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

CIO

When one company acquires another, it’s typically to enter a new market, gain market share, or obtain a new technology. I know that sounds so ‘duh,’ but often people make acquisitions and only then realize what they bought, technology-wise,” he says. You’re buying people just as much as you’re buying technology,” he says.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Unlocking the M&A code: 5 factors that can make (or break) a deal

TechCrunch

History has shown that well-executed M&A strategies can be transformative and yield impressive results. It is essential to approach the decision and process with diligence and forethought. For instance, in 2015, PayPal acquired Braintree, a payments company that owned the mobile payment service, Venmo.

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

CIO

Kirkland, a founding member of SustainabilityIT.org, an organization to drive global sustainability through technology leadership, says Choice was the first hospitality company to make a strategic commitment to developing a cloud-native and sustainable platform on AWS. I am in the business of hospitality.

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Chief Technology Officer: Understanding the Main Tech Person In a Company

Altexsoft

Nowadays, when tech companies are among the largest businesses in the world, CTOs are some of the most influential and innovative people that shape how we live and work. With the technological outlook for the years ahead, these people manage to drive the striking change both within the company and beyond. The role of CTO.

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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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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.

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