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JLR revs up AI and intelligent automation initiatives

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JLR’s move to electric drive trains is part of a wider business transformation the company calls Reimagine, under which it also plans to halve greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain and operations, compared to 2019 levels, by 2030, and to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2039.

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Patterns for Buying and Selling Software Services

The Agile Manager

Terms are often unfavourable to the seller: net 60 isn't uncommon. Staff aug represents a substantial amount of revenue to firms ranging from the largest IT consultancies to local boutique shops. Body shopping is a big business: the margins are thin, but the volumes more than make up for it. You can set your watch by it.

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

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Result: Disrupted production led to product shortages and a 23-28% loss in net sales for Q1 2024. Result: Though the full scope remains unclear, the breach affected almost all Okta customers and highlighted the potential risks associated with third-party vendors managing sensitive data.

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How Kimberly-Clark’s Zack Hicks heeds the call for innovation

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A lot of companies that did outsourcing have found themselves in a situation where they have a lot of vendor managers versus technologists. We are seeing a huge net improvement in sales based on leveraging real-time shelf analytics with consumers. Were doing real-time shelf analytics, which is interesting.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO

NetApp added some new functionality to its portfolio of cloud management tools in late February with the acquisition of Fylamynt, a young low-code cloud ops automation company. SaaS vendor management platform Vendr is buying SaaS management platform vendor Blissfully.