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How Testbeds Can Help Us To Co-Create The Future

The Horizons Tracker

Bunkered away in R&D labs they often fall into the trap of focusing almost exclusively on the technology they’re developing rather than on the customer need it should be meeting. The testbed not only aims to give innovators access to the technological framework but also to the expertise that has helped to create it.

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Estonia Highlights The Progress Made With Government-As-A-Platform

The Horizons Tracker

technologies, that were at the time growing apace via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, could transform governments and better enable them to address the many challenges facing the world. billion per year can be saved through smarter use of digital technologies. The paper highlighted the potential for web 2.0

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The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security

Harvard Business Review

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants a preliminary framework in place by the end of this summer, with a final set of guidelines ready to go in February 2014. A growing number of corporate boards are demanding regular updates from CISOs or CIOs on their states of readiness.

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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. There is no time for complacency.

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The Business Case for an Employee Communication App - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM STAFFBASE

Harvard Business Review

But investing in an internal communications strategy that leverages mobile app technology can play an integral role in reaching employees, connecting strategy with operations and helping companies thrive, according to new research by Staffbase. This is especially problematic when successful change depends on the cooperation of the workforce.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security.

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