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How to Prep Your Career for the AI Job Apocalypse
What Does Your Management Style Say about Your Age?
Chief Data Officers: Biggest Mistakes, Best Practices
7 Technologies You Need to Know for Artificial Intelligence
Human Capital Management Technology May Be 'Demo Candy'
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What’s Holding Back Edge Computing for Enterprises?
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The combination of technology readiness and business appetite puts us a little closer to wide-scale availability of a new breed of IT infrastructure.
By Kelly Herrell, CEO, Hazelcast , 7/17/2019
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Lenovo NAS Firmware Flaw Exposes Stored Data
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
News
More than 5,100 vulnerable devices containing multiple terabytes of data are open to exploitation, researchers found.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 7/16/2019
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AWS Summit Focuses on Smoother Integrations
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
Amazon touts ease of using custom code on its platform and the acceleration of the speed of execution in the development cycle.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 7/16/2019
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Customer-Led Automation Changes the Service Game
Crystal Bedell, Technology Writer
Commentary
Customer self-service is ready to take the next step toward customer-led service, where enterprises are supporting requests from bots as often as from people.
By Crystal Bedell Technology Writer, 7/16/2019
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Software Developers Face Secure Coding Challenges
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
News
Seven in ten developers are expected to write secure code, but less than half receive feedback on security, a survey finds.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 7/15/2019
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The Dangers of Demonizing AI
James Kobielus, Lead Analyst, SiliconANGLE Wikibon
Commentary
As more individuals, governments and companies see artificial intelligence as evil, it becomes clear that we need metrics to ensure that AI is a good citizen.
By James Kobielus Lead Analyst, SiliconANGLE Wikibon, 7/15/2019
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Continuous Learning the Key to IT Skills Gap
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
CIOs and IT leaders struggle to fill IT positions with staff who hold the right skills. But the answer is right under their noses: Educate existing teams.
By Alex Adamopoulos, CEO, Emergn , 7/15/2019
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How to Prep Your Career for the AI Job Apocalypse
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Commentary
Will your job end up being automated or eaten by an AI or robot? Here's a deeper look at careers that will continue to be in high demand in the decade ahead.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 7/12/2019
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Creating a Culture of Global Innovation
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The breakneck speed of technology innovation means that success requires embracing disruption/change and empowering people to be creative in its application.
By Pathmal Gunawardana, Head of Americas, Tata Communications , 7/12/2019
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IBM Builds AI Ladder with Partnerships
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
IBM is creating a richer technology stack to help customers ascend the ‘AI Ladder,' gaining the foundation for an artificial intelligence practice.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 7/11/2019
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Human Capital Management Technology May Be 'Demo Candy'
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
AI is being embedded in human capital management applications, but there are many reasons they're not necessarily ripe for prime time, according to Gartner.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 7/11/2019
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What Does Your Management Style Say about Your Age?
Cynthia Harvey, Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek
News
Depending on how you answer specific questions, we might be able to guess your age.
By Cynthia Harvey Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek, 7/10/2019
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What Does ‘Save to Transform’ Mean for CIOs?
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Many companies are now pursuing the seemingly conflicting goals of cost reduction, growth, and digital transformation. This has huge implications for CIOs.
By Omar Aguilar, Global Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP , 7/10/2019
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Zoom Client for Mac Exposing Users to Serious Risks
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
News
Videoconferencing software maker downplays risks and says mitigations are on the way.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 7/9/2019
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Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Under Active Attack
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
Microsoft issued fixes for 77 unique vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, including two zero-day privilege escalation vulnerabilities seen exploited in the wild.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 7/9/2019
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What the AppSec Penetration Test Found
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
New data drills down on the types of security misconfigurations and challenges dogging application developers.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 7/9/2019
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Transform your IT Help Desk
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett
Commentary
CIOs: Now is the time to upgrade the level of professional management within your help desk function. Here's how.
By Mary E. Shacklett Mary E. Shacklett, 7/9/2019
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Chief Data Officers: Biggest Mistakes, Best Practices
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
CDOs are everywhere today, but are they really doing an effective job? Here's how you and your organization can make the most of data and analytics investments.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 7/9/2019
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IBM Garage Talks Accelerating Digital Transformation
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
ADP, Delos, and the City of New York share their experiences working with design thinking teams from IBM.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 7/8/2019
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7 Hot Cybersecurity Trends to Be Highlighted at Black Hat
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
News
Just some of the research and ideas worth checking out at this year's 'security summer camp.'
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, 7/8/2019
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