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    Making the Most of the More: How Application Managed Services Makes a Business Intelligence Platform More Effective
    In today’s technology world, it’s all about the “more” – technology needs are getting more complex and more expensive, which in turn is driving organizations to look for more effective solutions. Ultimately, more and more companies are turning to Application Managed Services (AMS) to manage their business intelligence platforms. In this complex environment, AMS is a relatively simple solution: a…
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    The End of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
    On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling in case C-311/18 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (more commonly referred to as Schrems II). The court found that U.S. national intelligence laws (FISA 702 and Executive Order 12333) provide inadequate privacy protection for EU…
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    Cybersecurity Threats: Gain Visibility to Detect Events with Microsoft Azure Sentinel
    Organizations spend significant time and resources determining the safest way to transition to, or maintain, a cloud environment. However, given the impact over the last six months from the COVID-19 pandemic, active phishing websites have increased by 350 percent affecting both organizations and individuals who have been hacked or have fallen for phone pleas for medical supplies, donations and…
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    Establishing Foundational Cloud Governance
    Organizations are struggling with how to structure their cybersecurity and risk management programs in cloud environments. They are failing to understand the frameworks and resources available to them to securely configure and audit their cloud footprints. In some cases, organizations are moving to the cloud with architectures that fail to adapt to the paradigms of cloud computing…
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    Enrich SAP Analytics Cloud with Microsoft’s Excel Plug-In
    As a relatively new SAP analytics tool, the features SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) offers are ever-evolving to benefit the end user. Earlier this year, SAP introduced an Excel add-in that allows companies to integrate their SAC analytic and planning models with Excel and explore data insights in the familiar spreadsheet tool. In this blog, we’ll look at how this new plug-in works and explain why it…
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    Four Common Mistakes in Cloud Environments
    In our previous blog, Establishing Foundational Cloud Governance, we outlined the modern technology operating environment and governance structure mistakes organizations make while using a hybrid-cloud environment. This blog looks at a few other mistakes that organizations are likely to make.  The Number One Mistake: Failure to Automate  An organization…
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    The Power of Hybrid Analytics
    As part of a typical business intelligence program, organizations are bound to take advantage of multiple systems. One system may provide exceptional reporting capabilities. Another may provide best-in-class dashboarding. Yet another may provide outstanding predictive abilities. The challenge is understanding where and how to access multiple systems in a business intelligence landscape. This is…
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    Podcast: Gone Phishing - Elaborate Scams Are on the Rise. Are You Smart Enough to Recognize Them?
    During cybersecurity awareness month, we are showcasing several podcasts on security and privacy issues. In this podcast, I share a personal experience with, and an in-depth analysis of, a sophisticated phishing scam. How can companies protect themselves against increasingly elaborate phishing attempts and other malicious actions? Listen to the story here.
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    A Single Source of Truth for Privacy Programs
    Although we are just past the midpoint of the year 2020, it has already proven to be a time of significant change. We find ourselves doing many things we had never imagined, like evaluating body temperatures as people enter the workplace, the retail store or the school. But even before the advent of the coronavirus, we were in the midst of a sea change, from how we interact with each other to how…
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    A Recipe to Improve Data Literacy Using the SAP Ecosystem
    Modern Analytic Operating Models, DevOps and Data Literacy Initiatives for SAP Analytics This is the first of several posts that focus on improving data literacy, at a business line and enterprise scale, using technology in the SAP ecosystem.  A Chief Data Officer (CDO) or other senior analytics leadership role sits at the intersection of data processing, capture, storage, governance and…
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