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• BrandPost: The Three Pillars of Mobile Digital Transformation

  16-04-2019 15:26
  Overall security, solution breadth, and user-friendly management capabilities are the three pillars of digital transformation, according to Phil Hochmuth, Program Director for Enterprise Mobility at IDC. In a series of whitepapers sponsored by Google, Hochmuth details how Android is a strategic platform for enterprises to digitally transform their corporate workforces, key operational functions and tasks, and core business models with pervasive mobile technology.To read this article in full, pl
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How CIOs can get truly strategic...and why that matters

  16-04-2019 15:15
  CIOs are critical to success at organizational modernization and transformation. However, before CIOs become what Deloitte labeled “business co-creators” or “change instigators,” CIOs must first become strategic. What is involved in doing so? I asked the weekly #CIOChat group for their insights.What percentage of a CIOs time should be invested in strategy discussions?
  As you’d expect, answers vary. Some CIOs simply say as much time as it takes. One CIO volunteered
  
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• BrandPost: Some things are just better together. Even in IT.

  16-04-2019 14:45
  Ever try giving a kid some broccoli just to watch him quickly push the plate away? But, add cheese on top and suddenly broccoli becomes fantastic to them. The same holds true for peanut butter and jelly, fish and chips or whatever you prefer. Some things are simply better together than on their own. The same thought applies to IT solutions. I know it’s a stretch going from food to IT but stick with me as I explain.Organizations can’t afford to sustain any data lossIDC determined the
  
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• Top 15 data science professional development certificates

  16-04-2019 12:00
  A poll from Gallup for the Business-Higher Education Forum shows that by 2021, 69 percent of employers expect to give preference to candidates with data science and analytics skills. However, the same report also revealed that only 23 percent of colleges and universities expect to graduate students with those skills in the next few years. That gap may eventually close, but it will take time that businesses don’t have. They’re eager to hire now so they can capitalize on data, with po
  
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• Succeeding in the era of shared project oversight

  16-04-2019 12:00
  A life sciences company needed a new project lifecycle management system for the maintenance of one of its products. It seemed important to involve all stakeholders, so a cross-functional steering committee was formed. It included the top leaders from IT, engineering, quality, and operations. All four functions had equal ownership of the project.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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