Growing beyond the early days of cryptocurrency, blockchain is now poised to become the world’s dominant value-exchange protocol. But what is blockchain? The term may be completely unfamiliar if you live outside the world of Bitcoins, but if you run a business that involves multiple levels of interactions for contracts, complex databases, and high-value transactions with untested clients, then blockchain may be exactly what your business needs.
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Back in January of 2017 at CES, Daniel Newman writing for Forbes.com predicted the following trends in IT for 2017: Cloud Migration Cybersecurity AR and VR Automation for Data Centers and Marketing Intelligent Apps Blockchain AI and Machine Learning Now that we are nearly halfway through the year, let’s see who are the winners and […]
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First of all, what is Joint Application Design (JAD)? JAD is the method of including key end-users in the design and development process of an application. This is done through workshops called JAD sessions. The thought behind this practice is to have an end product that is more satisfactory to the client by including them […]
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We’ve all heard the term used in the modern industry, Data Mining. What does it mean though? Essentially, data mining is the process of collecting large amounts of data and analyzing it to create a meaningful set of patterns, trends, and rules. With today’s technology, there is an unlimited amount of data being sent back […]
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Information Technology (IT) has grown like a vine into every nook and cranny of businesses worldwide. Within the past decade it has worked its way into the very foundation of the modern industry. With integrating new IT into any organization carries many competitive advantages. However, getting the technology isn’t the end of the game. A […]
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“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is not only a motto but the mantra of a town built for sin in the desert. Where bright light mix with high stakes may likely be the last place you would want plugged into the Cloud that innervates almost every aspect of life, constantly sending and receiving […]
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For an organization to determine a performance measurement, they must fully analyze the information given and collected from the targeted component. In many cases this process is used in employee evaluations, process evaluations, and strategy evaluations to help the organization determine whether or not the output meets the expectations set by the organization’s guidelines. In […]
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One section of the SIMs survey discussed cyber security practices within the survey taker’s organizations. Out of the SIM members that took the survey, 45.82% of the organizations had a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or equivalent position on board. This position takes into concern how information security affects legal requirements; thus taking accountability for […]
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Analytics/Business Intelligence/Data Mining/Forecasting/Big Data Data analysis, systems analysis, business analysis, and financial analysis are all very important factors within an organization. Having an educated team and the correct software, your organization can use data to predict demographic purchasing trends, financial forecasting, target key demographics with certain marketing, and many other things that can help your […]
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The Society for Information Management (SIM), was founded in 1969 and has been highly regarded as the premier network for IT leadership. SIM is a community of thought leaders who share experiences and rich intellectual capital, and who explore future IT direction. (www.simnet.org) The SIM survey was filled out by 1213 SIM members, which included […]
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