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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 ways artificial intelligence will shape the future of learning technology

  13-07-2018 18:30
  With the rapid pace of innovation continually disrupting business models, and in many cases entire industries, how will online learning keep up to provide the relevant courseware for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce? This will be essential for economic growth and to support a thriving, college-educated workforce that’s equipped with the very latest knowledge, ideas and technology.In the future, I believe that institutions at the forefront of online education will be recognized
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Retail’s digital catch-22

  13-07-2018 18:03
  The Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition, held late last month in Chicago, is an annual opportunity to take a pulse on the state of the retail industry. This year's event, occurring simultaneously with Toys R Us' final liquidation sales around the country, was infused with increased concern over whether retailing will ever "get back to normal" (it won't), but also with uncertainty about whether the journey to digital will be path to success for great retail brands or just another opportu
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Bite the head of a frog: a management model

  13-07-2018 17:15
  Many years ago, when I was doing research and planning the content of my new book, IT Management Models, I met an old colleague and friend for lunch. To collect notes and image ideas for the book, I carried a small journal with me dedicated to this project.I showed him the journal and described the book that I planned to write. The journal had a single page with a crudely drawn image on it for each IT management model I planned to write about. At this point there were probably around 20 models.
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How much should CIOs care about quantum today?

  13-07-2018 15:47
   [This article was co-written by Michael Hickins.]In an industry constantly looking over the horizon for the “next big thing,” quantum computing (QC) is hands-down the winner when it comes to magazine covers and breathless reporting.  But, unlike many overhyped technologies, QC already exists – albeit in very limited scope –and it may surpass current computing paradigms by many orders of magnitude for some types of computation. While many researchers are lookin
  
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• 8 technologies driving health care M&As

  13-07-2018 12:18
  Tech is good medicine for heath care acquisitionsImage by Getty ImagesThe U.S. department of labor forecasts that the healthcare industry will add 4 million new jobs by 2016.That should be a daunting prospect for anyone working in that industry — particularly given that the rising cost of healthcare (18 percent of GDP in 2016, up from 10 percent 30 years ago) means that employees don’t come cheap.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• CIO Spotlight: Joe Filippoli, Tabula Rasa HealthCare

  13-07-2018 11:55
  Name: Joe FilippoliCompany: Tabula Rasa HealthCareJob title: CIOTime in current role: 5 yearsLocation: Moorestown, N.J.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Are workplaces actually changing as a result of #MeToo?

  13-07-2018 11:30
  The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have certainly raised awareness about sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace, and along with that awareness, the hopes and expectations that finally some corrective action might be taken to shift the culture of sexism and misogyny.But are employers actually taking concrete action to make their companies safer and more inclusive places for women? A new study released this week from Harvard Business Review (HBR) shows mixed results.To read this article
  
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