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• IDG Contributor Network: DevOps? I can’t even open the wrapper!

  22-01-2019 20:51
  English is not my native language. One of the best gifts I ever received from a very kind soul back home was a trove of comic strip paperback books that I got at Christmas sometime in the ‘80s. These were paperback books from mainstream American comic strips like Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, Hi & Lois and others.Reading is the best way to immerse yourself in another language, but reading comics brings you the visual too…and on top of that, they’re fun (win-win!
  
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• BrandPost: The AI Data Bottleneck

  22-01-2019 19:08
  While big data has become synonymous with artificial intelligence (AI), there are other elements that are equally important to squeezing optimal mileage out of the 21stcentury analytics driving more intelligent decision-making.It’s been said that organizations run at the speed of their data. However, if that data is hampered by throughput and latency challenges resulting from legacy compute and storage architectures, organizations will be hard pressed to achieve the desired insights leadi
  
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• BrandPost: How to Make Your Move to the Cloud a Smooth One

  22-01-2019 19:03
  Just as no one needs to be told there are different types of clouds in the sky, no CIO needs to be told there are different types of clouds for managing your data. One cloud may be designed using best practices for security, but another might cut corners, placing your sensitive data at risk.There’s also the issue of scale. Organizations might start by using just one cloud provider, but soon find themselves using dozens—and even hundreds—of different providers.So what should yo
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How do CIOs think about IT transformation?

  22-01-2019 18:50
  IT transformation has many definitions. For this reason, I wanted to hear from the regulars at my weekly #CIOChat session. Interestingly, CIOs see IT transformation as having more to do with enabling digital transformation than enabling IT transformation.Are there things IT needs to do to respond better to operating businesses?
  CIOs had many answers to this question. Some said that IT transformation should be about increasing agility, the openness to innovative ideas, the engagement with the bu
  
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• BrandPost: How Android 9 Pie serves up new benefits for the enterprise

  22-01-2019 16:25
  Android 9 Pie is notable for a number of improvements that will benefit enterprise users. The focus on artificial intelligence and security targets key needs for those thinking about deploying devices across their organization.While every annual operating system update comes with a batch of new features, Android 9 Pie has several feature changes and innovations that should be of particular interest to the enterprise.Leading with security
  Google is pushing the security barrier even higher with A
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Proactive CIOs will leverage these opportunities in 2019

  22-01-2019 15:26
  CIOs play a pivotal role in helping their organizations leapfrog the competition. Technology is a fundamental ingredient to every new corporate initiative. So, how can CIOs help their organizations stay ahead of the innovation curve in 2019?I’ve worked for nearly a decade as contract-based CMO. By jumping between organizations, I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t. And I’ve also witnessed how CIOs can either prop-up, or totally hinder a marketing team.The concepts I&rsq
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The CIO’s role in driving agile transformation

  22-01-2019 14:25
  Agile is not just about scrum, Kanban, backlogs, standups, sprints, velocity, retrospectives and other team practices. Organizations require leadership so that the agile practice has a mission, goals, governance, and collaboration that delivers new capabilities, enables new products and services, drives workflow efficiencies and quality, addresses technical debt, and experiments with new technologies.The question is, what should the CIO be doing as a leader and often the sponsor of agile practi
  
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• How virtual assistants are driving business value

  22-01-2019 12:00
  The rise of virtual or artificial intelligence (AI) assistants has been underway for some time now with the growing popularity of products such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s AssistantTo read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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