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• IDG Contributor Network: Your first 100 days as CIO came and went. Now what?

  20-08-2018 19:30
  On paper, a CIO’s first-100-day plan looks great
  Your 100-day plan, if you listened to the experts, probably included lots of great ideas such as:
  Elaborate your mandate.
  Build relationships with everyone in the C-suite.
  Break down communication barriers and question the status quo.
  Create a future-state vision for IT operations.
  Prove yourself with a low hanging fruit opportunity.
  Build a winning IT management team.
  Create a roadmap to success.However, the sheer amount of activity associ
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Finding the holy grail of centralized employee services

  20-08-2018 19:15
  Running a business is far too complex to think that a one-size-fits-all solution can solve all problems. That’s why we see so many organizations stitching together Frankenstein-esque technology solutions out of spare parts. This type of organizational strategy can become disjointed very quickly. However, there are technologies and processes that unify a number of workflows and applications. For CIOs, these tools represent a veritable holy grail of technology.With employees often remote or
  
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• Prepping for Dreamforce 2018: The 2 things to do now

  20-08-2018 18:39
  You're investing 5 days plus expenses. The Dreamforce payoff is all about time management5 weeks out: Plan sessions and other meetings
  DreamForce is equal parts technology conference and sales pitches. Personally, I find it amusing that a company get can YOU to pay THEM for sales pitches...so to get the best ROI for my time and money I try to avoid the salesy sessions.   If you really want to meet with sales professionals at the conference, there will be no shortage. You should s
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 ways artificial intelligence is changing the healthcare industry

  20-08-2018 18:30
  From apocalyptic prognostications to impassioned positions — and everything in between — it seems like everyone and their mother has developed an opinion on the role artificial intelligence (AI) will play in shaping society in the coming decades. The disparity between each of these notwithstanding, what’s clear is that “narrow AI” is already starting to have an impact on everything from software development to education to insurance.To read this article in full, pl
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Events: the low-hype plumbing reshaping large-scale commerce architecture

  20-08-2018 18:00
  Ever heard the name Kafka and thought your architects were discussing Franz Kafka, the 20th century writer? They were actually talking about Apache Kafka, a project spun out of LinkedIn in 2011 that kicked off a quiet revolution in how large-scale applications are built. Every Facebook post, order on Amazon or tweet on Twitter results in dozens if not hundreds of events being produced behind the scenes. Large-scale commerce applications, especially those built using microservices, are almost en
  
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• BrandPost: The Pace of Change: How Internal Audits Can Help IT Capitalize On Intelligent Automation

  20-08-2018 17:47
  Intelligent automation has the potential to transform nearly every aspect of business. It can increase the speed, operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness and accuracy of activities in IT, HR, operations, finance and more. Workers can generate more impactful insights and make smarter decisions more quickly. It can automate simple or repetitive tasks, but also do knowledge work, thanks to big data, predictive analytics, process robotics, natural language processing, machine learning and A.I.Ho
  
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• BrandPost: 5 Questions To Ask On The Road To Data Excellence – Part I

  20-08-2018 17:12
  In this three-part series, I am going to ask five questions that strike me as most important in the quest for data excellence. These were formed after some interesting discussions with our in-house data professionals. We will start with data skills and data literacy. In the second post we'll take a look at how to establish both the foundations for a consistent approach to data across the organisation and a data-driven culture. The third blog will address data strategy and policy. In each sectio
  
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• 7 habits of highly effective digital leaders

  20-08-2018 12:00
  You’d think by now IT leaders would have digital transformation in check and be pros at overseeing initiatives to help their organizations improve business processes, stay competitive and enhance customer experiences. But in reality, many are faltering.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Six tips for creating a winning talent strategy

  20-08-2018 11:55
  Acquiring and developing technical talent is among the biggest obstacles in the digital era: In Deloitte’s forthcoming 2018 global CIO survey, 97 percent of global CIOs identified it as a challenge. To win the war for talent, CIOs can’t rely only on HR or ad hoc talent initiatives. Instead, they need to develop a cohesive talent strategy with the long view in mind.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How National Life manages organic growth from the inside out

  20-08-2018 11:30
  National Life Group’s headquarters is nestled in the foothills of Montpelier, Vermont, just across the Winooski River from the Vermont State House. The company has been a fixture for the better part of two centuries, as much a part of the landscape as Barre granite or the covered bridges. Yet its focus is entirely future-facing: providing life insurance and annuities to an estimated 60 million underinsured American households.“We have been, by many measures, the fastest growing majo
  
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