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One thing most CEOs can agree on is the importance of technology in finding a strong path forward, especially when the effects of the pandemic lessen. In this PWC survey conducted earlier this year, 77% of chief executives worldwide said their top priority was to make their business more efficient, and 83% say they are increasing investments in digital transformation to do it. They have clear direction. Now, they need speed. Because the companies that…

Ultimately, who is your audience? And are they getting what they want from you, how, and when they want it? If they aren’t, you risk losing them. Did you know that about 50% of formerly loyal customers have left a company for a competitor that they felt was able to stay more relevant and satisfy their needs? The ability of your IT infrastructure to deliver what your customers need and want is critical to your…

Data readiness is at the heart of Integrated Experiences — how organizations can use their data to engage with customers, partners, and employees in a way that instantly connects them to what they want. That said, does anyone have the time to design a complex data fabric architecture to support this data connectivity? Time is not a luxury that most enterprises have. Data architects and stewards need to understand their true business drivers and metrics,…

Integrated experiences are the confluence of information, integration, and interactions that connect your end users — customers, partners, employees — to everything they need or want from you. At Boomi, we like to talk about Integrated Experiences as wish fulfillment. For example, wouldn’t it be great if when you hire a new employee, they could fill out the eight or nine different forms they need to get started in one, easy-to-use portal? Where information like…

A cyber-attack has forced the government of New Mexico’s most populous county to close most of its county buildings to the public. Bernalillo County had to take some of its IT systems offline on Wednesday after becoming the target of a digital assault that county officials suspect was a ransomware attack.  In a statement released Wednesday, the county said that all public safety departments, such as emergency 911 communications, the Sheriff’s Office, and Fire and Rescue, were…

It may be tempting to think that middleware isn’t compelling. And maybe back in the day, when middleware was truly in-the-weeds, developer-level-only kind of technology, it might not have been…sexy. Today, I’d argue that the integration magic that is today’s middleware is one of the most exciting things happening in technology. Because integration platform as a service (iPaaS) — today’s middleware — performs the invaluable service of making wishes come true. When you started a…

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation today announced its acquisition of an American cybersecurity operations and compliance company. The Arizona-based cybersecurity consulting and managed services firm said the decision to acquire True Digital Security was part of a strategy to bring together global security talent as partners. True Digital Security was founded in 1985 and currently has offices in West Palm Beach, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and New York, New York. Describing itself as “the tech company for tech companies” on…

A man who worked at the Monsanto Company has admitted stealing a trade secret from his former employer and attempting to sell it to the People’s Republic of China. Xiang Haitao was employed by the American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation and its subsidiary, The Climate Corporation, as an imaging scientist from 2008 to 2017. The 44-year-old former resident of Chesterfield, Missouri, exploited his position to steal a proprietary predictive algorithm dubbed the Nutrient Optimizer.  The algorithm…

Guest author Ben Hall is the lead technical developer for C# .NET at gov.uk (a United Kingdom public sector information website) and a .NET Foundation foundation member. He worked for nine years as a school teacher, covering programming and computer science. Ben enjoys making complex topics accessible and practical for busy developers. Deciding Between Docker Desktop and a DIY Solution At the heart of the Docker experience is Docker Engine. Docker Desktop’s ready-to-use solution for…