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The Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy

Harvard Business Review

If the world is to become ever more efficient and reach global climate goals, internet power will need to play its part. Leading companies are learning that sourcing renewable energy for data centers is a low-cost way to demonstrate commitment to global climate goals while adding reliability and predictability to energy consumption.

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Bridging the Gap Between IT and Your Business

Harvard Business Review

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. Further, the pace of technological change and the demands to do more with the data grow exponentially and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

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Charlie Ackerman on Winning A World in Flux

HR Digest

Bosch firmly believes that research is not an end in itself – a never-ending race to develop new technologies – but rather something that makes a tangible contribution to improving the quality of people’s lives. The goal of this group is to bring awareness, resources, and support to those impacted by a disability.

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How Cybersecurity Teams Can Convince the C-Suite of Their Value

Harvard Business Review

Below are a few examples of how our security team has become a trusted (and well-funded) advisor to our business leaders. For example, it’s still common for consumers to reuse passwords for multiple online services. Driving Financial Goals. After all, hackers have P&L sheets too. This isn’t the case.

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Your Company’s Energy Data Is an Untapped Resource

Harvard Business Review

Who at your company will be put in charge of turning buildings operations from a cost center to a revenue center? These examples are not hypothetical capabilities; these are now real options for companies. And of course, few such managers have a background in information technology. Take lighting, for example.

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Your Company’s Energy Data Is an Untapped Resource

Harvard Business Review

Who at your company will be put in charge of turning buildings operations from a cost center to a revenue center? These examples are not hypothetical capabilities; these are now real options for companies. And of course, few such managers have a background in information technology. Take lighting, for example.

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Why Marketing Needs Closer Ties to IT

Harvard Business Review

As marketing continues to shift and improve, we’ve come to rely on IT to provide expertise on current technology and, perhaps more importantly, to provide a road map that shows where technology will lead, where integration is critical, and how to make the best use of increasingly sophisticated tools.