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SAP faces probe in the US over alleged price fixing in government contracts

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German software giant SAP is under investigation by US officials for allegedly conspiring to overcharge the US government for its technology products over the course of a decade. Federal agents have searched Carahsoft’s offices in Washington, DC, and the DOJ is reviewing court records filed in Baltimore.

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10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022

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No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. Initially, no-code/low-code was primarily a way for non-technical builders to create (sometimes gimmicky) applications,” said Navin Chaddha, managing director at VC firm Mayfield. Raviraj Jain , partner, Lightspeed Ventures.

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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats

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Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. So there’s a lot in the plus column, but there are reasons to be cautious, too.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

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After the events of 2020, however, no doubt many already lean businesses are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. Atrium (2017-2020). The closure came just three years after it launched with the goal to build software for startups to navigate fundraising, hiring, acquisition deals and collaboration with their legal team.

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Improve Onboarding with User-Centered Design

Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea

She will also review how a patient-centered design strategy can be used to evaluate and refine onboarding processes. Wednesday September 9th, 2020 at 9:30AM PDT, 12:30 PM EST, 4:30PM GMT In this webinar, you will learn: A model of health behavior change that can be applied to solution development.

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Beyond the hype: Key components of an effective AI policy

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Risk management Imagine if you had to evacuate a six-mile radius due to a toxic substance being released into the air from one of your plants, such as what happened in 2020 at a well-known company’s food plant in Camilla, GA. In this incident, liquid nitrogen leaked from the plant’s refrigeration system.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.