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Law Enforcement Turns to a Cloud Platform for Accountability
The State of Chatbots: Pandemic Edition
AI Accountability: Proceed at Your Own Risk
The Growing Security Priority for DevOps and Cloud Migration
How Analytics Helped Accenture's Pandemic Plans
News & Commentary
Deloitte on Cloud, the Edge, and Enterprise Expectations
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
As technology matures to be cheaper, faster, and more powerful, it creates new possibilities with micro data centers and AI chips at the edge.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/14/2020
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The Other CFO: The Rise of the Cloud Economist
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Here’s why you need someone on hand who understands the technical and financial aspects of cloud management so that things don’t spiral out of control.
By Rani Johnson, Chief Information Officer, SolarWinds , 9/14/2020
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Law Enforcement Turns to a Cloud Platform for Accountability
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
The pandemic and overall public discussions about law enforcement cast a light on streamlining and providing transparency in standards and accreditation management.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/11/2020
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Optimize Your Corporate Security and Resilience Programs
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Commentary
CIOs and IT leaders should broaden their thinking around data and data analytics and empower their organizations to implement effective security and resilience programs.
By Jackie Day and Al Park, Control Risks , 9/11/2020
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6 Lessons IT Security Can Learn From DevOps
Curtis Franklin Jr., Senior Editor at Dark Reading
News
DevOps has taken over enterprise software development. The discipline has lessons for IT security -- here are a quick half-dozen.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Senior Editor at Dark Reading, 9/10/2020
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The State of Chatbots: Pandemic Edition
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Chatbots are currently the biggest use case for AI. Now the COVID-19 pandemic has made them even more compelling given their use in automation and their high level of ROI.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/10/2020
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Legality of Security Research to be Decided in US Supreme Court Case
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
News
A ruling that a police officer's personal use of a law enforcement database is "hacking" has security researchers worried for the future.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 9/9/2020
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Data Science: How the Pandemic Has Affected 10 Popular Jobs
Cynthia Harvey, Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek
News
Data science jobs aren't as plentiful as they used to be. Here's a snapshot of where average salaries and postings stand today.
By Cynthia Harvey Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek, 9/9/2020
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Why More Healthcare Providers are Moving to Public Cloud
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Commentary
As the pandemic continues to test the limits of healthcare providers, the public cloud can support surge care capacity and ensure resilient technology infrastructure.
By Oleg Kucheryavenko, Cloud & Innovation Lead, Accenture Health , 9/9/2020
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Microsoft Fixes 129 Vulnerabilities for September's Patch Tuesday
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
This month's Patch Tuesday brought fixes for 23 critical vulnerabilities, including a notable flaw in Microsoft Exchange.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 9/8/2020
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AI Accountability: Proceed at Your Own Risk
John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
Commentary
A new report suggests that to improve AI accountability, enterprises should tackle third-party risk head-on.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 9/8/2020
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What Emoji Use at Work Can Tell Us About Team Dynamics
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
A new big data research project found that emoji use at work varies significantly based on the user’s role, company and conversational situation.
By Andy Horng, Co-Founder and Head of AI, Cultivate , 9/7/2020
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How to Get Automation Right
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Enterprises are automating more tasks and processes thanks to AI and machine learning, but they're getting different results because some didn't think it through first.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 9/4/2020
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Cockroach Labs, Neo4j, Snowflake Talk Infrastructure Future
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Panel at the SaaStr Annual discusses the changes cloud has brought to data and what may be on the horizon.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/4/2020
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Painful Lessons of the Pandemic Can Lead to Future Strengths
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Here are some key considerations for IT leaders and teams as they seek investment and buy-in to implement solutions that will support their organizations now and in the future.
By Amit Modi, CTO, Movius Corp. , 9/4/2020
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FedEx CIO Rob Carter Shares His Experience, and IT Outlook
James M. Connolly, Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing
News
In his upcoming Interop Digital keynote address, Fedex's Rob Carter will be discussing how the logistics giant has evolved its IT strategy and where technology goes from here.
By James M. Connolly Editorial Director, InformationWeek and Network Computing, 9/3/2020
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The Growing Security Priority for DevOps and Cloud Migration
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Survey asserts security may be increasingly top of mind, but many organizations are unsatisfied with their current footing on that front.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 9/3/2020
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Today's New IT Project Manager
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett
Commentary
Among the IT functions changed forever by the COVID-19 pandemic is project management. The days of "walk around" project management seem to be gone. Some thoughts on what the future looks like.
By Mary E. Shacklett Mary E. Shacklett, 9/2/2020
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Modern CTOs Thrive on Big-Picture Thinking
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Chief technology officers today must unify businesses in new and important ways.
By Jason Soroko, CTO, Sectigo , 9/2/2020
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How Analytics Helped Accenture's Pandemic Plans
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Accenture's investments in cloud, platforms, and analytics and AI proved essential in the company's quick moves to stay on top of pandemic-driven change.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 9/1/2020
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