Unpacking Leroy Merlin’s marketplace strategy

Leroy Merlin CIO and head of e-commerce and marketplace strategy Dmitriy Anderson admits that profitability keeps him up at night, particularly when it comes to new business endeavors like the Leroy Merlin product marketplace. According to Anderson, this online marketplace, which launched three years ago and currently has over 500 third-party sellers, recently reached a…

Kim Basile named new CIO of Kyndryl

Information technology services company Kyndryl has announced changes to its technology leadership team, which will now be led by Kim Basile, previously vice president of IT transformation and strategy at the company, as the new CIO of the group.  Basile joined Kyndryl in May 2022 and has held senior roles at Lockheed Martin, Leidos, and Vanguard. As CIO,…

MediaMarkt lanza Sandy, su nuevo asistente de IA generativa para mejorar la productividad de sus empleados

La seguridad de la información confidencial es una creciente preocupación entre las organizaciones que comienzan a utilizar la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa. Por eso, muchas han optado por crear sus propios chatbots y herramientas que permitan realizar tareas sin temor a que se filtren datos críticos. Es el caso de MediaMarkt, el distribuidor de electrónica…

Las comunicaciones digitales entre Justicia y los registros de la propiedad, bienes muebles y mercantiles, una realidad

El Ministerio de la Presidencia, Justicia y Relaciones con las Cortes ha implantado nuevas comunicaciones electrónicas, automáticas y orientadas al dato entre los órganos judiciales de todo el territorio de Murcia y los Registros de la Propiedad, Bienes Muebles y Mercantiles del Estado. Lo ha hecho, según se ha dado a conocer a través de…

Patagonia lawsuit raises thorny GenAI data issues

A lawsuit against retailer Patagonia, which the plaintiffs hope to eventually get certified as a class action, is raising a variety of privacy and data leakage issues from the company’s use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its customer service organization. The problem is, CIOs are required to disclose all data being collected and how…