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• BrandPost: Business-led technology strategy and selection, Part 2:

  18-09-2018 20:55
  Companies are facing more complex challenges than ever, requiring a variety of disciplines to come together to set a future vision and strategy. Historically, says Alec Binder, director, advisory at KPMG, these challenges have been treated as technology problems that can be solved simply by buying a better platform or solution.However, as explained in Part 1 of this series on KPMG’s Technology Strategy and Selection (TSS) framework, that outlook often does not drive the outcomes or the va
  
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• BrandPost: Cloud-based GPUs Present New Use Cases for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

  18-09-2018 15:57
  Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) applications were once used mainly for simple, traditional business applications, such as those used by office workers and call center agents. But with the advent of powerful new processors that support cloud-based VDI services, including those that require heavy graphics processing and 3D rendering, the realm of viable use cases is greatly expanding.Graphics processors such as the AMD Radeon Pro V340 are built for the sole purpose of delivering the power of
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: What exactly is a privacy risk?

  18-09-2018 15:35
  Government agencies such as the National Institute for Standards and Technology and industry groups such as the Internet Association have embraced privacy as a matter of risk management. This is certainly the right way to go.  But, to make it work as part of a new national privacy law, companies need a good understanding of what risks they will be required to mitigate.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• How Schneider Electric grooms 'digital experts' to spark transformation

  18-09-2018 12:00
  Any industrial manufacturer knows that securing its future requires tackling digital disruption head-on. As more machines become connected via sensors, Bluetooth, WiFi, and other technologies, manufacturers who don’t get ahead of the internet of things (IoT) curve will swiftly fall behind.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 8 CIO archetypes: What kind of IT leader are you?

  18-09-2018 12:00
  8 CIO archetypes: What kind of IT leader are you?Image by Getty ImagesGlobal business disruption is quickening the evolutionary timeline of the CIO role. Market dynamics are forcing IT leaders to extend beyond taking orders and delivering sustainable IT systems to massaging digital strategies and driving business outcomes.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• BrandPost: 5 Competencies You Need to Succeed in DevOps and Beyond

  18-09-2018 02:02
  DevOps (development and operations) is an enterprise software development phrase that is used to define an agile relationship between development and IT operations, which encourages better communication and collaboration between the two business units. When an organization applies this same goal to its entire business, it can transform itself. Instead of siloed, traditionally adversarial groups, everyone collaborates with a common goal that will help the organization win in its market sect
  
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• BrandPost: Healthcare Facilities Discover Pain Relief For the Datacenter

  18-09-2018 01:58
  People who work at healthcare facilities suffer from pains of their own, and the source of the pain may surprise you. It is kind of pain has nothing to do with the human body, and the relief cannot come from the medical staff. It’s the pain of managing an aging IT infrastructure.IT administrators have a tough time in healthcare datacenters these days. Legacy IT systems can be difficult to manage and grow. Over time, a siloed architecture can make an infrastructure more complex, more costl
  
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• BrandPost: DevOps – Your 3-step Transformation Journey

  18-09-2018 01:53
  Greek philosopher, Heraclitus once said, “The only thing constant is change.” Today’s DevOps transformation is a prime example. The DevOps model aims at unifying software development (Dev) with software operations (Ops) so that everyone can better work together across the entire development lifecycle. As businesses search for the best ways to digitally transform, DevOps is at the center of it all – and it’s driving a constant state of change.As organizations all ov
  
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• BrandPost: Is Multi-Cloud Sprawl Causing Your Money to Fly Away?

  18-09-2018 01:46
  According to a recent Forrester Research survey of IT decision makers, two-thirds of those pursuing hybrid IT in their digital transformation quest did so without a comprehensive plan. The result? A chaotic hybrid cloud deployment model that can be costly – not only economically, but also in terms agility and governance.What causes this haphazard cloud use, and what new tools, processes, and methods are available that help IT leaders reign in their hybrid IT sprawl?Dana Gardner, Principal
  
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• BrandPost: Wanted: A Better Way to Manage and Optimize Multi-Cloud Economics

  18-09-2018 01:41
  IT leaders face complex choices when it comes to their cloud options. Literally, hundreds of thousands of services are available — and each business must decide what choice is best in terms of performance and price points. For the enterprise, a hybrid cloud environment is now the norm, which increases complexity even more. Given all of this complexity, many businesses are finding that their multi-cloud deployments are out of control and waste is rampant.In a recent BriefingsDirect podcast
  
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