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No, Data Is NOT The New Oil

CTOvision

In our many travels, conferences, speaking engagements, and other interactions with customers, technology vendors, press and others, we seem to often hear the same refrain: “Data is the new oil” as if that’s supposed to mean something profound. The first time we heard this expression (many years ago, we should add), it was an interesting […].

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Running IT as a Busines Partner with Transparency

Future of CIO

Nowadays, IT needs to work both in the business and on the business. IT transformation means rationalizing current IT department and planning to partner with the business to provide tailored services and solutions in new ways. The CIO's leadership penetration is about the depth of IT expertise and the breadth of enterprise knowledge upon understanding business as a whole.

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Atoms Get Their Revenge At The Intelligent Edge

Forrester IT

My colleagues J.P. Gownder, Craig Le Clair, and I just published the results of a year-long study to answer the question “What happens when digital business systems and physical-world processes come together?” The answer: Atoms get their revenge. By that we mean that so much of our attention has been focused on digital business over […].

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How To Measure Employee Engagement : 6 Most Effective Ways

Kitaboo

Every organization strives to create a healthy work environment in order to increase employee engagement. As it is widely believed that employee engagement and organizational growth are close interrelated to each other, organizational heads want to keep the engagement levels high at all times. In order to achieve this, employers deploy various employee engagement strategies.

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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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How Far? The Line Between Compassionate Care and Ruthless Efficiency

CTOvision

I recently read with horror and empathy several articles about a man who was told by a video linked “robot” doctor that he was going to die. We lived through a similar experience just one week ago. My son-in-law, dying from stage IV cancer, was subjected to a similar robotic doctor in Inova Loudoun […].

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Speed up Windows 10 Upgrade Process – Task Sequence Vs. Servicing

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. IT is focusing on different ways to speed up Windows 10 upgrade process. As we all know installation time is a critical parameter in the Windows 10 feature upgrade process. Hopefully, you will learn an easy way to speed up Windows 10 upgrade process from this post. NOTE!

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Scaling agile? Five important considerations to get it right

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile is not a cookie cutter framework or set of practices. I’ve been a part of large number of agile organizations some as CTO, some as CIO, and now as President of StarCIO. Although I’ve reapplied similar agile practices across multiple organizations and teams, none were implemented the exact same way. Agile can’t be baked into a one size fits most framework.

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How SMBs can bolster cybersecurity efforts

CTOvision

Keeping current with cyber threats is an imposing logistics problem facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)—cybercriminals are constantly changing their tactics. If something stops working or fails to provide sufficient return for their effort, the bad guys move on. That may work well for the criminal element, but how are those in charge of cybersecurity […].

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Exec: How SDN, SD-WAN, security fit in VMware's strategy

Network World

It has been just 10 months since Tom Gillis became VMware 's senior vice president and general manager of its networking and security business, and in that time he has overseen some major changes in the company’s core products. Most recent is a milestone release of the company’s NSX-T Data Center software, making it VMware’s primary networking platform for organizations looking to support multivendor cloud-native applications, bare-metal workloads as well as the growing hybrid and multi-cloud wo

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“Alexa, Did Any Of My Clients Add Cash Last Week?”

Forrester IT

Mobile technologies, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics at firms such as Amazon, Netflix, and Pandora anticipate customer needs and improve customers’ daily lives. These firms are setting new standards for personalized experiences, creating the expectation that any information, product, or service will be available in context in their moment of need to manage their personal […].

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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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Windows 10 Azure AD Join Manual Process – CYOD

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I’ve explained the manual process of Windows 10 Intune enrollment for BYOD scenario. In the post, you will how to manually join Windows 10 1809 device to Azure AD. Yes, you can perform Windows 10 Azure AD join manually. Helpful Post – Learn Intune Device Management (Intune Starter Kit)?

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Mark Your Calendar Now For 24-26 June 2019 AI World Government Conference

CTOvision

If you are in government or are in a position to help the government make the most of Artificial Intelligence please mark your calendar now for the 24-26 June 2019 AI World Government conference, which will be held at the Reagan Center in DC. This event is being sponsored by OODA, with both CTOvision and […].

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Amazon Aurora ascendant: How we designed a cloud-native relational database

All Things Distributed

Relational databases have been around for a long time. The relational model of data was pioneered back in the 1970s by E.F. Codd. The core technologies underpinning the major relational database management systems of today were developed in the 1980–1990s. Relational database fundamentals, including data relationships, ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) transactions, and the SQL query language, have stood the test of time.

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Choosing The Right NoSQL Product

Forrester IT

NoSQL is more than a decade old! Only a few years ago we were talking about how NoSQL was still maturing and its ecosystem still evolving. Today, NoSQL is used by more than half of large companies around the globe to support all kinds of workloads. Companies like its flexible, schemaless model, portability and lower […].

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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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Software-defined perimeter brings trusted access to multi-cloud applications, network resources

Network World

Many companies today have a hybrid approach to their networking and IT infrastructure. Some elements remain in an on-premise data center, while other portions have gone to the cloud and even to multi-cloud. As a result, the network perimeter is permeable and elastic. This complicates access requirements at a time when it’s more important than ever to enable accessibility while preventing unauthorized access to applications and data.

