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• IDG Contributor Network: Choosing the right collaboration technology for workplace connectivity

  01-03-2019 21:24
  Communications and collaboration technology tools are worthless and ineffective if they don’t facilitate or support workplace connectivity. Speaking with business leaders and technology decision-makers has made it clear that collaboration tools suffer low adoption when they don’t support how people actually work together or connect. If a tool creates friction in workplace communications, it is an absolute non-starter. Therefore, a key objective for any enterprise investment in commu
  
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• BrandPost: Key Considerations for AI and HPC in the Cloud or On-Premises

  01-03-2019 17:15
  As organizations push forward with artificial intelligence and high performance computing initiatives, a strategic question often arises: Could we get there faster and more affordably, and get more of what we need via the cloud, rather than building our own on-premises environment?This debate is the topic of a new white paper by Moor Insights & Strategy, titled “AI and HPC: Cloud or On-Premises Hosting.”  In this paper commissioned by Dell EMC, the research firm explores so
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The drum beat continues for regulating the content moderation practices of digital platforms

  01-03-2019 16:20
  The last two weeks have been good ones for those interested in seeing governments take stronger action to regulate the content moderation practices of digital platforms.The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK Parliament released its Final Report on Disinformation and 'fake news,' calling for an independent regulator to supervise a new requirement that digital platforms take action against illegal or harmful speech.  The German Marshall Fund launched its Digital Innov
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Are your hiring practices filtering tech talent you want and need?

  01-03-2019 14:08
  Despite the tech sector’s massive growth and need for talent, its hiring practices have remained stagnant. The industry continues to see low numbers of women and minority employees. According to Reveal, opportunities for women and people of color narrow as they move up the ranks, though they widen for white men. As outlined in Reveal’s data, white men account for 39 percent of tech professionals, 47 percent of managers and 59 percent of executives. In order to successfully attract a
  
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• 4 signs your delegation style is hurting your team

  01-03-2019 12:34
  I’m a firm believer in letting your leaders lead — hiring capable, experienced, whip-smart people and then stepping back and allowing them to do their jobs. This level of independence and self-sufficiency can mean the difference between a truly effective, high-performing team and the shadow of one.The goal of this leadership style is to avoid micromanagement and empower leaders — but it can be taken to the extreme. I’ve seen CIOs drop a problem on the doorstep of their d
  
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• D&I tech market grows as diversity and inclusion become a business priority

  01-03-2019 11:30
  Tech has always been uniquely positioned to address its own lack of diversity and inclusion by using the very same innovative, out-of-the-box thinking, tools and technologies that have transformed so many other industries. Thus far, though, it hasn’t seemed to make much of a dent in the problem.But a new report from Mercer and RedThread Research offers some hopeful data about the rapidly expanding market for D&I technology. Diversity and Inclusion Technology: The Rise of a Transformat
  
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• BrandPost: An Integrated Network – Are You Sure It Means What You Think It Means?

  01-03-2019 01:28
  Vendors, especially networking vendors, use the term “integrated” to imply that their technology works with other parts of the IT infrastructure ecosystem in a blended, cohesive manner. This is especially true for cloud management platforms. However, every vendor seems to have a different idea of what the term means and the implications it has on the overall data center. In other words, an integrated network might not be as integrated as you think.In the race for technology vendors
  
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• BrandPost: The Resurrection of On-Premises Infrastructure

  01-03-2019 01:13
  It wasn’t that long ago that industry experts were quick to declare on-premises computing a thing of the past. It seemed like everyone was moving toward the public cloud, and pundits were calling on-premises computing dead and buried.Fast forward a few years, and those very same experts were beginning to backtrack. Maybe on-premises infrastructure wasn’t as dead as we’d thought. An interesting headline appeared on Forbes.com: Reports of the Data Center’s Death Are Greatl
  
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