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IT Pros Wooed With These Perks in Tight Job Market
Next Evolution of Data Capture Tech Transforms Retail
How Credible Are the White House's AI Regulation Principles?
A Realistic Framework for AI in the Enterprise
GIS Drives Superhighway to Analytics Future
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10 Enterprise IT Transformation Trends to Watch for 2020
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
Communications giant Verizon shares its insights on the potential technology drivers that may reshape industries this year.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 1/28/2020
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Towards Singularity: A False Separation of IT and Business
Romi Mahajan, Author and Tech Investor
Commentary
It's time for the IT group and the business units they support to put aside historical and perceived differences. The two have to think as one.
By Romi Mahajan Author and Tech Investor, 1/28/2020
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New Zoom Bug Prompts Security Fix, Platform Changes
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
A newly discovered Zoom vulnerability would have enabled an attacker to join active meetings and access audio, video, and documents shared.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 1/28/2020
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Average Ransomware Payments More Than Doubled in Q4 2019
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
News
Ransomware attackers collected an average of around $84,000 from victim organizations, up from $41,000 in Q3 of 2018, Coveware says.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 1/27/2020
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Where Common Machine Learning Myths Come From
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
There are a lot of misconceptions about ML that can have a negative impact on one's career and reputation. Forrester and ABI Research weigh in.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 1/27/2020
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IT Pros Wooed With These Perks in Tight Job Market
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
The unemployment rate is at 3.5% and IT pros are in high demand so employers are increasingly offering these perks to win the recruitment wars.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 1/27/2020
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The Changing Role of IT in the Customer Experience Era
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The role of IT as just a back-office function within an organization is a thing of the past.
By Cynthia Stoddard, SVP and CIO, Adobe , 1/27/2020
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New Social Engineering Event to Train Business Pros on Human Hacking
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
The DEF CON Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest inspired a new event aimed at teaching both security and non-security professionals on the fine art of hacking human behavior.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 1/24/2020
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Learning: It's a Give and Take Thing
James M. Connolly, Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing
Commentary
InformationWeek is conducting its annual State of Enterprise IT Survey, and we invite you to participate.
By James M. Connolly Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing, 1/24/2020
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Democratized Software: Empowering the Business
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We are witnessing the next wave of software; one that democratizes its use and allows all parts of a business to participate in making it work.
By David T. Roberts, CEO, SurveyGizmo , 1/24/2020
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How Credible Are the White House’s AI Regulation Principles?
James Kobielus, Research Director, Futurum
Commentary
What is the Trump administration's real goal in suggesting new national regulations governing the use of artificial intelligence?
By James Kobielus Research Director, Futurum, 1/23/2020
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Next Evolution of Data Capture Tech Transforms Retail
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Eye-tracking, facial recognition, sensors, and digital displays gather data that retailers can use to fine-tune their strategies.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 1/23/2020
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Top 10 Languages for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Here are the 10 most important programming languages for machine learning and artificial intelligence. -- IT Pro Today
By Terri Coles, IT Pro Today , 1/23/2020
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A Realistic Framework for AI in the Enterprise
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Amid all the marketing hype and buzz around AI, and the complexity of implementing it at scale, here's a practical high-level framework that could help enterprises with their programs.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 1/22/2020
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Struggling to Lead IT in a Matrix Organization?
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
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Try building a public brain. Pull out your Post-its and Sharpies and find a blank wall. Here’s how.
By William Treseder, SVP of Product, BMNT , 1/22/2020
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GIS Drives Superhighway to Analytics Future
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
The Pennsylvania Turnpike may be 80 years old, but its GeoAnalytics program is leveraging geographic information to drive the future.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 1/21/2020
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How to Manage the Human-Machine Workforce
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Today's managers and executives need to oversee humans and machines in this age of AI and RPA, but should machines be managed as humans in a way that some suggest?
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 1/21/2020
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What Retail Can Build on and Get From Cloud in 2020
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Demand for data-driven strategies and personalized interaction with customers push industry to embrace digital resources.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 1/20/2020
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The Facial Recognition Debate
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
One small step for tech, one giant leap for privacy? It is up to our society to create clear boundaries that will enhance the positive and control the negative.
By Gal Ringel, CEO and Co-Founder, Mine , 1/20/2020
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7 Ways to Get the Most Out of a Penetration Test
Steve Zurier, Contributing Writer
News
You'll get the best results when you’re clear on what you want to accomplish from a pen test.
By Steve Zurier Contributing Writer, 1/17/2020
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