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• IDG Contributor Network: EPD or BYOD Oxford-Samsung study looks deep into the costs and benefits

  28-08-2018 19:30
  A recent report by Oxford Economics, commissioned by Samsung Electronics America, confirms what most employers and employees have known for some time now – that employers expect employees to be available remotely, but that the two groups are often at odds over what mobile devices to use and how to pay for them.The Oxford-Samsung’s survey of more than 500 IT executives and managers in diverse industries across the United States found that 61 percent of organizations expect employees
  
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• BrandPost: No Longer If, But When: Companies Must Adopt Cloud or Be Left Behind

  28-08-2018 18:00
  Cloud adoption has become table stakes for companies looking to compete, according to the 2018 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey. The report found that a strong majority, almost three-quarters of IT leaders, are now reporting investment in cloud. In addition, it's clear that those leading on the digital transformation front are more likely to have already migrated to the cloud. Over half of digital leaders, the survey found, have invested in cloud, compared to less than a third of those who are not.A
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How blockchain is disrupting the insurance industry for the better

  28-08-2018 17:31
  The banking and insurance industries are embracing blockchain with open arms. According to the SAP Digital Transformation Executive Study, executives in banking and insurance plan to more than double their investments in blockchain by 2019. The insurance industry in particular understands that it must evolve to stay competitive, which means streamlining processes and meeting the demands of digitally savvy customers. Blockchain technology can help insurance companies overcome today’s chall
  
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• Digital transformation drives next wave of application delivery controllers

  28-08-2018 15:40
  The application delivery controller (ADC) has continually increased in importance as apps have become more networked. ADCs occupy a strategic place in the data center, as they sit between the applications and the network and ensures the right optimization and security services are applied. As applications architectures have changed, ADCs have been used to ensure they run better to meet the needs of the business.  F5 Networks has been the dominant vendor in this space for decades and c
  
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• How GM CIO Randy Mott rebuilt IT for success

  28-08-2018 12:00
  Randall Mott joined General Motors as CIO in 2012 with a direct mission from then CEO Daniel Akerson: Establish a competitive advantage by bringing IT in-house, reversing the auto giant's decades-old practice of outsourcing technology to third parties.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 7 keys to self-service BI success

  28-08-2018 12:00
  Self-service business intelligence (BI) is becoming more popular, as organizations look for ways to make it easier for business users at all levels to glean insights from growing volumes of data.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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