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• IDG Contributor Network: Making IT processes effective for the digital age

  01-10-2018 21:31
  I have spent a lot of time in the #CIOChat discussing digital transformation. But can the IT organizational design and IT internal business processes impede digital transformation? Can IT, itself, become an obstacle to responding to the waves of digital disruption that are coming? This is the question that I recently asked CIOs.Do IT processes get in the way?
  CIOs say that poor processes and organizational misalignment can get in the way. They say both represent barriers to success when transfo
  
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• BrandPost: HPE and Citrix Deliver a Flexible and Secure Solution for Mobile Workspaces

  01-10-2018 20:09
  The mobile worker is here to stay—and mobility has evolved from a tactical phenomenon to a strategic imperative. One recent survey by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Enterprises Strategy Group found that 75% of businesses said as many as half of their employees are mobile during a typical work week. The same HPE ESG survey also found that 70% of IT decision makers deem effective mobility strategies as core business applications and processes, and also a strong source of competitive adv
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How a CIO turned critical challenges into benefits that drove change and success in digital transformation

  01-10-2018 16:56
  In meetings with companies undertaking digital transformation or IT modernization, I often hear executives talking about advice they’ve received from their consultants and advisors on how to plan and manage these initiatives. I consistently hear different versions of three points. “We must have a detailed road map of our transformation journey.” “We will need to replace most of our existing talent.” “We’ll need mountains of money.” Sound familiar?
  
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• SAP on Azure vies with Salesforce on AWS to break data out of silos

  01-10-2018 12:00
  The good news: Six of the biggest companies in IT are setting out to eliminate the silos in which enterprises store customer data.The bad news? They're doing it in two different ways, and both ways will miss a lot of the silos holding enterprise data.On the one hand we have the Open Data Initiative, unveiled by Microsoft, SAP and Adobe. This gathers data from Adobe's Customer Experience Platform, Microsoft's Dynamics 365 and SAP's S/4HANA database and C/4HANA CRM system onto Microsoft’s A
  
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• IT skills gap: Facts vs. fictions

  01-10-2018 12:00
  Headlines, hiring surveys and conventional wisdom suggest there are far more openings for highly skilled IT jobs, than qualified workers to fill them.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Casual dining chains counter sagging sales with virtual assistants, AI

  01-10-2018 12:00
  Casual dining chains are leaving few technology stones unturned in the push to jumpstart their ailing businesses. Now on the menu: anything from ordering pancakes via virtual assistants to virtual bartenders that tailor cocktails using a splash of artificial intelligence (AI).To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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