February, 2017

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DevOps, No Longer Just For “Unicorns”

Forrester IT

The born-digital "unicorn" companies such as Etsy, Google and Netflix, are pioneers of modern DevOps, but BT leaders at companies of all ages, sizes, and types are now eagerly pursuing the same principles. [i] The pressure for speed and quality is DevOps becoming pivotal for all organizations. For example, KeyBank are leveraging DevOps to quickly deliver business new customer capability using streamlined coordination between application development and operations.

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Transition for One of The Nation’s Greatest Enterprise CTOs: Dave Mihelcic Retires From DISA

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Editor's note: Dave Mihelcic has been a leader, mentor and friend to thousands, including me. I wish him the very best in his transition from government service. It was great to see how DISA honored him with with a farewell release on their site. Find and follow Dave on LinkedIn here. -bg. The following is from: DISA CTO Retirement . Chief technology officer to retire after 31 years of government service.

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Global public cloud spend to soar by 25% this year, says IDC

Computer Weekly

Market watcher’s latest public cloud market forecast highlights growing demand for off-premise services across the globe

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How to Get a Data Center Job at Google

Data Center Knowledge

Expertise is important, but it’s not your biggest strength Read More.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Five Keys for Easier ERP Deployments

IT Toolbox

Don’t panic. That might be the famous advice from the Douglas Adams series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , but it also is words of wisdom for those entrusted with deploying a new ERP system for their business.

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Five ways to align digital transformation with data-driven practices

Social, Agile and Transformation

Let's examine a couple of ways you can align two transformation programs to achieve complementary and reinforcing results. Your digital transformation program has a number of initiatives that enable new markets, develop new products, and should be targeting an overall improvement in customer experiences. You may have a separate program aimed at enabling the data driven organization that.

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5 Cybersecurity Need-to-Knows When Preventing Expensive Data Breaches

CTOvision

Carol M. Evenson. Security breaches can happen to any organization. As more and more companies utilize mobile technology to access and connect with resources the threat of a security breach increases exponentially. Cybersecurity experts predict that the security threats will only increase as cyber criminals become more sophisticated in their attacks.

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Yahoo takes $350m cut on deal with Verizon after security breaches

Computer Weekly

Ending months of speculation, Verizon has announced a revised deal for acquiring Yahoo’s core business that is $350m less than the original due to revelations of two major data breaches

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Switch Launches Its First Enormous Reno Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

Tahoe Reno 1 is 1.3M square feet large and supports up to 130 MW of power Read More.

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4 Tips for Securing Your VoIP Environment

IT Toolbox

Voice over IP (VoIP) can be a major boon to businesses. It’s cost-effective, provides flexibility for growth, and offers a variety of helpful features that boost productivity.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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I infected my Windows computer with ransomware to test RansomFree's protection

Tech Republic Security

Jesus Vigo went hands-on with RansomFree to see if it could outmaneuver ransomware threats and keep data safe. Here's a look at what he discovered.

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Get ready for Business Intelligence market next wave of M&A

Forrester IT

Business intelligence (BI) is a runaway locomotive that keeps picking up speed in terms of enterprise interest, adoption, and spending levels. The result: Forrester now tracks 73(!) vendors in the segment. Their architectures and user interfaces vary, but they support similar use cases. Forrester started the original research with fewer than 30 vendors in 2014 and ended up with 73 in the current 2017 update.

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Cyber Security Skills Businesses Will Look For in 2017

CTOvision

Rick Delgado. The coming year brings new opportunities for businesses to grow and develop with the latest data tools, but with this advancement comes a series of risks and downfalls. Cyber security is a more pressing issue than ever, with hackers and cyber terrorists advancing all the time. That’s why 2017 calls for experts with the most-needed set of skills, to ensure businesses can continue driving towards success without being taken down by a breach.

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Companies partner with CA Technologies to encourage kids into Stem

Computer Weekly

Mars, GSK and Deutsche Bank help CA Technologies with its Step into Stem event designed to encourage young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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 Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

Using AI, Google was able to reduce its total data center power consumption by 15 percent, which will save the company hundreds of millions of dollars over the next several years. Read More.

