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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO Business Intelligence

“It’s often the data in these silos [that needs] to be integrated between multiple sites, multiple systems, especially in the [real-time] world that we live in today versus the more batch-oriented architecture of a decade ago.” It used to be that you had 15 to 30 key vendor partners, and now it’s more than 100,” he says.

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The fast track to intelligent retail modernization with TCS and Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

These types of technologies require IT architecture and infrastructure that enable increased flexibility and scalability. A more engaging customer experience may be achieved through improving navigation in store-branded mobile app, for example, or by offering an AI-driven feature to help customers determine correct sizing for apparel.

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How to Ensure That Your WordPress Website is Prepared to Face the Future

Galido

Not only do you need the content to be crafted carefully but also presented well as content architecture and layout are critical to winning the attention of visitors, keeping them engaged and leading conversions. She has co-authored a case study on SEO implementation in the apparel industry with a Tayloright consultant.

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3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, Puneesh Lamba, CIO of Shahi Exports, an apparel manufacturing company, acknowledges that “certifications have helped him perform better in board meetings, thereby making it easier to get approvals on IT spending.”. It could be coding, designing, process flow, testing, or architecture.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO Business Intelligence

As a foreigner, building trust with the IT team is extremely important, an aspect that proved to be “the most important and challenging issue” for David Berry, CIO of apparel and accessories manufacturer Boardriders, when he shifted from Häagen-Dazs in the US to become VP of IT at Grand Metropolitan Foods Europe in France.

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Transformational or overhyped? How these geeks at Seattle’s giant ‘Founders Bash’ think about AI

GeekWire

Hosted by Seattle venture capital firm Ascend , the event included all of the hallmarks of a Seattle party: a taco truck and hot dog stand, a DJ, and a cast of geeks building the next generation of startups, solving problems ranging from architecture to education. Here’s what they had to say: Charlotte Massey.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS Canada (Central) Region

All Things Distributed

Lululemon Athletica is a Canadian athletic apparel company that is using AWS Lambda, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeDeploy to rapidly build and deploy their digital marketing and e-commerce solutions for the upcoming 2016 holiday season. Increasing agility.

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