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Putting the customer at the heart of everything
In the first installment of our blog series 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will look at the golden rule of disruption: "Put the customer at the heart of everything you do." If we were...
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CenturyLink Joins ODCA Steering Group
Forecast 2014, the annual conference of the Open Data Center Alliance ("ODCA"), kicks off today with the fitting theme "Where Cloud is a State of Business." The ODCA is an independent IT consortium...
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The Only Constant is Business Change
Philosopher Heraclitus once said: "The only thing that is constant is change." Nothing is ever frozen in time as the world is constantly evolving, meaning people must evolve alongside it. Really, what...
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CenturyLink helps multinationals expand in Asia-Pacific region
CenturyLink just announced the availability of our hybrid IT managed services in China. The enormous opportunities in China have created strong demand from our multinational corporation customers to...
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The IT Freedom Movement
Poet Robert Frost once said, "Freedom lies in being bold." It's the ability to take charge of your destiny and to make the tough choices necessary to drive freedom. This is especially important when...
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Create a "fail fast" culture of innovation
In the second of a seven part series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about failure. Be sure to read the first part here.While some might take issue with failure, a high...
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Rely on Data Powered Decision Making
In the third part of our series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about data powered decision making and how that has changed the customer experience. You can read the...
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Find a Technology Partner
In the fifth part of our series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about the importance of the technology provider. You can also read the previous part that focuses on the...
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Tap the power of the crowd
In the fourth part of our series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about the power of the crowd. You can read the third part here and get insights around how data-powered...
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The Economics of Big Data and NoSQL in the Public Cloud
The public cloud can present an appealing option for organizations that want to take advantage of NoSQL and Big Data but are not willing to invest in physical data center infrastructure to make it...
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The CIO / CMO Relationship
In the sixth part of our seven part series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about the critical CIO / CMO relationship. Part five covers the importance of the technology...
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Business Advantages of Big Data in the Cloud
If you want to get Freudian about Big Data, though, you might notice that the word "oops" is nearly all in the name of the platform. The truth is that Hadoop in its pure form can be quite challenging...
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CenturyLink Chicago Launches Illinois' First Tier III Certified Data Center
By Guest Blogger: Julian Kudritzki, Chief Operating Officer of the Uptime Institute In the world of Multi-Tenant Data Centers (MTDC), as in much of life, not all things are created equal. The levels...
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CenturyLink is a premier sponsor of the upcoming Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure andOperations (I&O) Management Conference. The theme of this year's event is Leading I&O: Delivering New...
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We have a new home with lots of great perspectives and information. Please visit our ThinkGig blog, and thanks for being part of our community.
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