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Google Opens Digital Training Hub in London (IT Pro Portal)

The UK's digital skills gap is real, and Google is doing its part in closing it with the opening of a new London facility to help provide training in key digital skills. From s... More

12 ‘Best Practices’ IT Should Avoid at All Costs (CIO)

What makes IT organizations fail? Often, it’s the adoption of what’s described as “industry best practices” by people who ought to know better but don’t, probably because... More

Featured Jobs: Sony Pictures; Salesforce; Oracle

Data Scientist — Culver City, CA — Sony Pictures Lead Security Engineer — San Francisco — Salesforce Director, Software Development — Seattle — Oracle Click here to... More

Vistex Adds Seasoned Consumer Products Industry Principle (MESA)

Vistex, which offers go-to-market solutions for managing pricing, incentive, rights and royalty and channel programs, has announced the addition of Gary Adams as Industry Principl... More

What is UX and Why Does it Matter? (Signiant)

Bad user experience. I bet we can all think of the last time we visited a website or used an app and thought, “Why is this so difficult!?”. At Signiant, we pride ourselves on... More

The 7 Hottest Jobs in IT (CIO)

If you’re burning out on your current gig, or feel that your role may be heading toward a dead end, it might be time for a change. To that end, we reached out to recruiters, exec... More

Turning a Data Strategy into Business Insights (Information Management)

Data in itself is not actionable, even when it is real-time, at hyperspeed. To drive effective business actions, data needs to be sourced, processed and shared with the end goal in... More

Legacy Processes are Holding Back Your Digital Business (CIO)

Businesses like Netflix and Uber are often touted as ‘cloud native’ businesses, without the disadvantages of legacy enterprise IT to hold them back from taking advantage of Saa... More

Digital Transformation – More Than Just a Buzz Phrase? (IT Pro Portal)

“So, what do you do every day?” A question every IT professional has surely had to tackle. Undoubtedly the answer is often some form of “I deal with and fix everyone’s tech... More

Lloyds Bank Signs Cloud Mega Deal with IBM (CBR)

IBM is said to have signed a huge 10-year cloud outsourcing deal with Lloyds Bank. As part of the deal Lloyds Bank will send 1,500 staff and contractors to IBM, according to an int... More

The Art of Maintaining Business Buy-In (CIO)

For years, CIOs and their teams toiled through multiyear, multiphase initiatives, from implementing new ERP systems to overhauling data centers. Beyond the obvious technology burde... More

The API Economy: Connecting Value to Drive Customer Engagement and Loyalty (Capping IT Off)

Technology innovations are opening up new opportunities for businesses even as customer expectations are rapidly expanding. The ability to deliver appealing experiences and removin... More

Featured Jobs: IBM; Aspera; Technicolor

Information Engineer — Washington, D.C. — IBM Director of Software Engineering — Emeryville, CA — Aspera Head of Design — Los Angeles — Technicolor Click here to vie... More

Why IBM’s Shrinking Transistors Look Like a Breakthrough for All of IT (eWeek)

The timing of the 5nm breakthrough couldn't be better, thanks to the huge number of new IoT devices in the transom. This isn't to mention all the gazillions of chips that will be n... More

Box’s Cloud Content Management Vision Showing Results (TechCrunch)

For years, Box has been seen by many in the press, analyst and investor communities as a storage product and nothing more, which given its roots, was an understandable misperceptio... More

Avanade Announces New Microsoft Azure Stack Solution (HITS)

Avanade has revealed the upcoming availability of a complete Microsoft Azure Stack solution from a single provider. This fully managed solution will offer an Azure-consistent exper... More

OpenText to Acquire Covisint (HITS)

OpenText announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Covisint Corporation, a cloud platform for building Identity, Automotive, and Internet of Things... More

Cisco Introduces Continuing Education Program to Advance the Technical Workforce (HITS)

Cisco today announced a new Continuing Education Program for certified IT professionals looking to upskill in alignment with the latest advances in technology. This program offers ... More

Amazon Web Services’ Swami Sivasubramanian on the Future of AI in the Cloud (GeekWire)

Sivasubramanian: "We are entering a golden age of AI and machine learning. We believe AI will revolutionize almost all aspects of technology – making it easier to do things that ... More

Wipro Study Highlights Leadership Crisis in Digital Transformation (HITS)

Wipro Digital, the digital business unit of Wipro Limited, released a new study that indicates leadership within digital transformation may be in crisis. Half of senior executives ... More

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