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The Risks of Implementing BYOD CIOs and IT directors need to know if they are putting themselves at risk when they implement "bring your own device," or BYOD. Joe Townsend considers whether or not the benefits of this business policy outweigh the risks to a company's security. |
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How Team Norms Can Boost Team Effectiveness Team norms—sometimes known as ground rules—revolve around how members of a team will interact, communicate, and conduct themselves as team members. Norm setting gives team members an opportunity to express what's important to them, thus boosting team effectiveness. |
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What Can You Do with Big Data? Big data doesn’t refer to high fives or towering twelves. It refers to lots of data. The primary goal of handling big data is to capture all the data available in a given computing scenario and then analyze it to find identifiable business, behavior, or other patterns. |
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The Myth of Time Management Time management is a myth. No matter what you do, time itself isn’t going to change. If you have too much to do, all you can change is yourself. Here are a few of the ideas to help you get on the right path. |