James Watson Jr

I'm the CEO of Doculabs. I love biking and good music.

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

@NBCNews reports that the Irish Data Protection Commission has 15 open #privacy investigations. Ten target @facebook. One investigation, writes @David_Ingram, examines whether FB has met obligations “to secure & safeguard the personal data of its users.” https://t.co/Ru9DQvRu5V

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Good piece on where to use #PredictiveAnalytics in @CIOonline: equiptment maintenance, predictive IT, HVAC needs, #CustomerService, retail, quality assurance, & in conjunction with business #Intelligence. @marypcbuk https://t.co/4PwMo75UJY

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

Is there sufficient #Governance baked into #ArtificialIntelligence systems @Forbes article talks of concerns 4 accuracy, fairness, transparency, trust, ethics, privacy and security of AI, prompting calls for the regulation of AI deploymt. @jayshreepandya https://t.co/Q67ocZ0Ncd

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

List of 8 Toughest Decisions for CIOs from @CIOonline: ranking projects, whether to outsource, who to promote, walking away from a deal, staff to keep (& cut), killing projects, recalling defective products, the choice not taken. https://t.co/GTVn1AXMgk

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

California continues to pioneer #privacy protections. A short piece in @GovInfoSecurity covers a new bill introduced in the legislature that would expand CA's data #breach notification requirements to include #biometrics data and #passport numbers. https://t.co/E8N8taLGdh

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Piece in @Forbes on how #mastercard, @amazon & #Accenture are partnering to establish a transparent #blockchain #SupplyChain. A "circular" supply chain will allow consumers to "tip" producers who produce with #Sustainability in mind. @CryptoLeslie https://t.co/kGMF7uHMU7

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Should you "do" #DigitalTransformation just for the sake of doing so? Here's a, go-slow-and-assess the #ROI in @CIOonline. Main story source says: "We needed to do a better job of mapping this out for people, of articulating what success looks like ... https://t.co/YYuBSXjLFe

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

@TechCrunch columnist derides companies who say to customers "we take your #privacy seriously." @zachwhittaker writes: "Data hungry companies like @Google and @Facebook, which sell data about you to advertisers, wouldn’t even exist. https://t.co/IpeCRKlIi8

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

Loved this @Computerworld piece telling #CIO's what they're missing in #Blockchain. Says author @lucasmearian: "They're not using it as a decentralized ledger .. to support immutable data audit trails" to exchange "a single version of transactional truth." https://t.co/OncRd8qESd

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Good @Forbes piece talks about the areas of potential impact for #RoboticProcessAutomation (RPA), from #insurance processing to #fraud detection to #riskmanagement. We cover it a lot in https://t.co/0azVrKVMgd. https://t.co/IQAQvMQhZQ

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

A new @Gartner_inc report now has the #CIO taking on the role of the chief human resources officer. The union of IT and #HumanResources can help create business processes that align IT with desired company culture, the report said. @TechRepublic https://t.co/PVsBiDgVEu

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

CEO cheat sheet for #DigitalTransformation advocates a focus on business impact and economic drivers, rather than the role of individual technologies, such as #ArtificialIntelligence, #BigData or #Blockchain.@BobZukis @Forbes https://t.co/3ZzXySvJq4

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

Lessons for business: 8 of 10 Americans make the mistake: Reusing the same #Password for more than one account. @MarketWatch story also covers 2-factor authentication & freezing credit. Not sure a biz can to the latter tho. #informationsecurity #Governance https://t.co/hGmfAp2w2O

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Here's a take on Robotic Process Automation, and its use in #manufacturing. RPA can check for order entry errors, validate invoices against purchase orders, mark PO's as complete, & verifyi Bill of Material builds. @MnetNews https://t.co/jOycH2lW9L

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

Oh, those data #privacy policies: people click & accept privacy policies w/out reading. The average American doesn't understand them; policies can be changed w/out notice, & often you're giving permission to share info with 3rd parties. @CNBC @jennyanne211 https://t.co/fXyO2xsuo5

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Interesting perspective on @Accenture's "post digital" world in @Forbes. Key point: "digital is so everywhere that it's nowhere. ... social, mobile, analytics and #cloud have moved beyond adoption silos to become part of the ... foundation for their orgs. https://t.co/qNelLjMC8H

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

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[Doculabs @Doculabs]

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[Doculabs @Doculabs]

Digital Transformation Predictions for 2019
https://t.co/0ZhsW75E4P

[Matt McClelland @MattMcClelland4]

Opinion piece in @CSOonline explores whether you or your vendor should own #encryption for #CyberSecurity. Author from @FoleyandLardner, says business, if possible, should handle encryption itself, allowing for greater confidence in data protection. https://t.co/kSQf7j1RJM

[James Watson Jr @JamesWatsonJr]

Five #InternetOfThings trends for 2019 include: business getting more involved, the growth of the IOT "voice", more compute "at the edge", #ArtificialIntelligence and IOT, & more 5G networks incorporating IoT. @Forbes @BernardMarr https://t.co/dmcBUGQ9Ck