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CIO Leader Dec 14, 2017 20 ways to rekindle your passion for IT When the flame driving your career flickers out, it's time to tap into a new energy source. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The 8 biggest IT management mistakes • 2017's biggest tech mergers and acquisitions • Blockchain pilots show big-business promise • 7-Eleven digital transformation ushers in new era of convenience • Who in the C-suite owns emerging technology? • 4 business applications for natural language processing • 4 pitfalls to avoid when defining IT's mission in the digital age • To innovate, look outside your industry White Paper: Highstreet IT Solutions Four Essential Strategies to Optimize Your Peoplesoft Environment PeopleSoft has been instrumental in helping organizations run mission-critical business processes for more than twenty years. Yet, many companies can't spend enough time thinking about how to best optimize their environment. Read this Insight Brief to learn how to maximize your PeopleSoft investment to achieve better business outcomes. Read More ▶ The 8 biggest IT management mistakes Sure, nobody's perfect. But for those in charge of enterprise technology, the fallout from a strategic gaffe, bad hire, or weak spine can be disastrous. Here's how to avoid (or recover from) big-time IT leadership mistakes. Read More ▶ 2017's biggest tech mergers and acquisitions It's been a busy year for mergers and acquisitions in the IT industry, with a number of billion-dollar deals that did happen, or may yet do so. There's been action in cloud services, storage, microprocessors and transport. Here's our round-up of some of the biggest deals that matter to CIOs. Read More ▶ Blockchain pilots show big-business promise The much-hyped, little-understood distributed ledger technology takes aim at big business, with promising pilot programs and rising demand for blockchain skills, though security and buy-in questions remain. Read More ▶ 7-Eleven digital transformation ushers in new era of convenience 7-Eleven is testing chatbots, digital rewards, machine learning and other technologies to enhance customer loyalty and convenience. Gurmeet Singh, the company's CDO and CIO, is leading the charge. Read More ▶ Who in the C-suite owns emerging technology? Dividing up ownership and responsibility doesn't have to be a clash of Titans. Read More ▶ 4 business applications for natural language processing Four natural language processing business applications being developed today that we'll all use tomorrow. Read More ▶ 4 pitfalls to avoid when defining IT's mission in the digital age Agreeing on a mission statement is a healthy, worthwhile exercise for any organization or department. IT is no exception. The IT mission is a clear expression of the department's self-perception and shared purpose. Read More ▶ To innovate, look outside your industry To improve patient care, Carolinas HealthCare System's Craig Richardville looks to other industries for emerging technologies and innovative ideas. Read More ▶ eGuide: RSA Guide to Identity Management The increasing number of devices taking their place in the "Internet of Things" (IoT) will have a corresponding effect on how companies employ their identity management structures. This eGuide introduces the concept of the "Internet of Identities" and explores how it will affect IAM in the very near future. Read More ▶ CIO Insider 1. The working dead: IT jobs bound for extinction 2. IT jobs report, 2017 3. Why IT projects still fail 4. The chatbot startup that has the Fortune 500 listening 5. 10 GDPR myths debunked Editor's Picks 1. 7 hot IT career trends — and 7 going cold 2. Inside highly successful data analytics teams 3. The secret to being a superhero CIO? A kickass sidekick 4. 10 tips for making self-evaluations meaningful 5. 19 big data certifications that will pay off Is your company a great place to work in IT? Computerworld's annual listing of Best Places to Work in IT showcases the organizations that excel at keeping their employees engaged and loyal with compensation, training and access to hot technologies. Submit your nomination today!

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