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CIO guide to enabling business automationSearch Amazon for other information about MuleSoft(paid link)https://amzn.to/3A8DV8uAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Thanks.IntroductionWhether it’s building connected customer experiences or the ability to scale with changing market demands, the benefits of automation are unmistakable.Yet many IT leaders struggle to enable automation across the enterprise — and do it in the right way.As Central IT encounters repetitive or robotic tasks, they may recognize an opportunity for automation.However, they often sacrifice strategic thinking in favor of shortcuts and point solutions that address only a few immediate priorities but are often unusable in other projects.These seemingly small, inconsequential decisions can eventually become a mountain of technical debt and a decentralized patchwork of automation solutions.Additionally, most organizations haven’t created a process by which business users can execute on automation opportunities.Not enabling these teams ultimately undermines the company’s ability to quickly respond to shifting business conditions and changing customer expectations.It is incumbent, therefore, on CIOs and other IT leaders to centrally enable their organizations so that the downstream outputs, like automation, inherit the important benefits of that central enablement: central management, central governance, and central security.All of this is dependent on building a composable enterprise.00:00:00 Welcome00:00:11 Introduction00:03:34 CIO checklist for a successful automation strategy00:04:46 Composability00:05:03 Central governance00:05:34 Full range of automation types00:05:54 Omni-persona support00:06:12 Neutrality00:07:03 01 Operational excellence00:09:17 02 Connected customer experience00:11:59 03 Employee experience00:14:22 Conclusion

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by Katie ZabackIt’s a truth universally acknowledged: don’t go into business with your friends. But I couldn’t disagree more! That is, of course, if you’re all willing to agree to some rules of engagement. In this talk, I’ll share my experience starting and growing an indie game business with my friends from college. We’ll talk about what’s fun, what’s hard, and some surefire ways to kill your business (and maybe your friendship, too). When you’re done with this talk, you’ll be ready to start a business with your best buddies (or maybe decide it’s better to just stick to your weekly D&D campaign).