Innovation

Developer Skills in Demand--Now and in the Future Employers continue to seek software developers with expertise in established technologies such as .NET, C++ and HTML, but the environment is changing rapidly.
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Business-Led Tech Spending Drives Innovation As the roles of IT and business continue to blur, it's inevitable that an increasing share of technology spending is now overseen by non-tech managers. But there's a bright side to this trend: It's paving the way for more innovation, according to a...
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Fascinating Facts About the Internet of Things If something isn't connected to the Internet—whether human, animal, household appliance, automobile, factory tool, etc.—does it exist? If you're going all-in on the Internet of things, you may conclude that it doesn't. Simply stated, the...
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Is Your Organization Ready for BYOW? The bring-your-own-wearable (BYOW) movement won’t be like the smartphone revolution. It will be much faster and much less gradual—and it will start this year.
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Tech Wins a Key Position at the 2014 World Cup The 2014 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup may go down in history as the most tech-friendly one to date, according to a number of published reports. Matches are currently under way, wrapping up with the...
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Crowdsourcing Gets Pedestrian IT leaders should take a page from the crowdsourcing playbook—used by companies like AT&T and IBM—to spur new ideas and rapid innovation in many industries.
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Get Ready: The Future Is Here Radical change requires radically different thinking. Business and IT leaders must begin to prepare for a highly connected and data-driven future.
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How to Provide World-Class Customer Service Businesses must tune into customer preferences, attitudes and needs, and, ultimately, construct a framework that provides personalized, relevant communication.
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An iBeacon of Hope? The ability to beam location- and context-aware offers to people could help transform today's carpet-bombing marketing methods into a precision laser approach.
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Business Innovation Lessons From NASA The Saturn V moon rocket, designed to fly Apollo astronauts to the moon, was 363 feet tall and was one of the most powerful rockets ever built. Yet, just eight years before the launch, NASA's leadership and engineers were intimidated by President...
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