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• IDG Contributor Network: Managing tech pros in 2019: What’s ahead and why

  21-12-2018 22:55
  Exactly one year ago this column predicted a conspicuously different year ahead for tech labor: twelve months of employers facing up to a single hard truth---a shocking lack of readiness for new blockbuster technologies like A.I., blockchain, and a variety of digital innovations. Moreover, we posited they would finally begin to tackle the problem in more substantive ways.  And this happened in 2018 according to many of our indicators. More on this later.Now employers face an even harder tr
  
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• BrandPost: Achieving DevOps Maturity

  21-12-2018 22:17
  Note: This is the third in a series of three posts on the five stages of a DevOps evolution. If you’re new to the series, check out the first two posts, Building a Strong DevOps Foundation and Accelerate and Scale DevOps.When you think of DevOps, automation is likely one of the first things that comes to mind — and for good reason. DevOps cannot function without automation. But, as our 2018 State of DevOps Report makes clear, undertaking widespread automation too early in a DevOps e
  
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• BrandPost: Applying a Factory Model to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

  21-12-2018 22:00
  Advanced analytics techniques, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, provide organizations with new insights not possible with traditional analytics.  To take advantage of these technologies and drive competitive advantage, organizations need to design and build solutions that allow them to exponentially grow their capacity to create value from data. The challenge is, how do you do that without also exponentially growing infrastructure costs and the number of data scie
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 7 key CIO influence strategies

  21-12-2018 16:04
  As a CIO or other IT executive, the ability to influence other C-Suite executives, vendors, clients, and others is key to both IT’s organizational impact and the CIO’s effectiveness and professional branding.When people think about influencing others, they often think about short term tactics that are sales-like in approach and appearance.  While influence techniques can certainly be used in this way and for this purpose, I would like you to widen your thinking and perspective
  
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• IT training: The most effective options for upskilling IT staff

  21-12-2018 12:00
  Training and development programs offer win-win advantages for employees and employers alike. They provide means for IT pros seeking to keep their skills sharp, and help CIOs address skills gaps, while improving employee engagement and retention.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Get Salesforce admin certification on the first try: A 5-day study plan

  21-12-2018 12:00
  Salesforce certification is becoming increasingly important as a mechanism for vetting SFDC consultants and prospective employees. While there’s no reason to overdo it with certifications on parts of the system you actually don’t work on, Salesforce admin certification is really your first essential step no matter what your role.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• BrandPost: Why the unified campus network is the ideal future-proof digital-ready architecture

  21-12-2018 01:23
  The quest to achieve a true digital business is impacting across all sectors and verticals, and business leaders know it. The drive to transition to digital business is almost the entire reason that Gartner research showed that worldwide IT spending will hit $3.7 trillion this year – an increase of over six per cent, and the highest growth rate of growth in over a decade. [1]A survey of business executives, cited in Forbes [2], showed that a staggering 90 per cent of executives say t
  
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