Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch’s new characters seem like a match made in heaven. The game’s lead hero designer talks a little bit in what it takes to get called up to the main roster.

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Are you disrupting yourself before it knocks on your door?

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Does humor have any place in a professional presentation? David Nihill and the folks at Prezi certainly seem to think so

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As marketing becomes highly customized and data-driven, the roles of CMO and CIO are shifting (and becoming more interdependent than ever).

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The varied work experience of Bob Rogers, Intel’s Chief Data Scientist, is a prime example of the amalgam of skills and expertise that will be the hallmark of successful business leaders in the future.

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56% of organizations have integrated IoT data into their existing core business systems such as ERP, cloud hosting platforms, analytics tools, and mobile applications.
55% of IoT adopters in the Americas have seen revenue growth by greater than 20% following IoT implementation.
Globally, IoT now accounts for 24% of the average IT budget – equivalent to IT spending around cloud computing or data analytics.

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Population growth over the last century has undoubtedly been dramatic. While it took many thousands of years before the world reached 1bn inhabitants, it was just a few hundred more before we reached today’s population of 7.3bn.

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Women comprise almost 50 percent of the workforce, and many organizations agree diversity and inclusion are economic and business imperatives. So why does achieving equality in the workplace remain such a major challenge? This was the central question an esteemed panel of experts and activists tackled during a much too short episode of SAP’s Changing the Game with HR radio broadcast. Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham, the show was entitled, HR, Inclusion and Diversity: Where to From Here?

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Pokémon Go, an online augmented reality-based mobile game, has become a major hit in the U.S. and other parts of the world. The smartphone gaming app, which was launched just about a week ago, is reported to have seen its daily active user base in the U.S. already surpass that of Twitter, with engagement levels already ahead of other apps such as Snapchat. As the game calls for users to be outdoors exploring new places, while requiring an active data connection, it could potentially bode well for the usage of mobile data. Below we take a look at whether the Pokémon phenomenon could drive data usage or adoption for the major U.S. wireless carriers.

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Continuing its acquisition spree, eBay recently announced that it is acquiring SalesPredict, an Israel-based analytics company with the technology to predict consumer buying behavior and sales conversion. The acquisition is aimed at bolstering its structured data capablity as the company works towards building the world’s most comprehensive product catalog and pricing guide. As eBay works on its transformation program to improve its platform for buyers and sellers, the company is using several technological tools to reach this goal. SalesPredict’s expertise in predictive analytics and machine learning will enable eBay’s buyers to better understand the price differentiating attributes of its products. For the benefit of its sellers, eBay can use this expertise to build predictive models that can define the probability of selling a given product at a given price over a period of time. We believe a more structured product catalog with advanced intelligent features can enhance the buyer experience on eBay and providing data around probability of sales conversion at a given price will do the same for sellers on its platform. The acquisition of SalesPredict enables the company to meet its goal of an improved buyer and seller experience on its platform.

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