With so many different sources to gather news, updates, and trends from, finding the information you really want in today’s digitized world ironically seems more difficult than ever. Every day we at Advanced Systems Concepts look through our favorite blogs and social media for new things happening in the world of IT automation. Over time, we’ve built up a list of the top influencers in the industry who consistently provide engaging views and pieces on the most important trends and happenings in workload automation and enterprise tech.
Today we’d like to share this list of the top 10 Influencers (in alphabetical order) in the automation and enterprise tech industry with readers of the IT Automation Blog.
1. Julie Bort
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Editor for Business Insider covering tech. I’m also a mom, a skier and a mountain biker.
2. Adrian Bridgewater
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Technology (Software) Journalist – I write for Computer Weekly, Forbes, The Register & Bloor Group Inside Analytics
3. Larry Dignan
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Global Editor in Chief, ZDNet, a CBS Interactive property
4. John Gallant
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Chief Content Officer, IDG Media US: Computerworld, CIO, CITEworld, CSO, Greenbot, InfoWorld, ITworld, Javaworld, Macworld, Network World, PCWorld, TechHive.
5. Dana Gardner
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Gardner is a creative thought leader on enterprise software, cloud, mobile, big data and social strategies. He is a prolific blogger and podcaster.
6. Joan Jackson
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TechJourno covering appdev, sysadmin, dataproc & other assorted compsci. Also I might rant a bit here about the arts, sciencesthe and whathaveyou
7. Richi Jennings
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A/winning managing #editor for @NetApp_Biz on @Forbes and @CIOonline; indy #analyst; #writer at@Computerworld. #press #technology #spam#bigdata #cloud #fool
8. Paul Mah
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Tech guy who writes for @CIOOnline, CMO Innovation, @DCDFocus & @FierceCIO. Digital nomad with an affinity for enterprise gear, digital stuff, biz IT & gadgets
9. Thor Olavsrud
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Senior Writer for CIO.com , IDG Enterprise covering IT Security, Big Data, Open Source and Microsoft Tools and Servers
10. Mike Vizard
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Blogger for IT Business Edge, Regular contributor to CIOinsight, Channel Insider, Programmableweb, Slashdot
We hope you find this list useful and the articles and views shared by these influencers thought-provoking. Given the nature of a top 10 list, there’s bound to be people we’ve forgotten so please comment below if you have any other influencers you recommend following!