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Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table

CIO

In all three cases, IT systems and the data they hold are crucial to the realization of those goals. Ewe is one of them, although he’s found a way to influence the discussion, providing those on the inside with a due-diligence checklist for technology. “If Despite that, many CIOs are still shut out of negotiations.

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Course Enterprise Architecture – Step 1 – Strategy

Xebia

architecture #enterprisearchitecture #masterofscience Enterprise Architecture – Step 1 – Strategy Enterprise Architecture as a topic is evolving and gaining in interest at various organizations in the Netherlands and abroad. To get here, we first need to zoom in into what is strategy. The strategy of you.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO

I’m not in the business of managing infrastructure,” says Kirkland, whose previous stints at GoDaddy and Intel helped build the technology acumen he parlays in a new type of industry he joined in 2015. “I It is the brains of everything — our core system. I am in the business of hospitality.

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#781 Why Disruption Does More Harm than Good with Ashley Goodall, Author & Executive

Modern CTO

I am the co-author, with Marcus Buckingham, of NINE LIES ABOUT WORK: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World (Harvard Business Review Press, April 2019)—which was selected as the best management book of 2019 by Strategy + Business and one of Amazon’s best business and leadership books of 2019.

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How digital turned Nationale-Nederlanden into an omnichannel company

CIO

Starting in 2015, the company began to digitalize all sales and after-sales processes, a purpose reinforced by a promotion of synergies between distribution channels that led Nationale-Nederlanden to become an omnichannel company, which made it easier for customers to choose where, how, and when to engage with it. “The

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Headless CMS platform Kontent secures new capital to grow its customer base

TechCrunch

Kontent launched in 2015 as an internal startup of 18-year-old bootstrapped software developer Kentico. Kentico was the brainchild of Petr Palas, who saw an opportunity to build a content management system (CMS) for developers using Microsoft’s.NET framework. “Kontent.ai has been a first mover and innovator in the space.”

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Fed News Roundup 13 July 2015

CTOvision

New ownership feeds new energy at LGS Innovations Washington Technology (Today) - LGS innovations became an independent company last year and its new ownership group is pushing a reinvestment strategy that is paying off with growth and an eye toward mergers and. Have you seen what's new for 2015?