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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 top blockchain trends of 2018

  31-07-2018 23:00
  Blockchain technology is one of the biggest new developments to have hit the tech industry over the last few years, and its infamy is bolstered by the fact that it’s the underlying technology which powers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. To many people, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are synonymous, but that’s being over simplistic.A blockchain is basically a type of distributed ledger that’s impossible for people to hack. Instead of just relying on one database, a blockch
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The consumerization of the workplace is changing collaboration

  31-07-2018 19:00
  When I heard that July 17th was International Emoji Day, I have to admit, I initially thought it was a little bit silly. International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I can get behind, and National Margarita Day should occur once a quarter, in my opinion. But a day to celebrate emojis? What’s next? National Space Bar Day?The more I thought I about it though, the more I realized that emojis are just a small piece of a broader trend occurring in the way we interact with technology in and out of the
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Recognizing and solving for AI bias

  31-07-2018 18:45
  Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping us uncover new insight from data and enhance human decision-making. For instance, we use facial recognition to sign into our cell phones, and voice comprehension and intent analytics to get assistance. E-commerce retailers work with AI to predict and recommend new products to consumers. Banks use conversational AI to reduce fraud and better manage client experiences.Most of the AI that is in use today is narrow AI. General AI, which is more akin to
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Business excellence: why sound business methods fail so often

  31-07-2018 13:00
  It is right that we should invest considerable time and effort learning new methods and approaches to manage business, but we must take great care never to confuse the method with the purpose.While it can be enjoyable and satisfying to learn and employ a particular method, we must take care not to lose ourselves in it. If we do, we can easily lose sight of why we adopted it in the first place.There are two key questions which must be constantly borne in mind:
  ”What business problem we are
  
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• Farmers Insurance scales training with virtual reality

  31-07-2018 12:00
  In the insurance industry, training claims adjusters is a non-stop challenge. These public-facing employees work with clients in stressful situations, and their expertise is essential to giving customers the service they expect while ensuring efficiency for the enterprise. Experience is the best teacher, but re-creating the many scenarios claims adjustors might encounter creates logistical and financial hurdles.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 8 secrets of effective change leaders

  31-07-2018 12:00
  Digital transformation means big changes throughout the organization, impacting many — if not all — departments, employees and business processes. Thus, IT leaders seeking to helm successful transformations must convince and motivate people across the organization to work, think and/or behave in new ways.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• CIOs reveal their security philosophies

  31-07-2018 11:30
  Security has always been a universal preoccupation, and there are countless examples of societies reforming their own institutions to stave off chaos and oblivion. In the Roman Kingdom, which preceded the Roman Empire by some five centuries, the local royal quaestor (“investigator”) was tasked with investigating murders. At roughly the same time, subprefects in the Chinese state of Jin patrolled the land and conducted criminal inquiries. Far more recently, The Metropolitan Police Ac
  
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