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Data monetization: driving the new competitive edge in retail

CGI

Data monetization: driving the new competitive edge in retail. Retailers are fully aware that their future relies largely on their ability to use data efficiently. However, in today’s dynamic and highly competitive retail sector, retailers need to accelerate their plans and commit resolutely to the path of data monetization.

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When Consumerisation and Cloud Services = Shadow IT

CGI

There are more cloud services available than ever before, and the number of cloud services used in the workplace continues to increase at a phenomenal rate, spanning both sanctioned cloud services (aka sanctioned IT) and shadow cloud services (aka shadow IT). sensitive data often being shared through public links etc.

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In Praise of the Invisible DB2 for z/OS System

Robert's Db2

If you want this to happen -- and you should -- then you should understand that a vital success factor is having application developers who are favorably inclined towards writing code that accesses DB2 for z/OS-managed data. Wouldn't it be better if you could just code the same way regardless of the target data server?