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The Weekly Digest - March 26, 2021
The National CIO Weekly Digest
Weekly Digest | March 26, 2021
Not-So-Sweet Melissa
March 23, 2021 - On this day, the Melissa Virus was unleased on the World Wide Web, wreaking havoc on individuals and changing the way we look at cyber security forever. It was the first e-mail virus to cause widespread damage and one of the fastest spreading viruses in history.
Melissa was released on an early Friday morning and within three days would infect between 100,000 and 250,000 computers. The sheer volume of e-mail that it generated crashed many corporate (*cough* Microsoft) e-mail servers.
Read More: How the Melissa Virus Changed the Internet
Innovation and the Tension Between Stasis and Change
In his first article for The National CIO Review, Contributing CIO Mark Cooke addresses the organizational tension that exists when driving innovation in the enterprise.
How to Overcome Cost-Barriers to Digital Transformation
Technology transformation relies on an enterprise IT department that is ready to move into the 21st century. One of the most significant barriers to digital transformation is the concern over costs and the organization's financial health.
Deep Dive: John Lukas, Vice President of Information Systems and Technology – RaceTrac
John Lukas, Vice President of Information Systems and Technology for RaceTrac, gives us an in-depth look at his personal career journey. He elaborates on his initiatives within the company, thoughts on IT talent acquisition, and his own predictions for the future.
Talking With Strangers, Malcom Gladwell
In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell asserts that there is a problem with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.
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