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• IDG Contributor Network: Rewrite or rebuild? 5 legacy system upgrade considerations

  19-09-2018 22:00
  To rewrite or not to rewrite the legacy system. It’s a perennial question for IT organizations and one that weighs heavy with IT budget, talent and operational concerns. Every week I come in contact with CIOs and CTOs trying to determine the best way to upgrade an aging but mission-critical system or application. After years of helping businesses consider and address their upgrade needs, I have determined there are five main factors IT leaders need to carefully consider when determining w
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 common but erroneous assumptions about digital transformation

  19-09-2018 21:34
  Embracing digital is inevitable as that is now part of the reality. However, taking a journey of digitalization is a bumpy road with many ups and downs. It could be misled because of the wrong focus, the wrong assumptions, the wrong ends, or the wrong means. It is important to clarify the myth and misconception in order to lead change and drive digital transformation seamlessly.1. Digitalization is not equal to digital technology
  Digitalization is not just about one-dimensional technology adopt
  
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• CIOs need to be prepared for the future of work

  19-09-2018 14:36
  The business climate is changing rapidly, as are the attitudes of the workforce. In the digital era, competitive advantage is based on an organization's ability to make the best decision with the right people in as short of a time as possible. This requires effective collaboration, which can be scuttled by poor tools, lack of time, or disgruntled employees. So, it’s critical that CIOs work with line of business, human resources, and other company leaders to build an energized and collabor
  
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• What is a data artist? A role for drawing IT and business together

  19-09-2018 12:00
  Charles Joseph Minard is arguably the world’s most famous data artist. By combining several data sets, including troop numbers, direction, temperature and terrain, he created in 1869 a visualization of Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign. Though that military exercise ended in disaster, Minard’s map remains “one of the best statistical drawings ever created.”Were he alive today, perhaps Minard would find success in the emerging role of data artist, thanks to the incre
  
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• Microsoft Managed Desktop: All your Windows 10 devices, managed by Microsoft

  19-09-2018 12:00
  Bill Predmore, president and co-owner of professional women’s soccer team the Seattle Reign, has enough to worry about without managing PCs. “I don’t want to have to think about technology,” he told CIO.com. “I want it to be like a utility where I flip a switch and it just works.”So, in December 2017, the Seattle Reign turned to a private preview of Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD), a new desktop management service from Microsoft, which Predmore heard about in
  
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• Augmented reality edges into IT operations

  19-09-2018 12:00
  Augmented reality is frequently predicted to be a major game changer, more so than virtual reality in the evolution of technology.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Investing wisely in the healthcare IT ecosystem

  19-09-2018 11:30
  Throughout his extensive career in IT, including 16 years as CIO of University of Chicago Medicine, Eric Yablonka has seen healthcare technology evolve before his eyes. Recently, I spoke with Yablonka, now the CIO of Stanford Health, about the digital innovations his organization is working on and the challenges healthcare CIOs face today.----------------------------------------------------How is digital technology impacting the healthcare industry?Healthcare has typically been a laggard in ado
  
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• BrandPost: A Prescriptive Guide to Your DevOps Evolution

  19-09-2018 01:46
  Portions of this post were originally posted on the Puppet blog, and are republished here with Puppet's permission.When Puppet launched its first State of DevOps survey in 2012, DevOps was widely regarded as just another buzzword that the cool kids were excited about — but that no one, aside from a few web scale companies, was actually doing. We were constantly hearing that DevOps would be dead in a year and replaced by the next buzzword. Six years later, as we launch our 2018 State of De
  
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