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

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Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. March 2004: Autonomy acquires NativeMinds and Cardiff Software. June 2010: Autonomy acquires CA Technologies’ information governance business.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

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For the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), effecting change for women working in IT is a holistic endeavor. But the education system isn’t the only — or biggest — problem in the tech pipeline. We like to make the distinction that it’s about fixing systems, not fixing women,” says Ashcraft.

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Alan Kay Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Alan completed his schooling at Brooklyn Technical School in New York. In 1984, he joined Apple and due to his extraordinary contribution, he became an Apple Fellow, but that group was closed in 1997. In 2002, Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology, Colorado. In 2004, the Kyoto prize.

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How Accenture’s solution erases the blind spots of services spend management

CIO

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The lengthy process slowed feedback on solution design, as well as delivery times on changes. Explained Jane M.

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Climate Innovators in the Information Age

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According to a recent McKinsey report , global sustainable investment is more than $30 trillion, a tenfold increase from 2004. A Rockerfeller Asset Management / Stern NYU study found that “Improved financial performance due to ESG becomes more marked over longer time horizons.” Second, it’s worth following the investors.

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Sequoia, Jay-Z, Will Smith back Landis’ $165M debt, equity round toward making homeownership accessible to everyone

TechCrunch

in 2004 before falling sharply due to the economic recession of 2007-2009. Our technology is particularly relevant to those with low-to-moderate income who have been neglected by traditional financial solutions.”. homeownership rates in 2020 were about 65.8% according to Statista. The rate reached its peak of 69.2%

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Black Friday 2020 E-commerce: What’s on the Mind of Consumers and Tech Teams?

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Legions of tech teams have frontline war stories about technical glitches when thousands of dollars were on the line. A t AWS Reinvent 2018 Amazon CTO, Dr. Werner Vogels, shared his “ worst day at Amazon ” when a b u g in the customer database took down all of Amazon for twelve hours back in the holiday season of 2004.