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June 15, 2021

Out in IT: A work-in-progress for the LGBTQ+ community

LGBTQ+ IT professionals share their experiences navigating careers in an industry that hasn’t always been welcoming and still has a long way to go. Read more ▶

Image: Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing

Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing

A growing number of CIOs are committing most if not all of IT to the cloud to improve security, flexibility, and agility — and to free up teams to focus on innovation and enhancing IT services.

Estée Lauder proves the business value of augmented reality

The beauty company is well positioned for retail post-COVID thanks to an AR platform that lets consumers virtually ‘try on’ makeup and other products.

What is a CMDB? A data warehouse for your IT environment

A crucial part of the ITIL framework, a configuration management database enables an organization to manage, control, configure, and identify assets across the organization.

Image: How Envision Healthcare creates a culture of business resilience

How Envision Healthcare creates a culture of business resilience

Embracing a multi-disciplinary approach to planning, an enhanced emphasis on people and processes and plenty of training are critical components of Envision Healthcare's business resilience playbook. Join us as their CIO describes what business resilience means to their organization, how they create it, and why it's important for their ongoing business operations and evolution.

Mars sweetens supply chain with digital twin

The confectionery, pet care, and food company is partnering with Microsoft to replicate its manufacturing operations digitally, a twinning task designed to optimize its supply chain.

How Mastercard’s decision management platform delivers business value

With 2.5 billion consumer accounts, Mastercard processes 75 billion transactions per year, thereby creating one of the best data sets about commerce in the world. To protect consumers and combat fraud, they created a decision management platform that analyzes 1.2 billion transactions per day, or 65,000 transactions per second, or 50 milliseconds per transaction. Join us to learn why speed is critical, how they’re using neural networks, case based reasoning, and AI, and why localization has become critical to their platform.

7 IT cost-cutting mistakes you must avoid

Are you cutting costs or cutting corners? Your job may depend on knowing the difference.

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