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Hungry for Innovation? Launch Your Own Incubator

The digital imperative is driving companies to seek new sources of value for their customers, but this mission is difficult within the often cloistered confines and bureaucracy of their headquarters. Seeking to foster a culture that is more akin to startups than the corporate motherships, many large enterprises are cultivating innovation in digital labs and incubators.

The Ransomware Epidemic: How to Prep for a Shakedown

Here's an updated look at the evolution of this malware.

DHL Adds Supply Chain Cybersecurity Monitoring to Risk Management Platform

This month's WannaCry ransomware attack was the latest chapter in a series of hacks and viruses launched by increasingly sophisticated criminals and hackers. The speed at which the malicious software racked up billions of dollars' worth of damage underscored the vulnerability of data-intensive operations, such as those of global logistics companies.

How (and Why) Ikea, Apple Extend Control Across Their Supply Chains

Companies like Ikea and Apple have been investing in their supply chains in order to avoid unknown and potentially environmentally damaging activities from their suppliers by purchasing forest, building wind farms, and taking over plastics recycling plants. Ikea has purchased forest in Romania and the Baltics, while Apple has invested in forest in the US, writes The Guardian.

'Moat' Is the Latest Jargon Encircling Silicon Valley

As technology companies race to invent the future, they're turning to a metaphor borrowed from Medieval times to explain their businesses.

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Security Experts Predicted WannaCry Attack - Why Did No One Listen?

Misha Govshteyn and his colleagues at the cybersecurity startup Alert Logic dropped all their projects about a month ago, except for one they deemed a graver threat than the rest.

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A Third of Factories Are 'Critically Non Compliant'

Almost a third of factories worldwide were rated as "critically non compliant" with ethical and sustainability standards in the first quarter of 2017, according to a supplier audit company.

From Groceries to Fine Art, Blockchain Finds Widening Appeal

Walmart is on a mission to forever change what people know about their groceries.

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Opinion: Supply Chain Transparency May Be the Next Disruptor

The "Amazon-Prime Effect" - the notion that everything you order should arrive on your doorstep in two days - has left brands and retailers scrambling to keep up. As consumers' expectations grow and their patience around delivery time shrinks, one tactic businesses use to combat increasing time constraints is transparency.

More Companies Are Using Data Analytics - But Encountering Efficiency Problems, Too

"Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway," wrote Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm. Certainly, many CFOs, and not just those with web-based businesses, would wholeheartedly agree: Data are the sensory information produced by a business that has its eyes and ears on operations and customers.

Like Herding Cats: Corralling Data During Reconstruction

Information governance isn't top of mind during most restructuring planning, but ignoring it can have devastating financial consequences.

Q&A: Who Owns an Employee's Emails and Computer Files?

Question: Our association purchased a laptop and allowed the manager to use it while at work in our homeowner association's office, where it remains today. Upon the manager's termination, she wanted to remove information on the laptop's hard drive claiming that her "work" belonged to her and not the association.

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