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How One Cloud Storage Platform Protects Itself and Its Nearly 50 Million Users

CTOvision

In the age of cybercrime, cloud storage providers are facing more pressure than ever to preempt data breaches – or risk becoming the next big headline. Since 2013, over 14.6 billion records have been stolen (that’s almost 7 million per day, and 81 per second) – which goes to show, it’s no longer “if” an […].

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Amazon Aurora ascendant: How we designed a cloud-native relational database

All Things Distributed

Relational databases have been around for a long time. The relational model of data was pioneered back in the 1970s by E.F. Codd. The core technologies underpinning the major relational database management systems of today were developed in the 1980–1990s. Relational database fundamentals, including data relationships, ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) transactions, and the SQL query language, have stood the test of time.

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The Insights Beat: Future-Proof Your Insights Capability

Forrester IT

Last month, our featured research focused on building the foundation of an insights-driven business. This month, it’s time to start renovating, quickly. While every house needs a strong foundation, you also need to know when to start renovating to future-proof its value. Three ways to future-proof your insights capabilities? Commercialize data, adopt a cloud-enabled data […].

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Customer Experience: A Company's Most Important Battleground

Information Week

Tthe last century way of doing customer experience is outdated. The emergence of new technologies calls for the adoption of new processes.

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Learn Things Your Competitors Don’t Want You To Know at OODAloop

CTOvision

The membership network at OODAloop.com provides actionable insights you can use to inform better decisions and to execute actions that will help you win in the modern marketplace. Members receive access to research and analysis, special reports and early insights into shifting trends the modern executive needs to track. Learn more about OODA network resources […].

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The Role of the CIO in Digital Transformation - Live blogging #CIOChat

Social, Agile and Transformation

My notes from Stephanie Woerner of MIT CISR at today's #CIOChatLive forum at Boston College talking about what is digital transformation, paths to get there, and the role of the CIO. It was a great talk with many examples and worth reviewing the actual research. require(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":"mc.us14.list-manage.com","uuid":"786c41758ef1858a45a739f3e".

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

There Is A Tech Talent Gap. No Wait, There Isn’t Tech talent continues to be one of the most common debates in the industry today. Conventional wisdom says that there is a critical imbalance in supply/demand, and data showing that there could be more than 1 million computer programming jobs unfilled by […].

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Security Breech At The SEC Causes A Headache For Their CIO

The Accidental Successful CIO

The SEC Wants To Check On Every Trade – Is This Safe To Do? Image Credit: Philip McMaster. Let’s face it, when it comes to money, people can quickly become very greedy. When you take a look at institutions like the American stock market, the potential for people to do a large number of things that they really should not do becomes very large. In order to keep things under control and make sure that everyone behaves themselves, the government created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Blockchain vs. a database: What’s the difference?

CTOvision

Blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been touted as the answer for just about every transactional issue facing the world today – from payment processing and supply chain tracking to digital identities and copyright protection. Databases, however, have been serving those same use cases for decades. They record how much money is in a bank account, […].

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There's No Tech Silver Bullet for Digital Transformation

Information Week

There are four common traits of executives and organizations that will be successful with digital transformation.

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The Security Snapshot: Cybersecurity And Privacy In 2019 — Prepare For The New; Protect The Established

Forrester IT

Introducing our new monthly blog series, “The Security Snapshot,” which will curate and highlight key pieces of research from the security and risk (S&R) team. Last week at RSA Conference, vendors and security professionals discussed the newest cybersecurity innovations, the future of the industry, and some much-needed improvements. To start off the conference, Microsoft and […].

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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How to Identify the Best eBook Conversion Services

Kitaboo

Ever since the education sector introduced eBooks in classrooms for K-12 and higher education students, they are in dire need of good quality courseware. The quality of courseware or an eBook isn’t just defined by the content within, but also by the way it is presented to the learners. Students require an eBook that captures their interest and engages them.

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6 Reasons Why We Haven’t Seen Full AI Adoption

CTOvision

Read Daniel Newman take a look at the reasons behind lack of artificial intelligence adoption by tech companies on Forbes : On one hand, we know AI is the future of business. After all, manpower simply isn’t fast enough to keep up with the pace of consumer demand. That said, there’s a big difference between […].

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Windows 10 Intune Enrollment Process BYOD Scenario

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I have noticed that the manual Intune enrollment flow is changed a lot. It’s a different experience for end users when they are manually enrolling their personal Windows 10 devices to Intune. In this post, you will be able to learn the Windows 10 Intune enrollment Process (manual).

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Choose The Right Enterprise Architecture Management Tool Using Forrester’s Latest EAMS Wave™

Forrester IT

Today’s enterprise architecture (EA) practices are relevant because they enable a firm’s customer-led and digital transformations. As more traditional EA use cases become commoditized, vendors that provide strong use cases that are vital to transformations will emerge as the leaders.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.