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Military, Government Users Just as Bad About Password Hygiene as Civilians
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
News
New report comes out just as group of US senators chastise Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for not using multifactor authentication.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 9/14/2018
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4 Ways to Maximize IT Productivity in a Transition to Cloud
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Cloud migration often leads to the outsourcing of critical activities. So how can your IT staff continue to contribute during this transition?
By Todd Pekats, Vice President of Cloud Computing, PCM, Inc. , 9/14/2018
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AI Is a Powerful Ally in Public Safety - Responsible Use Is Paramount
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
As governments employ AI in public safety applications they have to stay laser-focused on building public trust in the outcomes.
By Ger Daly, Senior Managing Director, Accenture , 9/14/2018
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Ethics, Privacy Issues Highlight Strata Data Conference
Jessica Davis,  Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and unified data platforms are the focus for data scientists attending the Strata Data Conference in New York.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/13/2018
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How to Unlock Growth: Pay Down Technical Debt
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Dealing with a couple decades of technical debt takes effort across the organization, but you can do it if you give your team time to lay out a plan and take the first few steps.
By Joy Driscoll Durling, CIO and Digital Enablement Officer, Vivint Smart Home , 9/13/2018
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Tech Companies Poach AI Talent from Universities
Jessica Davis,  Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
In a tight market for AI and machine learning, tech companies have always relied on a secret weapon -- tapping into the talent available in academia. But who will train tomorrow's AI experts?
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/13/2018
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Modular Malware Brings Stealthy Attacks to Former Soviet States
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
News
A new malware technique is making phishing attacks harder to spot when they succeed.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 9/12/2018
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Health Data Sharing Will Follow the Open Banking Model
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The trend toward API-based banking offers a model for health records, giving patients access to and control over their personal health data.
By Sarah Squire, Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity , 9/12/2018
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Enterprises to Bump Up IT Spending in 2019
James M. Connolly, Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief
News
A Spiceworks survey reveals an air of confidence among IT buyers who see IT budgets going up to improve infrastructure and security.
By James M. Connolly Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief, 9/12/2018
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10 Highest-Paying IT Job Skills
Cynthia Harvey, Contributor, NetworkComputing
News
Adding one of these capabilities to your resume might lead to a salary increase.
By Cynthia Harvey Contributor, NetworkComputing, 9/12/2018
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Study: DevOps Outsourcing Can Cost You
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
News
The new report by DORA on the state of DevOps in 2018 found outsourcing to be the crutch of low software delivery performers.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 9/12/2018
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Move Securely to the Cloud: Gain the Advantages
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Organizations can reap the full benefits of the cloud and avoid potential security risks by following four fundamental steps.
By Steven Weil, Security Director, Point B , 9/11/2018
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AIOps to Drive Big IT Pivot
Jessica Davis,  Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
AIOps takes the vast amounts of machine data generated by IT infrastructure and ingests, monitors, and analyzes it to ultimately predict issues before they occur.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/11/2018
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Enter the Co-Economy: A New Era for Innovation
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The days when businesses could succeed with innovation without partnering are pretty much gone.
By Maciej Kranz, VP Strategic Innovation, Cisco , 9/10/2018
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What Boards and CEOs Should Be Asking CIOs
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Boards and CEOs are more tech-savvy than they once were, but they still don't always know the best questions to ask CIOs. With the push for digital transformation they need to be armed with the right questions at the right time.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 9/10/2018
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How to Ditch Operations Ticketing Systems
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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Damon Edwards, founder, Rundeck Inc. says ticketing systems are expensive and wasteful. Here's his advice for IT groups that want to ditch the old queue.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 9/10/2018
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AWS vs. Azure: Users Share Their Experiences
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Commentary
Enterprise IT professionals offer their insights into two of the leading cloud platforms, AWS and Azure.
By IT Central Station , 9/7/2018
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Panacea or Alchemy the Truth About AI
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Is artificial intelligence a date with the devil or natural evolution?
By Gary Grossman, Technology Practice Lead, Edelman AI Center of Expertise , 9/7/2018
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The Best Way To Secure US Elections? Paper Ballots
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer
News
Voting machines that do not provide a paper trail or cannot be independently audited should immediately be removed, concludes a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 9/6/2018
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The SOC Gets a Makeover
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
Today's security operations center is all about reducing the number of alerts with emerging technologies – and enhancing old-school human collaboration. Here's how some real-world SOCs are evolving.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 9/6/2018
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