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• BrandPost: Step 1 to Managing Security: Know Thyself

  01-04-2019 19:14
  Security has shifted from a back-office IT discussion to the boardroom. No longer can you rely only on the IT team or the CISO or even the CIO. It needs to be a corporate-wide initiative with investment and commitment behind it. It also calls for facing some hard truths; in particular, your vulnerabilities.That’s easier for some than others. Maybe you are in an industry that is often targeted by malicious intrusions. Maybe your data breach made the headlines. Maybe you’re paying reg
  
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• BrandPost: Understanding IT Resilience

  01-04-2019 18:16
  While undergoing digital transformation, it may feel like there’s no end to things that can get in your way and cause business disruptions. The digital transformation journey is daunting but putting an effective IT strategy in place can give you peace of mind. At the core of that strategy is IT resilience.Being IT resilient means being prepared for any type of disruption – planned or unplanned – to mitigate the risk of downtime so your focus remains on projects that drive tran
  
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• Winning IT transformations start with the end in sight

  01-04-2019 17:09
  Over the last two decades, I’ve had a front-row seat at dozens of IT transformations across the world and was recently asked for my most salient “lessons learned.” These lessons are founded on the same premise: The CIO has a vision for transformation, and they want to implement it ASAP.The CIO's vision typically results in a strategy, which is broken down into tactics that are delegated out for execution. The team does its part, planning how to implement the changes. Consultan
  
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• BrandPost: Network Infrastructure: The ‘Glue’ of Industry 4.0

  01-04-2019 16:48
  Technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence, and virtual reality (VR) can help organizations gain valuable insights from their physical infrastructure – but they can’t do it alone.In industries where the enterprise typically relies on heavy machinery or other physical equipment for their business model – including sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and healthcare – the ability to connect these assets and gather
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Your company culture and values are transparent, so why aren’t your salaries?

  01-04-2019 16:42
  Research shows that huge disparities in pay exist along race and gender lines and that when employees know their pay relative to others, they perform at higher levels. In spite of this, pay gaps persist and have stabilized over the past 15 years. In fact, a study by Hired of tech workers found that men are offered more money for the same role as women 60 percent of the time.  As April 2 is Equal Pay Day, it’s time for technology leaders to take another look at how they’re addre
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Defining the role of the business analyst

  01-04-2019 15:24
  The business analyst role is one that seems to be considered both old and new in the same sentence. Often labeled as an information technology role or technically focused, this role has seen rebirth in recent years. And yet many people are also asking in various industries if the role is a dead-end. By definition, the role of the business analyst is actually one that is assigned to anyone who performs business analysis work. Not exactly a revelation of a job description. But all this discussion
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Intelligently cutting run-the-business expenditure

  01-04-2019 14:42
  Organizations that want to transform need to skillfully reduce existing run-the-business expenditure and shift these funds into tangible innovation or making the improvements needed to support the company’s innovation goals. This is a big ask for CIOs and their IT organizations. For this reason, it was time to get the CIOs perspective on cutting run-the-business expenditure.What percentage of IT spend should be optimally be spent on run-the-business versus changing-the-business?
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• Essential practices of successful agile teams

  01-04-2019 12:00
  Glenn Di Biasi is moving his IT teams at New York University to agile, implementing practices such as rapid application development, Scrum sessions and daily standup meetings.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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