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My high school-aged daughter, Blair, came home last week with an English assignment. Her teacher asked her to write a paper about sustainability and how it impacts Blair's teenage life.  It was a good question even though Blair didn't necessarily like the project. As we discussed it throughout...

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This week Corporate Technologies Group hosted a Technology Summit designed exclusively for CIO/IT leaders who want to enhance their knowledge around IT innovation and cloud transformation. The Summit was led by Michael Sterl, Chief Strategy Officer for Carve Digital and IT Thought Leader. The days' speakers included representatives...

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When considering moving your business to the cloud, you need to decide how much involvement you want in managing that cloud. The cloud doesn't run itself. Some people fear they will "lose control of their data" if they outsource cloud management. However, managed cloud providers aren't taking control,...

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As a CIO, would you describe your IT department as “a strong partner to the business?” According to the 2014 Deloitte Global CIO Survey only 49 percent of CIOs feel that way. It’s easy to get trapped in the day-to-day efforts of just maintaining the status quo of keeping...

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Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a cost-effective solution that enables you to consolidate all of your business applications onto a single private network.  I found a detailed summary on excITingIP.com of the factors that have enabled MPLS VPN Networks to become more favorable for organizations that want to inter-connect...