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How CIOs Can Advance Company Sustainability Goals
How SolarWinds Changed Cybersecurity Leadership's Priorities
AT&T Communications CTO Legg on Transforming a Telecom Giant
Return to Office Risks Worth Considering
Formula One, NFL, and NHL Work on Their Hustle with AWS
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How Enterprises are Evolving Their NLP
Mary E. Shacklett, Technology commentator and President of Transworld Data
Commentary
Natural language processing is the subset of AI that powers voice bots and text-based analytics. Here's how it's evolving in the enterprise.
By Mary E. Shacklett Technology commentator and President of Transworld Data, 5/28/2021
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How to Get Developer and Security Teams Aligned
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Aligning developer and security teams can help improve security posture, and in most cases, it can be achieved without adding additional tooling.
By Ariel Assaraf, CEO, Coralogix , 5/28/2021
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Preparing Future Data Scientists for Jobs of Tomorrow
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
While organizations amass data they want to leverage, Purdue University is working to marry data science academics to those real-world needs.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 5/27/2021
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Data is the Cure for What’s Ailing the Supply Chain
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Commentary
With a seismic shift to online purchasing, consumers want to get what they want and when they expect it.
By Ryan Yost, VP and General Manager, Printer Solutions Division, Avery Dennison , 5/27/2021
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How SolarWinds Changed Cybersecurity Leadership's Priorities
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
A new survey shows how IT security leaders have changed their focus after the SolarWinds attack and a year of the pandemic.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 5/26/2021
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How CIOs Can Advance Company Sustainability Goals
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Companies are under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint. CIOs play a critical role.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 5/26/2021
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Businesses Boost Security Budgets. Where Will the Money Go?
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
Most organizations plan to spend more on security, leaders say in a report that explores their toughest challenges, post-breach costs, and spending priorities.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/25/2021
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Return to Office Risks Worth Considering
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
In 2019, most white-collar employees worked in an office. In 2020, they worked from home. Now, it's a mix, but enterprises may not be prepared.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 5/25/2021
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How IT Corrected Business Blind Spots During the Pandemic
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Commentary
IT leaders have been essential in correcting blind spots -- business and technology issues that lingered just outside the priority view -- that were exposed by the pandemic.
By Michael Cantor, CIO, Park Place Technologies , 5/25/2021
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AT&T Communications CTO Legg on Transforming a Telecom Giant
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
Nearly one year after taking on his current post, Jeremy Legg talks about leveraging the cloud and transformation at the mobile and broadband company.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 5/24/2021
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The Future State of the Cloud
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Here are some trends revealed from a decade’s worth of research.
By Brian Adler, Senior Director, Cloud Market Strategy, Flexera , 5/24/2021
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IT Skills: Top 10 Programming Languages for 2021
Cynthia Harvey, Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek
News
These are the languages most likely to be useful for getting a job as a developer or other IT professional.
By Cynthia Harvey Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek, 5/21/2021
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Universities Are Failing Software Developers
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Why new software development grads are struggling to land jobs, and how universities can modify their curriculum to set students up for success.
By Max de Lavenne, Founder and CEO, Buildable , 5/21/2021
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ServiceNow's Acquisition Spree Adds Observability
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
ServiceNow's acquisition program is aimed at creating the autonomous enterprise of the future. Here's how observability company Lightstep fits in.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 5/20/2021
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Automation is an Essential Survival Skill for Every Modern IT Organization
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The use of automation to cope with rapidly expanding or marginally efficient workloads is all too often considered as a last resort, after all other remedies have been exhausted. That’s not the way to approach it.
By Mark Settle, 7X CIO and Author , 5/20/2021
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SolarWinds CEO: Attack Began Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
News
Investigation shows threat actors began probing SolarWinds' network in January 2019, according to Sudhakar Ramakrishna.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 5/19/2021
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Attackers Took 5 Minutes to Start Scanning for Exchange Server Flaws
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
Research underscores the acceleration of attack activity and points to a growing concern that defenders can't keep pace.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/19/2021
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Formula One, NFL, and NHL Work on Their Hustle with AWS
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
Panel of major league sports at the AWS Summit Online discussed how they use machine learning to crunch fast-paced data into digestible content.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 5/19/2021
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Chief Data Officers Help Steer Digital Transformations
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Chief Data Officers are prioritizing data quality, ROI from data and analytics investments, and data sharing.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 5/19/2021
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How Attackers Weigh the Pros and Cons of BEC Techniques
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
Security researchers discuss attackers' evolving methodologies in business email compromise and phishing campaigns.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 5/18/2021
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