The Accidental Successful CIO

APRIL 4, 2018

Alibaba is creating a new training program for some of their employees. Image Credit: Andy Mitchell. If there is one task that we have to do a good job at as the person with the CIO job, it’s bringing new people onboard. Sure, we can do a good job of recruiting and we can land the best and the brightest new talent, but if we don’t do a good job of bringing them in and introducing them to the company than how long do you think that they are going to hang around?

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Forrester IT

APRIL 3, 2018

Like a football team captain at a junior high dance, Amazon just sauntered up to a big group of people and started dropping hints about its sweet moves on the dance floor. Okay, that’s not exactly what’s happening here, but it sure felt like that to many bank executives who heard the […].

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CTOvision

MARCH 31, 2018

None of us wanted this cyber war. But now that it is here all of us are targets. Even before the cyber war we were being overwhelmed with data. The average citizen is surrounded with information from TV, radio, entertainment, the Internet, social media, co-workers, neighbors, family, schools, the government as well as old sources […].

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Anoop

APRIL 4, 2018

Third party patching is one of the top voted SCCM/ConfigMgr User voice item here. This proves that the 3rd party application patching is the most tedious activity for SCCM admins. SCCM CB 1802 production release has an option to create group policies on the client machine to enable the 3rd party software update/patching. This first steps to […].

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Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 2, 2018

If you missed my appearance on CXO Talk on Friday, here is your chance to catch up! Thanks to Michael Kringsman for having me on the show! We covered a lot of ground in forty five minutes on how the role of the CIO and technology organizations has changed over the last few years and why it will continue to change. Watch the video here and learn answers to several questions on leading.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 5, 2018

Today I’m on stage in New York speaking to hundreds of marketing executives at our Consumer Marketing Forum 2018. I’m there to unveil the 2018 US Benchmark Data Overview, which for the first time ever we are making available to all Forrester clients. See the report here: The Consumer Tech Stack. The research is exciting. […].

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Network World

APRIL 5, 2018

Traditional networking architectures over the past two decades or so prescribe that the hub of the network be build around a specific location, such as a data center or a company’s headquarters building. This location houses most of the equipment for compute, storage, communications, and security, and this is where enterprise applications are traditionally hosted.

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Anoop

APRIL 3, 2018

Microsoft released the latest version of SCCM CB 1802 in the fast ring. I recommend reading more about the latest production version of SCCM CB 1802 and step by step upgrade guide to get more details. Also, I believe SCCM CB 1802 helps organizations to keep their infra neat and clean with new management insight […]. The post Video Review of SCCM CB 1802 New Features appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 5, 2018

As China battles the US for global digital leadership, Chinese digital giants like Alibaba and Tencent are taking the first beachhead: Southeast Asia (SEA). My latest report, Walled Garden No More: Digital China Goes Global, tells how China’s global digital expansion is changing the digital ecosystems in SEA and how marketers should prepare for success. […].

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CTOvision

MARCH 31, 2018

No matter what the business, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to have an impact. It is changing the way consumers consume, changing the way companies create and changing the way industries create value. C-suite executives and members of boards are rightly concerned with assessing what about AI they should accelerate into their companies and what […].

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They say a defense can be measured by its weakest link. In your cybersecurity posture, what––or who––is the weakest link? And how can you make them stronger? This webinar will equip you with the resources to search for quality training, implement it, and improve the cyber-behaviors of your workforce. By the end of the hour, you will feel empowered to improve the aspects of your security posture you control the least – the situational awareness and decision-making of your workforce.

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Network World

APRIL 4, 2018

IoT security is about the farthest thing from a laughing matter in the world of technology today, threatening global trade, privacy and the basic infrastructure of modern society. So you could be forgiven for being taken aback that the newest defender of vulnerable systems against bad actors looks a little like Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit.

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Mick's IT Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

While building out the Windows 10 reference image task sequence, it dawned on me that I should be making sure the latest Dell Application Component Updates are installed. Since this is a reference image, the system drivers being up-to-date is not essential to me because they will be stripped during the Sysprep process. I devised this one-liner that can be implemented as a command line task sequence to check for the latest application component updates only.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 6, 2018

I just had the pleasure of attending a Forrester Leadership Boards workshop followed by our Consumer Marketing Forum in New York City. As usual, data challenges remain top of mind for most marketers – siloed data, dirty data, inaccessible data… the usual suspects. However, there was also a data manifestation of an age old organizational […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 3, 2018

All the facts are not in regarding the attack announced by the US natural gas pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners (operator of over 71,000 miles of pipeline). But we do know that operations were affected by the attack and that the attack was against its back office systems in charge of orders, shipping, billing. Operations […].

