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Weekly Recap: 10 features all dashboards should have, how to boost mobile app adoption, and more…
Weekly Recap: Why IT’s mobility efforts fall short, how BI improves decision-making, and more…
Weekly Recap: 7 not-so-frequently asked questions about the cloud, IT innovation tips, and more…
Weekly Recap: Why CIOs shouldn’t fear the cloud, Java’s popularity, and more…
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn why the cloud is about to explode in the business world, why businesses should care so much about security, which programming language is most popular in the enterprise, and more.
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Weekly Recap: Top mega-trends of the next decade, things big data won’t do, and more
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn about few misconceptions surrounding big data, how enterprise collaboration is being transformed, a few “mega-trends” that will affect your business in the next decade, and more.
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Weekly Recap: 3 reasons to use HTML5 for mobile apps, the changing CIO role, and more…
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn how the cloud changes the CIO’s role, the best approach for mobile app development (along with problems to avoid), and more.
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Weekly Recap: How dashboards grow your business, growing security risks, and more…
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn how dashboards give you a key advantage over your competition, the disturbing growth of cyber attacks, and more.
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Weekly recap: 3 cloud computing trends you didn’t see coming, the BI battle, and more…
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn 5 questions to ask before creating a report or dashboard, why Business Intelligence isn’t just for large companies, and more.
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Weekly recap: Why your analytics are failing, platform wars, and more…
Summary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn the surprising reason why business analytics fail, a coming trend that may make you think twice about building native mobile apps, and much more.
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Weekly Recap: 20 great ideas to steal in 2014, and more…
Summary: This week’s top articles focus on 20 great ideas to steal this year, the coming cloud-fueled disruption of business analytics, the benefits of hybrid apps, and the confusion surrounding PaaS.
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6 Ways to Bridge the IT Skills Gap
A recent study finds that a whopping 93% of businesses indicate there is an IT skills gap–a substantial shortfall between the supply of qualified IT professionals and the demand for modern IT skills. As technology evolves at breakneck speed, this IT skills gap is widening. Businesses are having more and more trouble finding IT pros with the modern skills they require–and the problem is only growing worse.
The big(ger) problem: The same study finds that the importance of information technology to a company’s overall success is growing. In other words, as technology becomes more important, finding employees with modern technology skills is becoming more challenging.
The real difficulty: Your company must address this skills gap while staying current with the ever-changing tech trends. After all, your business won’t stop and wait while you fix the skills gap. The competition won’t take a timeout while you search for modern skills. You must bridge the IT skills gap while operating at full speed.
How can companies deal with the shortage of qualified IT pros and developers? Outside of outsourcing everything or bringing in high-priced consultants, how can your company bridge this growing skills gap while remaining competitive?
Today, I’d like to focus on a few ways to address this IT skills gap in your company. How can your company stay on the cutting edge of technology in the midst of a skills gap? Here are 6 ways:
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Weekly Recap: 10 best practices for legacy modernization, the future of information dashboards, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on data visualization, best practices for updating legacy applications, and more. I hope you find them useful:
IT Shifting from support function to business strategy
Nearly two out of three CIOs and other technology professionals say there’s a “major IT transformation” underway in their organizations, driven largely by broader efforts to deliver added value, enhance business performance and increase security, according to a new survey.
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Weekly Recap: Data visualization is the future, how to measure mobile app ROI, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on data visualization, measuring mobile app ROI, and more. I hope you find them useful:
Application modernization a top federal priority
Over the past five years, legacy modernization has been a hot topic in federal government IT discussions. Modernization makes application environments more efficient and responsive, and puts them in a stronger position to address new requirements and technology.
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Weekly Recap: Mobile skills IT pros must master, startling security statistics, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on mobile skills IT pros must master, security statistics that show we need to reinvent enterprise IT, and more. I hope you find them useful:
Developing enterprise mobile applications
Mobile applications seem like a rite of passage for many enterprise development teams until they face the reality of supporting multiple devices and platforms. If your company doesn’t have one or two enterprise mobile applications, the perception is that the organization is getting left behind.
Top 10 mobile skills IT Pros must master
In a recent blog post, Gartner outlined 10 mobile technologies and skills that organizations need to master over the next two to three years. Additional training for enterprise IT staff will be especially critical during this time since mobile technology is evolving so quickly, with new risks as well as new capabilities emerging.
Security statistics show we need to reinvent enterprise IT
It seems that in a headlong race to become more agile and deliver on the innovation that the organization and the marketplace demands, enterprises are taking a fairly slack approach towards security. But perhaps this is an unavoidable reaction to the pressures organizations are under – is it feasible to deliver product more rapidly while still remaining secure?
What to consider when selecting a legacy modernization vendor
Legacy modernization isn’t an easy task, which is why in some situations an organization may opt to bring in a service provider. To achieve the maximum cost-saving benefits, it’s crucial that the relationship between a client and a vendor be solid. An organization’s laundry list of business needs and provider deliverables needs to be kept in mind when it’s hiring consultants and buying products for business transformation needs.
Weekly Recap: 5 people in your organization who grow legacy code, mobile’s next great leap, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on people in your organization who grow legacy code, mobile’s next great leap, and more. I hope you find them useful:
App-pocalypse now
Companies keep asking “how can we get people to find and install our amazing app” instead of the one question they really should have asked. “Why are we building an app in the first place?” With the proliferation of mobile apps, building a native mobile app for the sake of building an app is a waste. No one will find it among the hundreds of thousands of apps already in the app store. Instead, focus your attention on making your current applications mobile-ready.
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Weekly Recap: The new CIO mandate, how to screw up your mobile app, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the new CIO mandate, how to screw up your enterprise mobile app, and more. I hope you find them useful:
Saving the dry lifeless soul of enterprise software
Although enterprise software is pervasive in business, the products and industry tend to be flat, boring, and too often devoid of human expression. The problem is, consumers now expect more. They expect the same level of usability they find in consumer apps. IT departments face a new reality: Create software that users want to use…or risk being bypassed.
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Weekly Recap: 11 ways to improve IT productivity, lessons for CIOs in the age of the cloud, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on ways to improve IT productivity, lessons for CIOs in the age of the cloud, and more. I hope you find them useful:
5 lessons for CIOs in the age of the cloud
The CIO of Chiquita Brands recently shared insight on how his company operates in the age of the cloud. I especially agree with the second and third points: Avoid any technology that ties you to a single vendor, and flexible architecture will prepare you for whatever the future holds.
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Weekly Recap: Build vs. buy, the enterprise IT infrastructure agenda for 2014, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the “Build vs. Buy” myth, BYOD, and more. I hope you find them useful:
It’s Not Whether To BYOD or Not to BYOD, It’s How To
With the workforce becoming increasingly mobile, businesses must find a way to balance productivity, affordability and security to meet current and future workforce demands. To read more about one secure way to handle BYOD, check out this article.
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Weekly Recap: Worst practices of cloud computing, state of the CIO, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the worst practices of cloud computing, the state of the CIO, and more. I hope you find them useful:
State of the CIO slideshow
In the annual “State of the CIO” research findings, nearly 50% of all CIOs admit that their IT departments aren’t considered a peer to the business. They aren’t looked upon as innovators, but cost centers. How can IT break free from this perception?
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