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SMAC strategy and governance: A CIO quiz
The intersection of social, mobile, analytics and cloud is transforming IT strategies. Are you properly governing your SMAC strategy? Take this quiz to find out.
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Your enterprise is probably no further than six degrees of separation from a damaging data breach. In CIO Decisions ezine, find out how those seeking security can turn hindsight into actionable intelligence.
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Chief innovation officers need friends in high places
Hyatt, Merck and Nestlé Purina execs explain their business processes for innovation and detail why backing from on high is important.
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Two-speed IT marries agile and waterfall development approaches
At John Deere, two-speed IT enables agile and waterfall development approaches to live side by side.
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Is Box enterprise key management a game changer for enterprises?
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Experts urge using a diversified cloud strategy to offset cloud vendor instability, but the sophisticated management skills this approach requires may make it unfeasible for some IT organizations.
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