Fri.Oct 20, 2023

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Addressing the insecurity of verified identities

CIO

Cybersecurity has been identity-centric since the first username and password appeared. During the infancy of personal computers, user identification was considerably simpler. At that time, workplace technology was physically confined to an office and the business network (if one existed). The only people with access were employees and maybe office cleaning staff.

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Modular Outlines: A better, faster way to repurpose content

mention

Your brand is important, so know it’s best to repurpose content for your business to reach new audiences. You search through your most popular blog posts and find ways to give more information to your existing customers and make something fresh for new clients. This one piece of information becomes more blog posts, white papers, social media posts, and YouTube videos.

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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO

Certifications can validate your IT skills and experience to show employers you have the expertise to get the job done. When it comes to certifications, you can typically choose to get certified in skills that you already have, or you can use certification as an opportunity to grow your skill set and develop skills you’d like to put to use in your career.

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How to Write One Great Cold Email

Zoominfo

Research, outreach, reminders, and tracking all limit the time your sales team has to connect with prospects and solve their problems. And although email is an extremely effective communication channel, it’s also one of the most time-consuming. Email automation makes the job a lot easier — but your automated emails can’t waste the prospect’s time or come off as hollow or impersonal.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Allstate’s cloud-first approach to digital transformation pays off

CIO

Most companies’ digital journeys begin by migrating legacy applications to the cloud — the theory being that lifting and shifting workloads can provide a fast onramp to making good on services and capabilities unique to the cloud. But home and automobile insurance company Allstate is taking a different approach. Zulfi Jeevanjee, EVP and CIO, believes the best way to build and align next-generation business processes and modern IT platforms is to build anew, and so he is taking a cloud-first appr

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Three burning questions before FutureIT New York

CIO

When IT leaders gather next month at FutureIT New York, the conversation will center around AI and other emerging technologies, data strategies, and practical use cases – all with an eye toward using IT to create business value. Here are three questions we’re excited to explore at FutureIT New York: 1. How will the CIO role evolve in the coming years?

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The Data Puppets Preview

Dataversity

The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management, such as master data, the difference between master data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so much more. Today’s data rant is a preview trailer of the upcoming […] The post The Data Puppets Preview appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Mainframe data: hybrid cloud object store vs. tape

CIO

Five years ago, many predicted that the mainframe would soon disappear. But that hasn’t happened. In fact, the number of mainframe workloads is growing , especially now that manufacturers have engineered blades that are ideal for running generative AI. In 2019, half of enterprises surveyed said their number of mainframe workloads had grown; in 2023, 62% said the same 1.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Zoominfo

Now more than 50 years old, email is quite simply how business gets done. And email sequences are an excellent way of demonstrating the value you can deliver for prospects. With a multi-step email prospecting motion, you can craft messaging that appeals to specific customer pain points, showcase several different use cases of your products or services, and invite engagement in multiple ways.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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How to manage data integration during an acquisition

CIO

Innovation is crucial for business growth. IT teams hold a lot of innovation power, as effective use of emerging technologies is crucial for informed decision-making and is key to staying a beat ahead of the competition. But adopting modern-day, cutting-edge technology is only as good as the data that feeds it. Cloud-based analytics, generative AI, predictive analytics, and more innovative technologies will fall flat if not run on real-time, representative data sets.

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Exploring the Compliance Process of Expert Insights

Alpha Sense BI

Over the past decade, the financial services industry has observed fundamental investment analysis evolve as a result of technological advances. For compliance professionals, these technological changes have required the development of new policies, novel procedures, innovative forms of surveillance, and distinctive compliance testing techniques. Many investment analysts leverage expert calls for comprehensive research; however expert calls come with the risk of exposure to confidential or mate

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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

CIO

By Jude Sheeran, EMEA managing director at DataStax When making financial decisions, businesses and consumers benefit from access to accurate, timely, and complete information. With the power of real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI), new online tools accelerate, simplify, and enrich insights for better decision-making. For banks, data-driven decisions based on rich customer insight can drive personalized and engaging experiences and provide opportunities to find efficiencies and reduce

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Multicloud by design approach simplifies the cloud experience

CIO

Challenges in APAC’s Multicloud Adoption Journey Organisations in Asia Pacific (APAC) are looking at multicloud solutions to help them navigate IT management complexity, digital skills gaps, and limited data and application visibility. After all, an effective multicloud framework offers greater platform and service flexibility by leveraging the strengths of multiple cloud environments to drive business agility and innovation.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. There are three key roles within Scrum : Scrum master, product owner and Scrum team members.

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