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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. Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue.

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

Shaun Guthrie, Peavey Mart Senior VP of Information Technology and VP of the CIO Association of Canada Peavey Mart. As a result, “only two stores were directly impacted where they had no internet connectivity,” says Shaun Guthrie, the company’s Senior VP of Information Technology and VP of the CIO Association of Canada.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” But it’s not the only one.

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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

TechCrunch

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. We had to prove some of the technologies on the electricity, and electricity extraction side of things.

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5 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

Kaseya

You diligently back up critical servers to your on-site appliance or to the cloud, but when an incident happens and you need it the most, the backup recovery fails. . Failing to align backup plans with specific restore expectations can have devastating consequences. . It is a scenario that every IT team fears.

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Partnering on Strategies for Data-First Modernization

CIO

As enterprises modernize with cloud, connectivity, and data, they are gravitating to technology-as-a-service models to refashion IT estates. This in light of the disparity of the environment and due to mounting cybersecurity, regulatory, and privacy challenges.

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How Cloud Technology is Shaping The Future of Healthcare Industry

OTS Solutions

Both hospitals and healthcare providers are no longer required to purchase hardware and servers completely. These include HIPAA compliance (which enhances privacy), automatic backups that protect data against loss or damage, and secure connections that prevent third parties from accessing confidential information without authorization.