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Is the open web dying, and is AI partially to blame?

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This loss of traffic not only reduces ad revenue but also drives more providers toward subscription models, further closing off access to free, diverse content. The decline of ad-supported content and the rise of paywalls I never thought I would say something positive about online advertising, but it does (or did) support websites.

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Product-based IT fuels Lufthansa’s digital CX transformation

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By April 2020, with travel bans proliferating, the airline suffered losses of €1 million per hour. Like many airlines, Lufthansa Group had its business upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. It looks completely different compared to what you had to do in the past. Safe services is a huge focus topic.”

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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

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Wright says he’s seen some companies spend potentially business threatening amounts up to $20 million after a ransomware attack, so preventing such losses, he says, represents very real value. Applying caution with benchmarks Several CISOs were skeptical about using benchmarks to compare their security spend with others.

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Can you have too many security tools?

CIO

These issues, detailed in IDC’s Tackling Tool Sprawl (March 2024), include: IT staff productivity losses: The more tools there are, the less time is dedicated to fully and properly using each one. Switching between tools and trying to correlate results is also more complicated. Contact us today to learn more.

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Customer centricity: How Mashreq Bank is placing its customers at the forefront of its operations.

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This choice was bolstered by third-party benchmark reports, which highlighted significant advantages such as approximately 35% lower total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to traditional solutions.

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Enterprise Storage Trends That CIOs Need to Grasp for the Remainder of 2022

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Out of the respondents from companies with at least $10 billion in revenue, 85% say they experienced fraud losses in the last year, driven by cyber breaches. . We need to adjust this prediction because a new benchmark for latency was set in April 2022: sub-35 microsecond latency.

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Beyond growth: M&A as a strategic transformation enabler

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For instance, the increasing cost of capital has affected access to and use of money across all sectors; an increasing regulatory focus on competition and industry dynamics has driven increased scrutiny as a critical factor for uncertainty; geopolitical uncertainties, including unprecedented conflicts across many regions, have forced delays.

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