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

CIO

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. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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How Antler East Africa is building early-stage startups with experienced professionals

TechCrunch

.” It helps founders build complementary co-founding teams, provides support with deep business model validation and a global platform for scaling their businesses. Melalite Ayenew is the firm’s tech partner. After six months of incubation, the firm invests in the teams they can help further.

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Edda wants to be the Bloomberg Terminal for private markets

TechCrunch

But those more aligned with the private sphere, such as venture capitalists and private equity investors, perhaps aren’t quite as well-served when it comes to funnelling into the data they need to carry out their due diligence ahead of making a big investment, or tracking and managing their portfolio through to an exit.

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5 Obtrusive Blockers to Avoid as a Servant Leader

Perficient

The concept of “being a servant” to your teams and treating employees as critical individuals to be cultivated and empowered, has strong merit. This can help managers support their teams, clear the path, and improve productivity by stepping out of the way as much as possible. We’ve all heard of servant leadership.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

the Blossom Finance team realized that the market there for Islamic finance was very small, said Martin. We were able to bridge that lack of capital using a technology solution. For example, Indonesia’s National Islamic Finance Committee is focused on developing Islamic finance and the country’s Islamic economy.

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Robo-Advisors are Becoming a Factor to Customer Acquisition in the Wealth Management Industry

Coforge

Effectively applying new technologies for efficiency will be key. The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule slated for deployment in April is now delayed due to the new administration’s actions causing confusion in the industry. To do this, organizations must develop a more effective advisor compensation model.

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Introducing Hack’d: A new live series deconstructing historic cyber breaches

Lacework

It’s also a stark reminder for industry professionals that preventing bad security outcomes is a full-time, year-round job that requires constant diligence and training. My security work started with open source security, helping to build tools and technologies such as bcrypt , honeyd, and OpenSSH. What can we all learn from this?