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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP has appointed a new global head of artificial intelligence, Walter Sun, after the previous post-holder quit to found her own AI startup. Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities. Spoiler alert: it failed.)

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SAP offers faster updates, longer maintenance for S/4HANA in private clouds

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP is doubling the time between major releases of S/4HANA Cloud private edition from one year to two — at the same time promising to release new feature packs every six months or so to keep up the pace of innovation. That’s just as well, as SAP is only promising mainstream support ECC through the end of 2027.

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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

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Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO

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LinkedIn Photo) — Enterprise software company Freshworks hired Mika Yamamoto as chief marketing officer and chief customer officer. Yamamoto previously worked at Adobe, F5, SAP, Microsoft and BlackLine in marketing leadership roles. Seattle cybersecurity startup Zatik Security announced Zack Glick as its third founder and CTO.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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He is is one of several new executives announced by Qualtrics as the company prepares to spin out from enterprise tech giant SAP through an initial public offering. ” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region. She was most recently a VP at VMware.

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10 ways to improve IT performance (without killing morale)

CIO Business Intelligence

“Leadership is responsible for boosting morale and countering stressful times with periods of recovery, rest, and self-care, resulting in increased retention while reducing burnout.” Encourage team members to communicate openly — listen to their concerns and provide opportunities for skill development,” he explains.

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3 tough decisions for IT leaders to achieve a successful digital transformation

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The digital transformation journey for any enterprise is protracted and complex. For such initiatives to conclude successfully, enterprise technology decision makers must overcome inertia, build momentum, and bring about changes across their large organizations. To curtail costs, Pal froze new hiring.

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