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IT Salary Report 2020: Get Paid What You Are Worth
Report: AWS Lambda Dominates as Serverless Adoption Grows
Recognize Behavioral Tracking's Opportunities and Pitfalls
SAP Gives Enterprise IT Customers an Extension
ITSM Platforms Gain Artificial Intelligence
News & Commentary
Who Should Own RPA?
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Enterprises are running into challenges with robotic process automation because lines of business or IT are missing the bigger picture. Thinking strategically and cross-functionally helps.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 2/18/2020
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The Key Attributes to Look for in a DevOps Trainer
John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
Commentary
Wannabe DevOps trainers are dime a dozen, but truly skilled coaches are worth their weight in gold.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 2/17/2020
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3 Questions That Can Determine the Success of a SaaS Product
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
With only 10% of SaaS startups succeeding in today’s increasingly digital world, what questions can we ask in order to determine their likelihood of success?
By Phil Alves, CEO, DevSquad , 2/17/2020
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Amazon Gets Temporary Injunction to Halt $10B JEDI Project
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
News
AWS continues its courtroom challenge to a contract awarded to Microsoft to revamp cloud computing infrastructure for the Department of Defense.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 2/14/2020
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6 Keys to Digital Transformation Success
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Nearly every enterprise is undergoing a digital transformation. Some are more successful than others. Here are 6 factors shared by the successful ones.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 2/14/2020
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Cloud Cost Optimization: It’s a Balancing Act
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Cost optimization goes beyond an engineering, stand-alone initiative. Here are some questions to ask and best practices to consider that might help you unlock the benefits.
By Preethy Vaidyanathan, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Tapad , 2/14/2020
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Babel of IoT Authentication Poses Security Challenges
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
News
With more than 80 different schemes for authenticating devices either proposed or implemented, best practices and reference architectures are sorely needed, experts say.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 2/13/2020
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Cloud Threat Report Shows Need for Consistent DevSecOps
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Organizations continue to make choices for the sake of speed in innovation, which can leave them unnecessarily vulnerable.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 2/13/2020
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IT Salary Report 2020: Get Paid What You Are Worth
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Commentary
IT pros must do real research about their value in the market if they want to be paid fairly. InformationWeek’s 2020 IT Salary Report can help technologists get started.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 2/12/2020
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The End of Agile? Not a Chance.
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Commentary
Enterprise organizations need to understand the full evolution of Agile to reap its benefits. Here’s some advice on best ways to implement Agile practices today.
By Scott Ambler, VP, Chief Scientist, Project Management Institute , 2/12/2020
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Microsoft Patches Exploited Internet Explorer Flaw
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
This month's Patch Tuesday brings fixes for 99 CVEs, including one IE flaw seen exploited in the wild.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/11/2020
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Edge Computing Benefits for AI Crystallizing
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The prospect of performing AI at the edge is still mostly theoretical, but organizations are exploring potential edge computing benefits. -- ITPro Today
By Brian Buntz, ITPro Today , 2/11/2020
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Macs See More Adware, Unwanted Apps Than PCs
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
News
The latest data from Malwarebytes show the average Mac sees almost twice as many bad apps as Windows systems, but actual malware continues to be scarce.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 2/11/2020
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Report: AWS Lambda Dominates as Serverless Adoption Grows
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer
Commentary
Survey by Datadog shows ongoing prevalence for Amazon’s Lambda service as organizations scale up their use of serverless architecture.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 2/11/2020
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Time is Running Out: 5 Steps to Prepare for the CCPA
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The nation’s most comprehensive data privacy law has gone into effect and enforcement is just around the corner. Worried about compliance? Follow these guidelines.
By Caitlin Fennessy, Research Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals , 2/11/2020
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Some Democrats Lead Trump in Campaign Domain-Security Efforts
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
Sanders and Trump campaigns lack proper DMARC security enforcement, study finds.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 2/10/2020
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SAP Gives Enterprise IT Customers an Extension
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
ERP giant SAP wants all its customers to migrate to its new platform S/4HANA, but it's a time consuming and expensive process. So the company is extending maintenance on its earlier platform.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 2/10/2020
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Recognize Behavioral Tracking’s Opportunities and Pitfalls
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
Understanding the details of customer behavior can increase sales and marketing ROI, but misusing that data can be expensive and unnecessary.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 2/10/2020
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Bridge the IT Skills Gap With Data and Analytics
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
Enterprises can benefit in many ways from internal and external data analysis. One of the most obvious is using data analytics to help close your IT team’s skills gap.
By Zvi Guterman, CEO, CloudShare , 2/10/2020
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RobbinHood Kills Security Processes Before Dropping Ransomware
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
News
Attackers deploy a legitimate, digitally signed hardware driver to delete security software from machines before encrypting files.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 2/7/2020
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