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The Importance of Identity Management in Security

CIO

And while all organizations work hard to prevent attacks through traditional security measures such as multi-factor authentication, patching, training, and more, the bad guys increasingly find their way in through poorly thought-out, scattered access and identity management practices. The first relates to today’s lack of perimeter.

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AI at the retail edge: What’s new, and what’s coming soon

CIO

What is supposed to be a quick meal on the go too often turns into a grim choice between eating something you didn’t order or parking and walking into the restaurant to stand in line to complain … and then wait for your order again. And these mistakes are costly, around $26 million annually for a national chain restaurant.

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Why adaptability is the new digital transformation

CIO

We’re also now dealing with disruption in all its forms, not just that of digital upstarts arising to eat our market share. We need to build in the ability to change and react to change across all aspects of our organizations’ strategy, business model, operating model, processes, products, and services.

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Automation for all—managing and scaling networks has never been easier

CIO

At this time of dynamic business and market changes, uncertainty, and quickly evolving consumption models for IT infrastructure, every IT executive understands the benefits and necessity of network agility. Agile networks can respond quickly to changes in the market, customer demands, employee requirements, and technology advances.

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VPNs Are Crucial for Data Security on Public Wi-Fi

Smart Data Collective

Data security is a greater concern than ever before. You have to take stringent measures to secure your data. VPNs Are Invaluable for Data Security. Those networks are not safe, and you should not connect your device to those open networks because of security concerns. What is a VPN?

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How IT leaders are driving new revenue

CIO

Sandwich-focused restaurant franchise Subway has some 37,000 locations worldwide, each of which faces a unique combination of factors, such as local competition and customer demographics, that impact sales and profitability. For Herlihy, identifying ways to drive revenue growth is all in a day’s work for modern tech execs.

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Lay the groundwork now for advanced analytics and AI

CIO

When global technology company Lenovo started utilizing data analytics, they helped identify a new market niche for its gaming laptops, and powered remote diagnostics so their customers got the most from their servers and other devices. After moving its expensive, on-premise data lake to the cloud, Comcast created a three-tiered architecture.

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