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Lowe's CEO tackles modernization starting with retail fundamentals
Marvin Ellison is calling Lowe's recent changes "a transformation and not a turnaround" because of its financial performance record.
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Retailers' murky data collection practices tarnish personalization efforts
Data creates a paradox: collect enough data to offer a seamless customer experience, but limit intake enough to avoid privacy concerns.
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OpinionIt's definitely too late for your digital transformation
The 88% of companies hanging out in the middle of their digital transformation journey are officially dead, writes Hypergiant Industries' Ben Lamm.
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Retailers push for hybrid cloud as staying on budget remains an industry strength
The retail industry has the second-strongest rate of hybrid cloud deployments, driven by application, traffic uptick and budget demands.
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Does Slack have enough brand recognition to follow Spotify's direct listing lead?
The direct listing would allow the open market to set the price of shares instead of underwriting it with banks and selling shares to arranged investors.
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How Kraft Heinz's CIO avoids getting lost in the shuffle of innovation
Francesco Tinto posed the question, "are we really changing the way we're operating, or just operating the same way and we just changed the technology?"
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Mondelez in $100M court battle with insurer over cyberattack-related damages
This case has the potential to set precedent for future cyberattack-related disputes with victims and their insurance providers.
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Top 2019 trends for IT decision makers
From software and cloud to security and leadership, these trends will shape business technology in the coming months.
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Wells Fargo fills new head of technology position to lead CTO, CISO
The financial services company expects technology expenses to reach $9 billion this year, a roughly 10% increase year-over-year, with around $800 million for cybersecurity.
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Cybersecurity hangs in the balance as government shutdown continues
Federal jobs deemed "essential" continue their work despite the shutdown, but the categorization has its limitations.
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Report: GDPR regulators digging into data brokers
In November, Privacy International urged regulators to investigate seven data brokers for GDPR violations, including Oracle, Equifax and Experian.
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38% of tech workers hurt by H-1B premium processing changes, Blind survey says
In recent years, tweaks to policy and rule changes have made it more difficult to file petitions or respond to requests for evidence.
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2019 trends: In tech, how work gets done upstages who does it
Companies determined to reinvent the wheel of technology adoption lose sight of adaptive methodologies and creative hires.
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Austin, Pittsburgh and Boston challenge West Coast tech dominance
Few cities with top rankings in professional opportunities and STEM-friendliness are also able to cinch high marks in quality of life indicators.
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AI without governance? Not recommended, IDC says
Creating policies not only mitigate risk and cost created by non-technical employees, it also sets the tone for a CIO's authority.
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2019 trends: The cloud journey is never complete
This year, even businesses well into a cloud migration will have to reassess what cloud computing means for their portfolios and near- and long-term strategies.
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IBM takes small — but steady — steps to quantum commercial viability
The new system features a 20-qubit processor with improved design for stability and reliability, according to IBM. But capabilities surpassing supercomputers will still demand qubit ranges closer to 100.
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Cloud vendors surpass $250B revenue 'milestone' in 2018
Scalability and flexibility are overshadowing cost savings as a reason for cloud adoption.
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2019 trends: Security limited to the perimeter offers minimal safety
And as more companies declare data as a company's most valuable asset, increased security initiatives closely follow.
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Could the rise of open source be the key to wider DevOps adoption?
Major acquisitions in the open source space have demonstrated the prominence of the collaborative software model, which can help inject best practices across an organization.
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Marriott's data breach hits fewer records than predicted, but brand is bruised
Despite scaled-back estimates of how many records were impacted, nearly 26 million passport numbers were compromised.
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OpinionWhat a world marathon record teaches us about software
Conventional wisdom says "don't go too fast." But with constant change an ever-present reality in today's business environment, adaptability and speed of execution are more important than waiting to make sure something is perfect.
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7 technology executives share New Year's resolutions and best practices
Brand, revenue and company morale are at the heart of business resolutions.
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Sponsored[Podcast] DevOps Explained
Welcome to DevOps Explained, a podcast that explores how DevOps is influencing the business and practice of software.
UPDATED: Jan. 8, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.
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Future tech forecast: AI, a new global order and the importance of planning
If last year was the year for awakening, 2019 could be a year of action for the responsible use of AI and investments in foundational technologies paying off.
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