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Want to tackle technical debt? Sell it as business risk

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent example is Windows Server 2012, which was sunsetted by Microsoft in October 2023. Windows Server 2012 is not alone. Despite this sunsetting, companies still run the platform, primarily because they want to defer investing or can’t afford to invest in the upgrade.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

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. May 2012: A senior member of HP’s Autonomy unit raises concerns about Autonomy’s accounting practices. November 2012: HP takes an $8.8 billion, valuing the company at $10.3

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IFS to acquire enterprise asset management firm Ultimo

CIO Business Intelligence

After refreshing its ERP suite every three years since 2012, IFS last year switched to a six-month refresh cycle to ensure that customers always have access to its latest features. year-on-year.

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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

Fujitsu recently divulged it will end sales of its mainframes by April 2031, discontinuing support five years after that. Coincidentally, the same day that Fujitsu gave notice it would discontinue sales of the GS21 , IBM unveiled plans to deliver its IBM Z mainframe platform as a service on IBM Cloud. years, with an additional 7.4

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IFS, Bearing Point launch services joint venture Arcwide

CIO Business Intelligence

Technology market research firm ETR chief strategist Erik Bradley said that the joint venture will act as a “cross-sale opportunity for both companies,” especially into the EMEA industrial, materials and manufacturing sector.

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Understanding The Value Of Column Charts With Examples & Templates 

datapine

For example, in a business context, you can use one to compare sales by product category, specific products, or even sales representatives. For example, sales by month or by year. For instance, the USA is the second-highest country in sales for SEM and SEO, but the second-lowest in coupon sales.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

By the end of 2012, it was up to 82%. There is little space left for organic results at the top of the page, the real estate that drives most sales. The market was maturing. From 2000 to 2011, the percentage of US adults using the internet had grown from about 60% to nearly 80%. It appears to have worked—for now.