Agile project management disciplines and DevOps transformations are no longer seen as cutting-edge approaches to product delivery, but as standard approaches that IT organizations should be utilizing. Organizations with mature Agile and DevOps approaches are continuing to evolve, improve, and demand more from organizational IT, including insights on the relative success of different product groups. In this webinar, we'll discuss how the domain...

The explosive growth of cloud and the gradual decline of the traditional data center is a reality facing many enterprises. In place of the traditional data center ecosystem is an increasingly hybrid infrastructure. Promising agility, cost transparency and increased functionality, hybrid infrastructure was predicted by Gartner in 2017 to be adopted by 90% of businesses by 2020: ten months into an unprecedented 2020, it’s time to assess th...

Redistricting will have a major impact on the political landscape heading into 2022 and on the balance of power in the House for the next decade. Based on the findings from the 2020 census, the battle to redraw political maps across the country is in full swing. This webinar will provide an overview of who draws congressional districts, how the redistricting process works in various states, and early projections that can be made on the outcome...

As organizations continue to develop their machine learning (ML) practice, there’s a growing need for robust and reliable platforms capable of handling the entire ML lifecycle. The emergence of MLOps is promising, but many challenges remain. Join our interactive event to hear about the latest developments from Databricks geared toward automating MLOps — including new Git and CI/CD integrations, autologging of experiments, model exp...

This PCAOB Auditing Standard 2105: Consideration of Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit establishes requirements regarding the auditor's consideration of materiality in planning and performing an audit. In interpreting the federal securities laws, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that a fact is material if there is "a substantial likelihood that the . . . fact would have been viewed by the reasonable investor as having significantly...

This training event covers the two different subsections of the PCAOB Auditing Standard 1300. PCAOB Auditing Standard 1301: Communications with Audit Committees requires the auditor to communicate with the company's audit committee regarding certain matters related to the conduct of an audit and to obtain certain information from the audit committee relevant to the audit. PCAOB Auditing Standard 1305: Communications About Control Deficiencies...

Change has become the new normal for all finance and accounting organizations. Most of the resources dedicated to managing change are spent on large, periodic modifications such as a major system upgrade, company relocation, merger, or acquisition. However, the volume of small changes, such as job responsibilities or a new boss, far outpaces the larger shifts, and the collective impact can be more disruptive for employees. During times of chan...

The values for customers, markets and competitors are changing, particularly as the world moves from pandemic disruption to pandemic acceptance. Technology general managers need relevant and effectively executed strategies to deal with these seismic changes. This complimentary webinar draws on the priorities and views of more than 200 technology general managers to determine the issues that loom highest on GMs’ agendas and to share insig...

The new COVID 19 Safety Protocols and related Task Force Guidance are among the most impactful government contracting developments of the year. As the requirement to comply with these guidelines is incorporated into all new Federal contracts (as well as many existing Federal contracts), contractors will need to comply with a slew of new safety protocols. This includes employee vaccination mandates (and monitoring/documenting employee vaccinati...

Tech CEOs must consider many elements of a demand generation campaign, including landing pages, when planning and delivering campaigns. A positive visitor experience can increase conversion rates and generate quality leads faster, so that experience must factor highly into any demand generation campaign. Well-crafted landing pages are essential to the success of a demand generation campaign, and they must communicate a clear, actionable value...