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The Java migration imperative: Why your business should upgrade now

CIO Business Intelligence

Its “write once, run anywhere” philosophy has driven widespread adoption and established the platform as the backbone of enterprise applications. However, to truly take advantage of modern Java, apps built for the ecosystem must be constantly maintained to maximize performance and minimize exposure to risks and security vulnerabilities.

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Online Traders Need to Take the Threats of Data Breaches Seriously

Smart Data Collective

Data breaches in the financial sector have become a major concern for businesses and consumers alike. With the increasing reliance on digital transactions and data storage, it has become more important than ever for financial institutions to ensure that their data is secure.

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Key Considerations When Managing a Multivendor IT Environment

CIO Business Intelligence

Where are your biggest downtime risks? Risk tolerance is, after all, a mission-critical piece of knowledge that can save the business. SLAs will need to be updated as risk management plans change. . It’s no longer driven by hardware technology, which had a predictable life cycle to it. It can be done.

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4 Reasons Why GRC Is a Useless Term

John Wheeler

It has been 5 years since Gartner embarked on the journey to enhance our coverage of the risk management technology marketplace. That journey included in-depth survey research and countless interactions with our end-user clients to understand their need to better manage strategic, operational and IT/cybersecurity risks.

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The New Normal for FP&A: Scenario Planning

Jedox

Though only twelve years ago, it truly highlighted the difference between possibility and probability and the danger and impact of tail risk. The oil collapse of 2014 is another example of the importance of scenario planning. The oil collapse of 2014 is another example of the importance of scenario planning.

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Shocking Ways Big Data Changed the Nature of Business Lending

Smart Data Collective

Lenders are tightening their actuarial criteria and employing data driven decision making capabilities. If a company is looking to borrow money, they need to understand how big data has changed the process. They need to adapt their borrowing strategy to the new big data algorithms to improve their changes of securing a loan.

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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

In the modern world of business, data is one of the most important resources for any organization trying to thrive. Business data is highly valuable for cybercriminals. They even go after meta data. Big data can reveal trade secrets, financial information, as well as passwords or access keys to crucial enterprise resources.

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