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Continued Evolution of Enterprise Mobility

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A few months ago, I discussed how enterprise mobility is part of the modern business evolution. Revolution might be more like it. In 2016, we saw record numbers of companies changing how they function in the new mobile environment—increasingly working from mobile-only apps and providing only mobile devices to new employees. As the technology grows and expands, it has the …

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Converge Tech and Business Week in Review – March 4, 2017

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The S3 storage outage that brought down the Internet, the Slack bug that could have been a big nightmare for business owners, how virtual reality can transform remote work, and how understanding your co-workers can help keep you and your business safe from phishing scams. We offer these and other interesting stories in our weekly overview of the tech and …

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Virtualization Security: The Line of Defense Your Cloud Needs

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It used to be that companies used Clouds merely to back up their physical systems. Now, as many businesses are increasingly adopting Clouds and virtual machines (VMs) as an alternative to their physical infrastructure, the question remains: How to keep their virtual data, software, and systems secure? Just as technology is changing how and where we work, it is also …

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Data as a Service: The Big Opportunity for Business

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Big data is imperative to business—and the amount of data in circulation and storage needed increases daily. Most forward-thinking businesses recognize the value of this data and leverage it as a decision-making factor for business strategy, but they don’t use it to its full potential. Unfortunately, most big data exists in silos that bog down its effectiveness. Break Down Data …

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Overcoming Hurdles of Data Usage

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Big Data is many things, but easy is not one of them. While companies the world over have raced to jump aboard the Big Data train, few have seen tangible results from their efforts. A recent Experian report showed that although 95 percent of CIOs believe data is changing how their organizations are doing business, nearly two-thirds of those also …

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Wendy’s Introduces Self-Serve Robots into the Fast Food Experience

In Business and Leadership by Shelly KramerLeave a Comment

In tech news that’s interesting to me, Wendy’s recently announced the intention to roll out the robots—or, in this case, 1,000 self-ordering kiosks—in high volume locations during the course of 2017.  Even more interesting, David Trim, the company’s Chief Information Officer, reports that the company expects to see a return on investment in robot tech within two years or less …

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Seven Common E-Commerce PCI Compliance Myths Explained

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There are so many e-Commerce PCI Myths floating around that it’s easy to find the subject confusing. Here’s the reality: If your business accepts credit cards, your transactions must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) – a set of standards that applies to any company that accepts, processes, stores or transmits credit card data. Whether …

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Crowded Collaboration Space: Can New Entrants Meet Demands? 

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If you’ve ever tried to get your team on a conference call—on time—while sharing documents or chatting with colleagues online—you know how challenging it can be. Perhaps that’s why so many new players are popping up like weeds in the unified communications (UC) market, providing hope and accessibility to comm-addicted companies worldwide. Despite the growing number of providers—or perhaps because …

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Converge Tech and Business Week in Review: February 25, 2017

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From emerging technology trends to watch for 2017, understanding the difference between the latest machine technologies, and a software bug that leaked sensitive information from millions of the company’s high profile clientele. Here’s an overview of the tech and business news that we think you might want to know about this week. Emerging Technology Trends in 2017. Technology is an …