on in the server rooms and data centers run by their companies. Fast forward to today, and that inward-facing world view has been—I hesitate to invoke the overused term “disrupted” but what the heck—disrupted by the cloud transition. Now that more of a company’s IT runs outside its firewalls, astute CIOs need to be aware of what goes on out there in the wilds of the Internet as well.For example, if your compan
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 mistakes to avoid when developing a SOW with Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM

  10-07-2018 17:18
  Most of you have heard the phrase that 90% of the manufacturing cost of a product is determined during product design.  The same can be said about the program execution risk profile of IT-enabled transformations. The master statement of work (MSOW) established at the beginning of the program locks in 90% of the risk profile of the project. The system integrators have a full appreciation of the execution risks, while their clients tend to be newer to the game. Does it surprise anyone that s
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: U.S. Digital Service recruits Silicon Valley innovators, like Matt Cutts, to modernize government technology

  10-07-2018 16:48
  I recently interviewed Matt Cutts, who is the Acting Administrator at US Digital Service, a non-partisan technology group in the Executive Office of the President whose ambitious goal is to deliver better government services and improve the lives of all Americans. Matt initially joined US Digital Service in 2016 at the Department of Defense. Since 2017, he has served as Acting Administrator and is responsible for setting the overall direction and strategy for agency projects. Previously, M
  
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• BrandPost: The Future of Computing Is Bigger Than the Cloud

  10-07-2018 14:40
  By Dean AlmsThe importance of cloud computing is almost impossible to overstate. Already, new companies set themselves to run almost entirely on cloud software, while many established firms are adopting it selectively but aggressively.Despite that, the future of business computing is bigger than the cloud. Not every traditional software system will prove to have an equally robust Software-as-a Service replacement, nor will every essential system prove to be worth rearchitecting for the cloud.No
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How SMBs can take advantage of the red-hot sharing economy

  10-07-2018 14:33
  In just a few years, the sharing economy has risen from being a mere novelty to becoming the new way of doing business for several industries. Companies like Uber and Airbnb have both proven that tech companies can challenge well-entrenched traditional institutions. Uber has grown to become a $62 billion company with talks of an initial public offering by 2019 already moving through the grapevine.A Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) report forecasts the continued growth of the sector and no
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How IT can reshape patient care

  10-07-2018 13:30
  Imagine having the ability to detect cancerous tissue within 10 seconds via a pen-shaped device, or the ability to receive an organ donation on-demand via a 3D printer. These scenarios are becoming a reality, as the frontend of healthcare technology brims with possibility.However, a dichotomy exists in the healthcare industry. Hidden below the surface of incredible medical advances is a disarray of legacy backend systems and paper-based records that are siloing patient data and negatively impac
  
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• Flex strengthens supply chain with IAM

  10-07-2018 12:01
  Companies that depend on vast supply chains to produce their wares tend to work with hundreds or even thousands of partners, many of which require an online portal — or several — with which to share information. Flex, the $26 billion supply chain technology company formerly known as Flextronics, is no exception.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 7 tips for overcoming predictive analytics challenges

  10-07-2018 12:00
  W. Edwards Deming, a pioneer in applying statistical techniques and predictive analytics to business processes, said it best. "The big problems," he observed, "are where people don’t realize they have one in the first place."To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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