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7 Skills Every IT Project Manager Needs
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
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Project managers on the IT team don't need to be the all-knowing tech expert, but there are key tech skills that help them succeed.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 12/22/2017
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MBA 2.0 - The Power of Combinatorial Tech Innovation
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True innovation often isn't about leveraging a single technology but making good use of multiple technologies in combination.
By K. R. Sanjiv, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro , 12/22/2017
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Small,Targeted Ransomware Attacks Emerge
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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Cybercriminals narrow their focus on specific industries, geographies, or size for a better return on investment, security experts say.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 12/21/2017
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Driving Cloud Innovation, While Managing Legacy
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For companies to unlock cloud computing’s true potential, business leaders need to adopt an agile approach, targeting innovation and business transformation.
By Siki Giunta, Global Strategy Lead, Journey to Cloud, Accenture , 12/21/2017
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Gender-based Preferences HR and Hiring Managers Should Know
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
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It's not surprising that men and women value different things in the workplace, but employers aren't necessarily paying attention to the details. Going into 2018, here are a few things you should know.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 12/20/2017
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Metric-Driven Cultures to Drive Product Development
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These days, enterprises have to track new metrics such as engagement, revenue per user, and the overall customer journey, which involve blending a complex web of data streams into a comprehensive marketing and sales funnel.
By Trevor Stuart, Co-founder, Split Software , 12/20/2017
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Trump Adviser: North Korea Waged WannaCry Attack
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
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White House declares the North Korean government as perpetrators of the epic ransomware attack that spread around the globe in early May.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 12/19/2017
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'Starwars' Debuts on List of Worst Passwords of 2017
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
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Many of the old standbys made this year's list of the 25 stolen - and weakest - passwords found dumped online.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 12/19/2017
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How Innovation is Changing the Analytics Landscape
Jen Underwood, Impact Analytix
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The collision of emerging technologies and new enterprise strategies is bringing dramatic change to the world of analytics.
By Jen Underwood Impact Analytix, 12/19/2017
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Ch-Ch-Changes: Software Predictions for 2018 and Beyond
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Keep an eye on the software arena, as the service mindset, the cloud, agile, and the IIoT drive change.
By Dmitri Tcherevik, CTO, Progress Software , 12/19/2017
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No Luck Recruiting AI Talent? You’re not Doing it Right
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Unless you can compete on salary with the likes Google and Facebook, fill out your artificial intelligence and machine learning teams using alternative approaches.
By Amit Prakash, co-founder and CTO, ThoughtSpot , 12/18/2017
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Top 8 Cybersecurity Skills IT Pros Need in 2018
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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Cloud security architecture skills to customer-service savvy are among the key IT security skills needed next year as CIOs ramp up hiring.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 12/18/2017
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How to Use Blockchain: 10 Use Cases
Cynthia Harvey, Contributor, NetworkComputing
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Forward-thinking enterprises are investigating innovative uses for this distributed ledger technology.
By Cynthia Harvey Contributor, NetworkComputing, 12/18/2017
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Whitman is out at HPE; Apparently the 'Job is Done'
Ben Kepes,
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Splitting up HP and selling off so many parts may have been good for shareholders, but CEO Meg Whitman's strategy would have left HP's founders wondering what became of their company.
By Ben Kepes , 12/18/2017
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Mobile Device Makers Increasingly Embrace Bug Bounty Programs
Dawn Kawamoto, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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Samsung is the latest to join a small group of smartphone makers to cast their net wide on catching vulnerabilities in their devices.
By Dawn Kawamoto Associate Editor, Dark Reading, 12/15/2017
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Tech Adoption: Think Value, not Resistance
James M. Connolly, Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief
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Sometimes we get so enthralled with shiny new tech tools that we forget the basic fact they need to bring business value.
By James M. Connolly Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief, 12/15/2017
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2017 Year in Review – Exponential Automation
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Automation in the corporate world isn't on the way, it's here. Now, do it right.
By Doug Reeder, NTT DATA Services. , 12/15/2017
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The Line Between Commercial and Industrial Data Science
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The purpose, tasks, and required skillsets are dramatically different for data scientists and their work in commercial and industrial environments.
By Mark Bernardo, VP Global Services for GE Digital , 12/14/2017
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Preventing the Next Equifax, New Tactics Required
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US regulators and companies can follow the lead of the EU, with its GDPR, to better protect consumer data while recognizing that the data belongs to the customer, not a company.
By Gary Bloom, CEO, MarkLogic , 12/14/2017
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Analytics Lessons from the Sports Data Revolution
Howard M. Cohen, Contributing Writer
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A new MIT program helps executives engage in guided strategic thinking to develop an analytics program through best practices from the sports industry.
By Howard M. Cohen Contributing Writer, 12/14/2017
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