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Silicon Valley's next dynamic duo: Edge computing and cloud
Edge computing needs the centralization and scale of cloud, and cloud needs the physical touchpoint of edge, according to Ed Anderson, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner.
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For The New York Times, a shifting model redefines the CIO role
The 'Gray Lady' reshaped its technical paradigm when it moved to a digital operation. That process is continuing.
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How Ginni Rometty is positioning IBM to play a role in customers' future
There's a lot to be learned from a company in transition. After almost seven years at the helm of IBM, Rometty shared takeaways at the Gartner Symposium.
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Bridging the gap between DevOps and IT Infrastructure Library
With the emergence of DevOps and after eight years without an update, some think ITIL has finally outlived its value.
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6 charts take the confusion out of Kubernetes
Containers are an increasingly popular tool for businesses to provision workloads on the cloud and maximize resources.
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Why security teams are last to adopt the cloud
"Perimeters are dissolving," and people are beginning to ask why they need firewall on their network when it can be in the cloud.
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Digital tech was a 'shiny object' — now it enables IT value creation, Kimberly-Clark CIO says
To help execute change and spark ideas, Suja Chandrasekaran whiteboards with her presidents, involving them in creative processes rather than presenting ideas to them.
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'Welcome to what's next': Intrigue and anxiety await business tech
Business technology relies on more than digital transformation, a phrase that is ubiquitous and does little to define what organizations are trying to accomplish.
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MIT plans $1B computing college, AI research effort
A $350 million gift from private equity firm Blackstone's CEO kicks off the effort as more colleges look to the private sector for research support.
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Deep DiveModern-day bank robbing: How hackers are becoming public enemy No. 1
The internet is the getaway car and malware is the firearm.
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Facebook attackers accessed personal data of 29M users in breach
The breach of tens of millions of users' personal information is a huge bump in the road for a company that has been grappling with user trust and privacy issues this year.
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OpinionCorporate culture: The unexpected component for digital transformation
A year in, some companies find digital transformation projects are stalled or scaled back; over budget and behind schedule; or canceled all together. Was the corporate culture ready?
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Google: Powering data centers with clean energy 24/7 'no easy feat'
The company is already the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the world, but a new white paper shows how difficult it will be to eliminate all emissions from its footprint.
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Online cybersecurity training propels students into industry jobs
More affordable for students, online training programs like Cybrary focus on real-world applications and can help workers expand their existing knowledge base or pivot careers entirely.
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The delicate art of the data lake
In an ideal world, a data lake should keep data in a way that makes it readily available. That's why the tools put into the lake are so important. Otherwise, it's just a blob.
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Los Angeles to expand cybersecurity lab
Bolstered by a $3 million federal grant, the city will expand the capabilities of a public-private partnership to protect against cyberattacks.
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Christie's to auction off O'Keefe, Pollock with the help of blockchain
Earlier in the year, Christie's incorporated panels on blockchain technology at its Art+Tech Summit to explore opportunity for the ledger tech in the art world.
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Google+ resurrected from consumer ashes for the enterprise
Google is emerging as a competitor in the enterprise communication space, setting itself up for the G Suite version of Microsoft Teams.
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Companies placing AI on hold in favor of tech refresh for 2019
The stagnant or stalled growth of hyped technologies like AI comes down to a slew of reasons but one of them is an unrealistic expectation in the hype.
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Report: AWS inks $1B in deals, expanding existing partnerships with Symantec, SAP
Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud infrastructure and platforms market, Microsoft, reportedly vied for the Symantec deal as well, based off a memo reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Microsoft makes 60K patents open source to protect Linux
Open sourcing so many patents will free the company and Linux from entanglement in lawsuits with patent trolls.
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Ocean Spray's CIO not bogged by tradition, moves IT out of the 'back office'
If a CIO can run with an experiment and afterward present real feedback and impact, it could change the conversation.
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Moody's hires financial industry veteran as new CIO
Mona Breed will take a top spot in Moody's C-suite, reporting directly to the CEO as she oversees global technology infrastructure and programs.
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Workplace brings safety alert system from social site to the enterprise
Facebook's Safety Check attempts to contact unaccounted-for employees.
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Business continuity planning proves crucial for disaster recovery
The cost per record hit in data breaches is rising, but businesses with continuity plans in place can reduce escalating costs of an incident.
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