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5 VoIP Features That Increase Customer Satisfaction

IT Toolbox

Success in business is heavily reliant on providing great customer service. Even the slightest edge over your competitors in this regard can be the key to growth and continuing success.

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IBM uses Watson to fill cybersecurity gaps

Tech Republic Security

IBM's new Watson for Cyber Security, unveiled at RSA, can tap into more than 1 million security documents to help cybersecurity professionals more easily identify and mitigate potential threats.

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This Valentine’s Day, Pause and Appreciate Flower Logistics.

Forrester IT

Over the past few days, Boston has been slammed by multiple snow storms. This causes challenges for my pending flight to San Jose, but another deadline looms: some roses might not be able to make it to Boston on time for Valentine's Day. Only someone deeply concerned with Supply Chain and Logistics worries about delivery time on Valentine's Day.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Generative Adversary Networks: A very exciting development in Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. For years there has been a growing concern that many forms of machine learning are actually easier to deceive than they should be (and there is good reason to be concerned, for background on why see the paper recommended to me by my friend Lewis Shepherd: " Deep Neural Networks are Easily Fooled "). Many of us have also raised concerns about the current security frameworks around Artificial Intelligence (there are none!

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At IBM’s Watson lab, customers marry the power of AI with the IoT

Computer Weekly

IBM formally inaugurated its Watson Internet of Things headquarters in Munich, Germany in February, and Computer Weekly went to meet the customers and partners who are using Watson AI to deliver on the promise of the IoT

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A Cloud for the Artificial Mind: This Data Center is Designed for Deep Learning

Data Center Knowledge

As deep learning proliferates, companies search for the best infrastructure strategy Read More.

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Five AI Initiatives that Improve ERP

IT Toolbox

This marriage has been a long time in coming, but finally we’re here. Enterprise resource planning has always been about managing a large set of variables and using the data for better forecasting, resource allocation and efficiencies. The problem with ERP has been complexity and fully utilizing the data, however.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Free charging stations can hack your phone, here's how to protect yourself

Tech Republic Security

A recent experiment conducted by security company Authentic8 showed how lax some users are regarding their phone data. Here's how to practice good security when you need to charge.

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The Business Case For Digital Transformation

Forrester IT

Photo: Rebecca Minkoff. Digital transformation investments are ultimately about business survival through disruption. Such investments have a direct impact on customer expectations and go beyond the traditional ROI. The business case for such disruptive investments is the focus of my upcoming report, Build Your Digital Transformation Business Case Around The Customer And Revenue Growth.

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Record-Breaking Launch of 88 Satellites by Planet: Is there any doubt in your mind that your world is changing?

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Planet is designing, building and launching satellites faster than any company or government in history. They use commodity consumer electronics to build highly capable satellites at drastically lower costs. With the most advanced satellites launching into orbit every 3-4 months, their capabilities are on the cutting edge and always advancing.

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Starling Bank opens API with hackathon

Computer Weekly

Challenger bank Starling opens its API up to developers in hackathon at Google’s London Campus

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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Will the Submarine Cable Boom Drive More Revenue to Colos?

Data Center Knowledge

The way undersea cable capacity is priced and sold could accelerate enterprise adoption of multi-cloud IT architecture. Read More.

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6 Internet of Things companies to watch

Network World

Network World increasingly has been writing about companies transforming their businesses via the Internet of Things rather than just tracking the latest IoT vendor announcements. But after taking a spin through our ongoing and interactive startup funding timeline , we figured it was a good time to round up some of the latest startups to rein in venture capital for their IoT-related businesses.

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Five Revenue Opportunities from Intelligent ERP

IT Toolbox

What’s the next big thing in the evolution of ERP systems? Intelligence. Capturing and presenting business data is not enough, as any analytics or big data pundit will tell you. The data must yield outcomes, and that requires smarter applications than the monolithic ERP systems of yore.

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The 2017 Enterprise Architecture Awards: Driving The Customer-obsessed Digital Business

Forrester IT

Just about every company Forrester works with tells us they are driving to become Digital Businesses. But not just 'digital' as a technology imperative - they are investing in digital to dramatically change how they serve their customers - with target benefits rippling over to customer retention and acquisition. We call this focus Customer-obsessed Digital Business.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.