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• IDG Contributor Network: Figures lie. Liars figure

  17-09-2018 18:00
  You have the choice to present data regarding IT in ways which make it easy to understand the great job you and your team are doing, or you can present it in ways that require the reader to study it to come to that, or some less flattering, conclusion. My counsel to you is to take the time to present your IT results in ways which lead the reader to the conclusion you desire. Otherwise, it is way too easy to miss getting credit for what you have accomplished. I talked about that previously.Take
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What priorities CIOs need to have

  17-09-2018 17:15
  The CIO role has clearly changed over the last several years. On average, CIOs are younger, more diverse and less focused on developing things. Given this, I thought it was time to get a fresh view of their information technology priorities.Priority alignment
  CIOs say there should only be a direct correlation—100 percent alignment. One of CIO even said to me that this question is a layup. IT organization, CIOs say, need to function just like other business departments but differently IT&r
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Making room at the top

  17-09-2018 16:27
  I began my career with stars in my eyes. I set my sights high—I was going to climb the corporate ladder and become a chief executive. But slowly, my focus shifted, and I adjusted my trajectory. I told myself that my decision to scale back my ambition was to accommodate life changes and find balance.When I started my career, work was fun, and I felt like I was making a difference. Looking back, I recognize that my passion and profession needed to align. I need to work in an environment whe
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The promise of artificial intelligence in diagnosing illness

  17-09-2018 13:00
  You visit your doctor for a routine checkup. She decides to do a fine needle aspiration for a seemingly insignificant lesion (“It’s probably nothing…”). But a few days later you get a call back. They’ve found some abnormal cells.Your doctor recommends a specialist who performs a resection in his office, sending a tissue sample to a histology lab. The lab’s histologist preps the sample by taking sections, placing them in a “cassette,” then sending
  
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• Why you need a code of ethics (and how to build one that sticks)

  17-09-2018 12:00
  The tech industry isn't a bunch of scrappy underdogs anymore. In the wake of numerous data lapses and incidents of personal data being monetized in ways users never expected, consumer trust is dropping—according to a recent survey from Selligent, 75 percent of consumers are worried about brands tracking their browsing behavior. And it's not just customers: unethical behavior is causing tech talent to balk at working at certain companies, and some employees are refusing to work on projects
  
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• Indiana University modernizes BI strategy to drive better decisions

  17-09-2018 12:00
  Like many institutions of higher learning, Indiana University (IU) has been making use of business intelligence (BI) for years. But even with a wealth of data at its disposal, the university's business units struggled to transform that data into insights that could drive meaningful decisions. It's multi-year Decision Support Initiative (DSI) changed all that.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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