David Weldon
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Miami, FL, United States
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Six views on the most important lessons of Safer Internet Day
Today, February 11, is being observed as Safer Internet Day – a time for organizations and individuals to reflect on best practices around data security and cyber defense. → Read More
15 views on why the message of Data Privacy Day is more important than ever
January 28 is International Data Privacy Day, a day meant to focus attention on best practices around protecting the privacy and security of customer data. → Read More
Steps organizations can take to boost the ranks of citizen developers
While some employees eagerly jump at the opportunity to become citizen developers, others have held back from embracing this title, notes Justin Donato of Nintex. → Read More
Fostering a culture that encourages citizen software developers
To get a better idea of what some of the top challenges are to creating more citizen developers, Information Management spoke with Terry Simpson, technical evangelist at automation company Nintex. → Read More
CIOs must play key role to enable 'digital dexterity' in the workplace
The CIO must be the culture change agent to enhance digital dexterity as a competency that applies to individuals, teams and the organization as a whole, says Gartner. → Read More
How artificial intelligence is, and will continue, redefining job roles
One of the most hotly-debated issues around AI is how it will impact individual job roles, and whether AI is a “job killer” as opposed to a “job creator.” It's both, says Accenture's Mike Maresca. → Read More
Is it ethical for workers to secretly automate their own job?
A new discussion on automation is emerging – whether workers should have the right to automate part of their own job without being asked to do so by the employer. Julia Kanouse of the Illinois Technology Assoc. weighs in. → Read More
August jobs report shows slight drop in data-related positions nationwide
The August hiring forecast from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals the loss of some 900 jobs in data processing, hosting and related services. → Read More
Most firms find digital transformation goals much easier said than done
The vast majority of organizations are suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital transformation projects. → Read More
Examining the role of the CDO and their relationship with the CIO
Egon Zehnder’s partner Lindsay Trout discusses the new "CDO Decoded" study on the differences and similarities between CDOs and CIOs, and best practices for hiring these roles to create harmony. → Read More
Lack of budgets for security initiatives slows down cloud adoption
The number of public sector organizations that are ready to implement a cloud-first strategy or move their entire infrastructures to the cloud has decreased by almost 20 percent since 2018. → Read More
Top data scientists are honored for their work in data mining and discovery
Researchers and engineers take home honors at the 25th annual gathering of ACM’s subgroup on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. → Read More
The top 25 cities for recruiting skilled artificial intelligence talent
Relocation firms such as Princeton, NJ-based The Boyd Co. are targeting those North American cities that offer superior academic programs in artificial intelligence. → Read More
AI augmentation will fuel $2.9 trillion of business value in 2021
Decision support and AI augmentation will surpass all other types of AI initiatives, says research firm Gartner. → Read More
Software pros still hold the lead in tech hiring for July
Hiring in the technology sector continues to be strong, with software positions remaining among the most in-demand of all tech jobs. → Read More
Cloud migration a longer, harder journey than most organizations expect
Accenture's Siki Giunta discusses the results of a new study on cloud migration efforts, and why so many organizations say they are disappointed with the results. → Read More
'Egregious Eleven' report cites the top security threats to cloud computing
The new report re-examines the risks inherent with cloud security and takes a new approach, examining the problems inherent in configuration and authentication. → Read More
Developers are more remote-based, company connected and burnt out
DigitalOcean has released the results of its global developer survey, which looks at how software pros view their work and their working conditions. → Read More
Why data security is still one of the hardest challenges for many organizations
As technology delivers increasing interconnection and digitalization, assuring data security in every sector needs to be a long-term investment. → Read More
Most developers now spend less than half their work day programming
Developers are spending even less time on programming this year, and nearly two–thirds are still struggling with managing dependencies when it comes to open source languages. → Read More