How to Boost Your Career in Big Data and Analytics

Ronald van Loon·15 February 2017·People & Change

...The world is increasingly digital, and this means big data is here to stay. In fact, the importance of big data and data analytics is only going to continue growing in the coming years. It is a fantastic career move and it could be just the type of career you have been trying to find. Read More...

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Designing the Data Management Infrastructure of Tomorrow

Ronald van Loon·15 February 2017·Delivery

...Today, more than ever before, organisations realise the strategic importance of data and consider it to be a corporate asset that must be managed and protected just like any other asset. Considering the strategic importance of data, increasing number of farsighted organisations are investing in the tools, skills, and infrastructure required to capture, store, manage, and analyse data.  Read More...

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Taking on the Leadership Challenge: Improving your core skills

Endri Hasanaj·15 February 2017·People & Change

...What does it mean to be a leader? The answer to that tricky question has changed so often in the past few years, you’re definitely not alone if you feel tongue-tied trying to come up with a clear response. From micro-managers to motivators, bosses to facilitators, there have been various trendy ideas about what it takes to be a leader in business. Read More...

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Which metrics assist in DevOps proving its ROI? Part Two.

David Linwood·15 February 2017·Delivery

...Part One introduced the research work as well as briefly describing the concept of DevOps. It hinted at some of the challenges that would be faced by any organisation in proving Return On Investment (ROI). In this article we look at the KSFs recommended by the DevOps commentators. Read More...

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Which metrics assist in DevOps proving its ROI? Part One.

David Linwood·15 February 2017·Delivery

...Having completed a (98 page) MSc dissertation on DevOps and Return On Investment (ROI), the intention was always to share my work with the IT community for common benefit. However one clear message I heard during the research, was that noble (but lengthy) academic tomes were not the way to communicate with the busy IT people! So here we have a series of four “bite-sized” articles for your consumption. Read More...

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The role of the CISO, the CIO and the Board

JC GAILLARD·14 February 2017·People & Change

...Digital Transformation vs. Organisational Legacy: The hybrid role of the CISO. Beyond the functional distinctions we analysed in our reporting line article (CISO as a Figurehead / CISO as a Fire Fighter / CISO as a Change Agent), we need to consider the positioning of the role in the “three lines of defence” model in more depth. Read More...

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Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty

Richard Chiumento·8 February 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...Whatever the outcome of Parliament’s vote on whether to authorise the necessary legislation to trigger formal negotiations over Brexit, organisations will still face several years of uncertainty following the UK’s decision to leave the EU in June last year. Read More...

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5 LinkedIn Social Listening Tips

Mark Hewitt·7 February 2017·Customer Engagement

...Whether you are in marketing, sales, HR, operations, IT or the executive suite, listening to the market and your customers via non-branded channels is mandatory. Do you know how to listen to your customers on social media? Below are 5 social listening tips to improve your understanding of the market and your customer’s interests and social business behavior. Read More...

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Five Great Videos That Define The Future of Retail

Tony D'Onofrio·7 February 2017·Customer Engagement

...For those that have seen me speak around the world, you will recall my passion for sharing innovative videos that with few or no words convey powerful messages. The days of busy PowerPoint charts are over. For my entire career, the mantra has been "less words, more graphics". In a world where our attention span is down to 8 seconds, even 140 or less Twitter characters are too much to actually read. Read More...

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Three ways to create your company’s digital vision

Ripu Daman Singh·6 February 2017·Delivery

...True digital transformation starts at the top of a company. It starts with a focused vision. Often created and led by the senior-most employees. And then carried out by the mid and lower-level employees. Read More...

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7 reasons traditional knowledge management is dead

Antony Cousins·6 February 2017·People & Change

...Ten years ago I was working for the Ministry of Defence promoting the use of Microsoft SharePoint to improve our knowledge management. It didn’t go well. It was an early version of SharePoint which you may recall didn’t exactly fit seamlessly into the rest of the Microsoft Office suite. It was slow and painful to upload documents and add the required metadata so you could find it again in the future. 10 years on, I see things haven’t really changed. Read More...

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What is powerful real-time Analytics?

Sandeep Raut·2 February 2017·Data & Analytics

...In today's digital age, the world has become smaller and faster.  Global audio and video calls which were available only in corporate offices, are now available to the common man via the smartphone. Consumers have more information of the products and comparison than the manufactures at any time, any place, and via any device. Read More...

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