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• IDG Contributor Network: How to overcome the top challenges of achieving identity resolution

  17-08-2018 20:41
  No matter the enterprise industry, common business practices today require personalization at scale, in terms of both volume and speed of resolution, with identity resolution at the core. Identity resolution consists of combining what is already known about individuals through personally identifiable information (PII) such as email, mailing address, birthday, home and mobile phone numbers, or other first-party identifiers, with data that marketers can purchase from a third-party to know more ab
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What is your time to answer?

  17-08-2018 17:30
  A little over a decade ago I had the great pleasure of hearing a commencement speech for my son. Eric Lander, the leader of the human genome project, described his journey through science and life. He shared that he did not have a clear direction as a mathematics major at Princeton, and the labyrinth of decisions that followed to get him into genetic biology. He also shared the process of science and its adoption into the culture and economy of the modern-day world. His punchline was that it ta
  
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• BrandPost: Leveraging a Multi-Cloud Environment with the Digital Age

  17-08-2018 15:01
  No organization can avoid investing in the digital transformation.  In fact, IDC forecasts digital transformation to exceed $1.1 trillion in 2018, an increase of 16.8% more than the $958 billion spent in 2017. The reason behind the investment is quite clear -– organizations need to make significant changes if they hope to compete in the new digital economy.Simply put, the digital economy is all about constant innovation and the ability to seamlessly empower the customer through heavi
  
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• BrandPost: Enjoying Seamless Service Management Across Multi-Cloud Environments

  17-08-2018 14:06
  Even with the best service providers, issues will arise over time. Unfortunately, when issues do arise it often puts a heavy burden on IT to facilitate a timely remedy, even if the issue falls entirely on the cloud service provider (CSP).Unfortunately, when leveraging a multi-cloud environment, IT finds itself tasked with managing numerous providers simultaneously.  However, multi-cloud service management solutions can provide a flexible, configurable service that empowers organizations to
  
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• BrandPost: Commanding Cost Control in a Multi-Cloud Environment

  17-08-2018 13:54
  While embracing a multi-cloud environment provides organizations with significant benefits, when left unmonitored the associated costs can quickly escalate out of control.  The reason is quite simple. Operating within a multi-cloud environment adds layers of complexity.The added complexity is quite evident when looking at the results of a 2018 ESG Research Survey, The Emergence of Multi-Cloud Strategies. Specifically, 41 percent of respondents say navigating the different cost models and b
  
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• 5 qualities to look for in an IT career coach

  17-08-2018 12:00
  Athletes have coaches. So do actors, singers and other performers. Politicians also have coaches, generally described as "advisors" or "counselors."To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Gender pronouns: Small changes have big impact on workplace inclusion

  17-08-2018 11:30
  Building a diverse, inclusive organization and fostering a culture of belonging can be pretty complex. But small changes can make a big impact – including initiating conversations about gender pronouns.As the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) explains, every person deserves the basic dignity and courtesy of being referred to by their correct pronouns (she, her, hers; he, him, his; they, them, theirs).“Nothing may be more personal than the way in which people refer to us through our name a
  
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• BrandPost: What Do You Really Get For Your ERP Support Dollars?

  17-08-2018 02:12
  By Sebastian GradyI'll cut to the chase: Most companies running ERP software are overpaying for software support and are not receiving complete or sufficient coverage.How does this happen?Consider Oracle's ERP platform as a prime example. At this writing, the current version is 12.2.7. Yet according to a recent survey, nearly 40 percent of Oracle EBS licensees are in production on EBS 12.0 or earlier. The widely deployed EBS 11.5.10 release, for instance, hit general availability in 2004.
  
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• BrandPost: Understanding AI’s Impact Within the Multi-Cloud Environment

  17-08-2018 00:51
  Successfully managing a multi-cloud environment requires a significantly different approach when compared with previous technologies. After all, multi-cloud environments understandably introduce new layers of complexity at a time when pressures to succeed in a digital economy are looking for IT to increase speed and empower innovation.Fortunately, IT leaders understand the need to evolve. According to recent study by opinion.life, 80 percent of global respondents agree that current multi-cloud
  
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• BrandPost: Understanding and Addressing Multi-Cloud Challenges

  17-08-2018 00:10
  As increasingly more IT organizations embrace multi-cloud environments, the challenges in realizing their goals are becoming crystal clear. According to a recent survey by opinion.life, the top challenges include the creation and implementation of security and governance policies, the need for optimization of resources and cloud consumption costs, as well as the need for automation of business applications and data workflows.Challenge: Implementation of Security and Governance Policies. It&rsqu
  
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