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The Growing Security Priority for DevOps and Cloud Migration
How Analytics Helped Accenture's Pandemic Plans
FedEx CIO Rob Carter Shares His Experience, and IT Outlook
How to Eliminate Disruptive Technology's Risk
What Emoji Use at Work Can Tell Us About Team Dynamics
News & Commentary
Legality of Security Research to be Decided in US Supreme Court Case
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
News
A ruling that a police officer's personal use of a law enforcement database is "hacking" has security researchers worried for the future.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 9/9/2020
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Data Science: How the Pandemic Has Affected 10 Popular Jobs
Cynthia Harvey, Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek
News
Data science jobs aren't as plentiful as they used to be. Here's a snapshot of where average salaries and postings stand today.
By Cynthia Harvey Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek, 9/9/2020
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Why More Healthcare Providers are Moving to Public Cloud
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
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As the pandemic continues to test the limits of healthcare providers, the public cloud can support surge care capacity and ensure resilient technology infrastructure.
By Oleg Kucheryavenko, Cloud & Innovation Lead, Accenture Health , 9/9/2020
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Microsoft Fixes 129 Vulnerabilities for September's Patch Tuesday
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
This month's Patch Tuesday brought fixes for 23 critical vulnerabilities, including a notable flaw in Microsoft Exchange.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 9/8/2020
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AI Accountability: Proceed at Your Own Risk
John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
Commentary
A new report suggests that to improve AI accountability, enterprises should tackle third-party risk head-on.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 9/8/2020
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What Emoji Use at Work Can Tell Us About Team Dynamics
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Commentary
A new big data research project found that emoji use at work varies significantly based on the user’s role, company and conversational situation.
By Andy Horng, Co-Founder and Head of AI, Cultivate , 9/7/2020
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How to Get Automation Right
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Enterprises are automating more tasks and processes thanks to AI and machine learning, but they're getting different results because some didn't think it through first.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 9/4/2020
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Cockroach Labs, Neo4j, Snowflake Talk Infrastructure Future
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Panel at the SaaStr Annual discusses the changes cloud has brought to data and what may be on the horizon.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/4/2020
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Painful Lessons of the Pandemic Can Lead to Future Strengths
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Here are some key considerations for IT leaders and teams as they seek investment and buy-in to implement solutions that will support their organizations now and in the future.
By Amit Modi, CTO, Movius Corp. , 9/4/2020
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FedEx CIO Rob Carter Shares His Experience, and IT Outlook
James M. Connolly, Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing
News
In his upcoming Interop Digital keynote address, Fedex's Rob Carter will be discussing how the logistics giant has evolved its IT strategy and where technology goes from here.
By James M. Connolly Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing, 9/3/2020
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The Growing Security Priority for DevOps and Cloud Migration
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Survey asserts security may be increasingly top of mind, but many organizations are unsatisfied with their current footing on that front.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/3/2020
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Today's New IT Project Manager
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett
Commentary
Among the IT functions changed forever by the COVID-19 pandemic is project management. The days of "walk around" project management seem to be gone. Some thoughts on what the future looks like.
By Mary E. Shacklett Mary E. Shacklett, 9/2/2020
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Modern CTOs Thrive on Big-Picture Thinking
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
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Chief technology officers today must unify businesses in new and important ways.
By Jason Soroko, CTO, Sectigo , 9/2/2020
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How Analytics Helped Accenture's Pandemic Plans
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Accenture's investments in cloud, platforms, and analytics and AI proved essential in the company's quick moves to stay on top of pandemic-driven change.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/1/2020
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How to Eliminate Disruptive Technology’s Risk
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
Emerging technologies can provide a competitive edge. Yes, risk comes along with those technologies, but there are ways to at least minimize the likelihood.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 8/31/2020
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Tackle.io's Experience With Monitoring Tools That Support Serverless
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Continuous app deployment via the cloud can lead to errors that monitoring software may help sort out.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 8/31/2020
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Throw Out That 3-Year Business Plan
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Here’s why real-time forecasting rules in 2020 (and how retraining your machine learning models can help with that).
By Dan Simion, VP of AI & Analytics, Capgemini North America , 8/31/2020
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The Coming Tech Schism in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
James Kobielus, Tech Analyst, Consultant and Author
Commentary
Masked versus mask-less personnel? Dual-base versus single-base employees? What will the business workplace look like when all this is over? No one really knows yet.
By James Kobielus Tech Analyst, Consultant and Author, 8/28/2020
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5 Critical IT Roles for Rapid Digital Transformation
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
As some organizations look to transform faster than anticipated, putting critical tech roles in place will be the key to a smooth, successful journey.
By David Karandish, CEO, Capacity , 8/28/2020
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How a Remote Work Platform Aided a Security and Risk Manager
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Continuity Global Solutions found a long-term way to handle confidential team collaboration through Workstorm’s platform.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 8/27/2020
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How to Get Automation Right
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer,  9/4/2020
Commentary
Today's New IT Project Manager
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett,  9/2/2020
News
Analytics Salaries Steady Amid COVID Crisis
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps,  8/26/2020
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