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Software vendors offer AI sales boost for retail at NRF show

CIO

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months. year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, AI or no AI.

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

“China-based vendors managed to get quality devices, high specifications and the latest technology at affordable prices with huge marketing and channel spends,” Singh said. “Indian vendors were just not able to compete in any of these levers — product, marketing, channel, etc.

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

Coveros

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. What’s Next?

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO

While I expected this exercise to confirm that consolidation is real, I was pleasantly surprised with the degree to which the CIO Tech Talk Community confirmed it – and how they are taking steps to realign their procurement and vendor management strategies.