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

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Contractors and vendors should be treated like your car insurance,” says Pratt. Audit all contracts IT organizations almost always pay for more than the business actually needs for hardware, software, and networking. Billing errors, overprovisioning of licenses, and changes in capacity are other things to look for.

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Porch Group makes unusual promise in latest acquisition — guaranteeing its stock will double

GeekWire

Big deals have become almost run-of-the-mill for Seattle-based home services tech company Porch Group , which has been acquiring an array of companies in areas such as home inspections, moving, real estate, and insurance. Porch says Floify is profitable, with a customer base of more than 1,500 companies using its software.

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GeekWire Awards: This CEO’s empathy expertise is the backbone of a Seattle startup

GeekWire

The licensed psychologist is CEO and co-founder of mpathic , a Seattle-based company aiming to bring more empathy to corporate communication. The empathy-as-a-service company now serves large enterprises across industries such as insurance, healthcare, and human resources. Grin Lord really wants to help people understand each other.

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CIOs Struggle To Find The Machine Learning Employees That They Need

The Accidental Successful CIO

People with the CIO job at banks, insurers and other financial companies say efforts to expand their use of artificial intelligence are being hampered by a scarcity of both data and employees with the skills that are needed. companies in all industries posted 115,100 job ads for software engineers, a category that includes AI developers.

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Self-service: From the living room to the enterprise

CTOvision

Individuals also can arrange insurance with one click. Self-service solutions also allow for the possibility of being able to assign the management of authorizations within the organization to the identity and access management (IAM) software employed within the company. By Robert Doswell. The possibilities that then arise are legion.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend.

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