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The first Gartner Tech Growth and Innovation conference is over - a recap

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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Last week, I had the privilege to be conference chair for the Gartner Tech Growth and Innovation conference, which was a great success.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn purchase speaks volumes about communications

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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Microsoft's offer to acquire LinkedIn for $26bn highlights the continued importance & challenges of communication platforms in the digital age.
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Why is Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) so difficult to get right?

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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enterprise mobility management
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Does EMM have to be so difficult? This is a question that bothers me very much, every single day. I mean from the perspective of the customer.
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Looking at Health IT: When integration isn't enough

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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EHR adoption in US hospitals is high, but lack of interoperability and excess costs hamper progress. #HealthIT #EHR.
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Digital asset management: What's old is new again

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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What's old is new again. Judging from our ramping volume of client inquiry, DAM is undergoing a bit of a renaissance, albeit a quiet one.
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Why did Microsoft purchase LinkedIn? A treasure trove of information

Wed, 15th Jun 2016
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planning
Microsoft's recent purchase of LinkedIn shows that in a world of smart of machines, content is king and the new code base.
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Your invite: National forum on the Future of Public Sector Digitisation

Tue, 14th Jun 2016
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healthtech
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digitisation
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australian government
A national conference to be held in Sydney this July will provide insightful case studies around digitisation and converting to e-service delivery.
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Most organisations unconfident in ability to protect data after breach

Tue, 14th Jun 2016
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breach prevention
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The majority of IT professionals say they are not confident in their ability to keep their organization's data secure following a breach.
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Expert dishes on Symantec/Blue Coat 'powerful' merger

Tue, 14th Jun 2016
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Symantec announced the acquisition of web and cloud security specialist Blue Coat. Symantec is about to become bigger and more powerful than the rest.
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Hitting emails and Facebook: Ray-Ban scam is back

Mon, 13th Jun 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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facebook
Beware as the Ray-Ban scam strikes back, targeting unsuspecting Brits with fake email offers and Facebook ads.
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'We're a technology company.' Yeah right.

Mon, 13th Jun 2016
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it industry
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change management
In a world where banks to pharma firms are dubbing themselves tech companies, critics argue it's mere corporate rhetoric without real transformation.
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US TV broadcasters now want to help you binge watch your favourite shows

Mon, 13th Jun 2016
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digital entertainment
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tv on demand
At gatherings last month, US broadcasters were demanding the ability to make all episodes of any new TV series they pick up available on demand.
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Is it time to drop 'mobile first' from your strategy?

Mon, 13th Jun 2016
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Last week Gartner reported that smartphone sales are slowing globally. Time to ditch your mobile marketing strategy, right? Of course not.
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Vodafone NZ/Sky merger is good news for its competitors

Mon, 13th Jun 2016
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This is good news for DTS and any other business focused ISP. Everything coming out of Vodafone and Sky seems to relate to the consumer market.
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Channel highlights from Gartner's technology and innovation conference

Fri, 10th Jun 2016
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partners
Channels and ecosystems are crucial as providers navigate the digital transformation at Gartner's conference; VCs and PE firms remain undeterred by market woes.
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Smartphone technologies and capabilities that can not be ignored by mobile device vendors

Thu, 9th Jun 2016
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Mobile giants can't ignore the new top 10 smartphone techs that shape user experience, says Gartner's Roberta Cozza.
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Insight: Why disciplined collaboration needs flexible tools

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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deloitte
Collaboration brings with it many benefits to the table for an organisation, but it does require a cohesive set of protocols and procedures.
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Expert opinion: Cisco and IBM adopt hybrid analytics architecture to drive IoT growth

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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The new Internet of Things (IoT) partnership between Cisco and IBM promises to enhance the companies' IoT offerings.
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SimpliVity navigates near-term disruption to maximize hyperconverged footprint

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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hyperscale
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converged infrastructure
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dc
SimpliVity has the foundational vision and software capabilities needed to succeed in the quickly growing tide of data center industry disruption.
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3 reasons why telecom operators should store historical data right now

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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uc
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data analytics
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martech
Big Data technologies, cloud services and price drops in storage disks have made it possible to store huge datasets.