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Anoop

APRIL 2, 2018

We don’t like red alerts in SCCM monitoring nodes especially related critical site Component status. We can reset the SCCM site status message count on any component or site system to remove the red alerts from console. I won’t recommend the reset of SCCM component or site system summarizer counter. Instead, you need to check […]. The post Reset SCCM CB Critical Site Component Status Summarizer Counter appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop

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Dataconomy

APRIL 6, 2018

Data science has taken an enormous stride forward in a relatively brief period of time. The field of data analytics, specifically, has widened with the integration of computer technology, and more recently with the use of machine learning and AI algorithms. The field is now a major component for several. The post Blockchain is the Great Equalizer for Predictive Analytics appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 5, 2018

The world is changing and with it, consumers’ expectations of experiences and communication from brands. The paradigm for customer engagement is shifting from large, monolithic experiences that serve everyone to smaller, more contextual experiences served to consumers in just the moment they need them. Marketers must adopt the right strategy, operational best practices and technology […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 2, 2018

Planning, deploying and operating a cybersecurity architecture is a difficult because it requires understanding so many different disciplines. The key to having a functional security architecture is integrating identity, access control, endpoint protection and file encryption systems together (across data center and cloud environments). The importance of getting everything right is even more critical with […].

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Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2018

Last week I announced my departure from VMware , and my intention to step away from VMware’s products and platforms to focus on a new technology area moving forward. Today marks the “official” start of a journey that’s been building for a couple years, a journey that will take me into a future that’s containerized. That journey starts in Seattle, Washington.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 4, 2018

In the field of data, ease of access and portability are becoming increasingly important. Businesses need to utilize data to remain competitive; meaning, they must have quick, real-time access to their data. Now more than ever, accessing this data can mean the difference between competition being one step ahead or. The post Frictionless Data: Why Ease and Portability Are More Important Than Ever appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 6, 2018

At its AWS Summit in San Francisco this week, Amazon Web Services announced a series of new services and GA’d a few from Re:Invent but the theme coming out at the conference was clearly on broadening its ability to accelerate your organization’s digital innovation strategy. While the core of this theme has been a key focus of AWS since its […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 5, 2018

The Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus was launched in May 2017 by Congressman John Delaney of Maryland. It is co-chaired by Congressman Pete Olson of Texas. The goal of the caucus is to inform policymakers of the technological, economic and social impacts of advances in AI and to ensure that rapid innovation in AI and related […].

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 6, 2018

Have you heard about the new CLOUD Act data regulation? Have you heard about the new CLOUD Act data regulation? The new CLOUD Act data regulation became law as part of the recent $1.3 Trillion (USD) omnibus U.S. government budget spending bill passed by Congress on March 23, 2018 and signed by President of the […] The post Have you heard about the new CLOUD Act data regulation?

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

Summary: The demand for enterprise mobile apps is growing. New trends are emerging that offer significant opportunities to businesses who jump on board. What are these trends and what areas should you watch in 2018? In this article, we explore 7 enterprise mobile app trends you can’t ignore this year. photo credit: FirmBee via pixabay cc There’s a growing gap between mobile usage and enterprise mobile app development over the last few years.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 6, 2018

March Madness may not be a stranger to many of you, but it is for me. Well, it was until my colleagues Matthew Flug and Caitlin Wall, shared something unique about this year’s competition. Pizza brand Little Caesar’s stated if a 16-seed team beat a number 1-seed team (this hasn’t happened in the history of […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 5, 2018

Note: I've been asked to post this from a reader that asked to remain anonymous but would like to inject some thoughts into our dialog here. This is the third in this series (the first was here and the second here). If you have thoughts you would like to insert into the discussion feel free […].

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 2, 2018

Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR It’s time for Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR Start Date. The annual March 31 world backup day focus has come and gone once again. However, that does not mean data protection including backup as well as recovery along with security […] The post Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Future of CIO

APRIL 6, 2018

Today, at the hyperconnected business ecosystem, innovation can happen anywhere, anytime, it expands both horizontally and vertically Digital innovation today has much broader spectrum and greater impact on business success. However, innovation is still the serendipity for most of the organizations. They fumble in the dark, hard to reach the innovation light.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 5, 2018

The world is changing and with it, consumers’ expectations of experiences and communication from brands. The paradigm for customer engagement is shifting from large, monolithic experiences that serve everyone to smaller, more contextual experiences served to consumers in just the moment they need them. Marketers must adopt the right strategy, operational best practices and technology […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 4, 2018

Systems and site reliability engineers, architects, and application developers must create new strategies to meet industry shifts and their constraints. James Turnbull and Ines Sombra look at the changes in two different but overlapping spheres: changes to technology and changes to methodology in this succinct articulation: The evolution of systems requires an evolution of systems […].

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