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Boards Should Take Responsibility for Cybersecurity. Here’s How to Do It

Harvard Business Review

Focus as much on culture as technology. Directors should make sure that OpEx and CapEx are aligned with risk reduction priorities and projects; security is not done for security’s sake. Security is so much more than purchasing antivirus software and conducting penetration testing. It’s done for the business.

CAPEX 8
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IT Cannot Be Only the CIO's Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. Technology? This only results in technology being deployed on time and to budget and works. IT management Information & technology'

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Big Data Doesn't Work if You Ignore the Small Things that Matter

Harvard Business Review

Companies would do better at satisfying and retaining customers if they spent less time worrying about big data and more time making good use of "small data" — already-available information from simple technology solutions — to become more flexible, informative, and helpful.

CAPEX 15
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You, Too, Can Move Your Company Into the Cloud

Harvard Business Review

If asked about cost savings, be ready to deliver your pitch on how you intend to reduce or eliminate capex spending, reduce personnel resources, move services to a pay by month model eliminating long term contracts and ultimately reduce your annual budget by a modest percentage year over year over a 3-5 year period of time.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. The implications of success scare them more than the risk of failure. All-In Autonomy.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

And finally, does the operating model support the company’s strategic mission with the right combination of people, process, technology, and tools? Are you focusing opex and capex on these priorities in order to build competitively differentiated capabilities? None of these are easy questions.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs. The dissemination of technology. Indeed, a recent German study found that the jobs landscape is harmed by the poor distribution of technologies such as robotics throughout the economy.

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