Enterprise planning software maker Anaplan is being acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.7 billion. Founded in the UK and now based in San-Francisco, Anaplan offers cloud-based finance and planning software-as-a-service and counts almost 2,000 customers worldwide, including Coca-Cola, Shell, Thomas Cook and VMware. The company went public in 2018, two years…
While first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, the hostilities have Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has also been a concern for IT outsourcing customers with interests in the region — and those taking advantage of the global IT services market generally. The conflict has had a significant impact on Ukraine’s IT outsourcing industry, which exports…
If there’s one thing Jamie Holcombe has learned from his decades-long career as a public and private sector IT leader, it’s how to be a good salesman. Staying razor-focused on business benefits and communicating in a language everyone understands is central to successful IT initiatives, whether the project involves state-of-the-art technology like robotic process automation…
Disruption driven by evolving digital technology will remain a key business challenge this year and reshape customer expectations. In the pandemic-altered landscape, companies of all types have accelerated modernisation programs, driven by the need to be more personalised, targeted, and relevant. CIO and Adobe recently hosted a senior IT roundtable to address the challenges and…
The healthcare community gathered at ViVE 2022 in Miami in early March to discuss the industry’s latest technology and business strategies. The event was an excellent opportunity for healthcare leaders to come together and share their insights on the industry’s most pressing issues. This year’s conference was especially important, as healthcare providers face increasing financial…
The move to the cloud has forced many CIOs to change how they think about security. Since much of the responsibility to secure infrastructure is now outsourced to cloud providers, CIOs need to focus higher in the stack to ensure that configurations are correct and data is not inadvertently exposed. As you assess your operations…
Accenture hires thousands of people each year. It’s an expensive process that traditionally has involved flying people to central hubs for training and orientation. Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to…
By Nadeem Ahmad As enterprises prepare to move from 4G to private 5G, it’s critical to remember that this is not merely a speed and bandwidth boost, along the lines of how moving from 3G to 4G played out. As opposed to a simple performance upgrade, private 5G changes the game as organizations can have…
Snowflake has launched a cloud-based, data-sharing platform for the healthcare industry that integrates the company’s core data warehousing, analytics and business intelligence offerings with a data marketplace and on-demand consulting services. The Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud platform was designed in response to the growing burden on the healthcare sector globally due to the…
Ce n’est un secret pour personne : partout au monde, les gens recherchent une expérience de voyage plus pratique et plus personnalisée. Les aéroports doivent donc s’adapter à cette évolution et répondre aux besoins du public. Voilà pourquoi l’aéroport international Pearson de Toronto s’est lancé dans une recherche qui a duré une demi-douzaine d’années — avec…