Opinion
Experienced IT professionals share their opinions, expert views, and analyses on the latest trends and other major announcements in IT. Get insights and different perspectives on how to tackle current issues and challenges related to IT.
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Social Media – A Double-Edged Sword for Mental Health
There have been many studies done on the potential for the increased use of social media to have a negative impact on the mental health of young people. Cyber bullying and other phenomena can have very serious impacts on our youth. But the other side of the coin is the ability for troubled young people
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21 SysAdmin Influencers, Bloggers and Geeks to Follow
Being a SysAdmin can be a thankless role, with maybe a pizza party if the day’s/week’s work go right, but plenty of notoriety when stuff hits the fan. Each year, SysAdmin Appreciation Day is our opportunity to celebrate the often-forgotten heroes of many IT departments. The men and women who keep the lights working, the
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Implementing Tech-Based Health and Wellness Programs in the Workplace
Researchers have compiled extensive information in recent years on the direct links between employee health and wellness and how each translates into productivity in the workplace. Employers are now realizing how important it is to offer a stress-free and supportive environment that encourages teamwork and fosters growth. When a business invests in its workforce by
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Devops, Johan Cruyff, Total football – and Total IT?
DevOps and Football – where is the connection? In 2016 we lost Johan Cruyff, one of the few true greats of modern football (read soccer if you hail from west of the Atlantic). Looking back on how Cruyff, and coach Rinus Michels’s innovation changed football and how that then evolved into the modern playing style
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Three Tech Start-Up Myths and the Reality Behind Them
Ever heard the term ‘build it and they will come’? Are you confident in your hot new software product, simply because you know it’s ‘cooler’ than an existing product? If you picture the moment a great advancement in computer science occurs, do you imagine a lone computer nerd hit by a sudden stroke of brilliance?
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10 Reasons You Need to Focus on the People Side of Change – More Than Ever Before!
People like me have been banging on for eons about the need to focus on the people side of change. But that drum is now getting louder. The reason is that the landscape has changed. Whereas in the past change was episodic and the management of people through that change performed in a linear process,
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5G and Cybersecurity: What We Can Really Expect
A 5G mobile network — or “fifth generation,” what it stands for — will be launching to a wildly different market and landscape than the technologies before it. This is primarily due to the matter of cybersecurity and the handling of sensitive and private information in today’s world. 4G and LTE technologies, for example, came
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The Internet of Things (IoT): What You Need to Know and Do Now
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is growing and evolving even as you read this. Here are my thoughts on what the IoT is, how it threatens your enterprise, and what you can do to prepare for, deal effectively with, and even take advantage of it. IoT: What You Need to Know Now The term
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