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  • Gartner: The top 5 personal technologies empowering digital business transformation

    Innovations in personal technology present opportunity — and risk — for enterprises, Gartner's Annette Jump writes.

    Annette Jump • June 10, 2019
  • Why you should study AI, ML and how I did it

    Machine learning really is just math. And relatively simple math at that, writes Risto Siilasmaa, chairman of the board of directors at Nokia Corporation. 

    Risto Siilasmaa • June 3, 2019
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    The CIO's view: Critical strategies for winning the security arms race

    Securing the modern business is a relentless pursuit and can sometimes feel impossible as the pace of threats seem to accelerate every day, Signify's CIO writes.

    Kurt De Ruwe • May 28, 2019
  • The true impact of GDPR is emerging now

    Businesses need the ability to easily trace data lineage if organizations hope to survive any kind of audit, Snowflake's Kent Graziano writes. 

    Kent Graziano • May 20, 2019
  • 4 keys to managing an information governance program

    Executive sponsorship and executive leadership are very different, writes Aaron Bryant, chief information governance officer at Washington State Department of Health.

    Aaron Bryant • May 13, 2019
  • The CIO's hack to staying ahead

    Fending off disruption requires shifts in the CIO role, digital transformation planning and a committed focus on the new currency of business — data. 

    Neil Kinson • May 6, 2019
  • Mistakes to avoid when bringing new IT leaders into an organization

    With steep (and rising) acquisition costs and a short tenure, companies must create an environment that allows technology leaders to hit the ground running, writes A.T. Kearney's Joshua Swartz. 

    Joshua Swartz • April 29, 2019
  • Rightsizing data science: How to architect analytics around the business need

    The growing wave of big data applications and activities, along with plenty of media hype and publicity, can supercharge the expectations and demands of business leaders.

    Wes Chaa​r • April 9, 2019
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    Sorting through the hype: How to get started with DevSecOps

    "DevSecWhat?" The methodology, which integrates security into the full application lifecycle, represents a massive process and cultural shift.

    Nitzan Miron • March 25, 2019
  • How Microsoft is reclaiming its crown

    Moving beyond the company's most profitable and reliable basket, Windows, gave the company a fresh slate to innovate and unlock growth opportunities that may have been hiding there all along.

    Nis Frome • March 18, 2019
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    Gartner's top 10 security projects for 2019

    Security teams incorrectly assume they can successfully implement projects without first verifying that they have foundational security capabilities and risk assessments in place. 

    Brian Reed • March 11, 2019
  • Adoption of ecosystem thinking integrates emerging technologies

    Coming out of CES 2019, Gartner provides insights on how shifts in consumer technologies are impacting IT decision-makers.

    Paul DeBeasi, Mark Hung, Michael Ramsey • Jan. 22, 2019
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    It'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. 

    Ben Lamm • Jan. 14, 2019
  • What 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.

    Derek Hutson • Jan. 7, 2019
  • The top 3 things CIOs lose sleep over

    Being a CIO is a challenge in today's business climate, especially with the number of expectations and burdens we must shoulder, writes Talend CIO Eric Johnson.

    Eric Johnson • Jan. 2, 2019
  • How to solve the 'hidden layers of data' problem at the heart of GDPR compliance

    From a technology perspective, the biggest challenges companies face is building the capabilities needed to meet the GDPR’s "right to be forgotten" clause.

    Matt Glickman • Dec. 17, 2018
  • Don't let vendors put customers — and a business's reputation — at risk

    In addition to security and data protection demands, organizations must be vigilant about how third-party service providers approach these obligations.

    Steve Richardson • Dec. 10, 2018
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    Blockchain fact vs. fiction: A reality check for businesses

    Blockchain is perhaps the most overhyped and perplexing of the interconnected, transformational technologies for enterprises. 

    Maciej Kranz • Dec. 3, 2018
  • Women in tech: Stop seeking mentors and start searching for sponsors

    Although women have made many inroads to crack the glass ceiling, men can and should play an integral role in helping advance women's careers, writes Julie Cullivan, CIO and SVP, Business Operations, ForeScout Technologies.

    Julie Cullivan • Nov. 19, 2018
  • 5 warning signs to look for in a predictive analytics program

    The complexity of predictive programs puts them at greater risk for failure than success. 

    Matthew Honaker • Nov. 12, 2018
  • Do we really need another acronym? The case for 'ERPaaS'

    The theory is big hardware and software vendors are able to leverage economies of scale that organizations just can't match. 

    Shawn Stamp • Oct. 29, 2018
  • How to combat departing employee-induced data loss

    The unfortunate reality is that employee-induced data loss can never be entirely prevented, so it's imperative that organizations backup their data and recover it quickly.

    Brian Rutledge • Oct. 22, 2018
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    Corporate 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?

    Katherine Kisovec • Oct. 15, 2018
  • Are businesses prepared for the voice revolution?

    Voice interfaces are becoming more important to business — but enterprises should not expect that adapting to voice will be like adapting to mobile. 

    Anant Jhingran and Michael Endler • Oct. 8, 2018
  • Making high availability more cost-effective in the cloud

    Provisioning resources for high availability in a way that does not sacrifice security or performance has never been easy or cheap. 

    David Bermingham • Oct. 1, 2018