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Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies

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Indeed, it puts the EU in a precarious position as well, given that 72% of the European cloud market spend was aligned with AWS, Microsoft, and Google in Q2 2022. The EU wants a fair market and a protected European cloud without compromising cloud functionality. All these issues and many more are putting U.S. legislation.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

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Cloud is scalable IT infrastructure that enables organizations to respond quickly to market changes, support business growth, and minimize disruptions,” says Swati Shah, SVP and CIO of US markets at TransUnion, the Chicago-based IT services and consulting company. “It Storytelling is a big part of creating a culture.”

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3 Keys to ensuring your cloud provider offers a sound cyber security strategy

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That includes both paying market rate for quality expertise as well as offering ongoing training in cybersecurity to existing employees. They know how damaging a cybersecurity incident can be – the annual IBM/Ponemon Institute Cost of a Data Breach report puts it at $4.88

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SAP faces probe in the US over alleged price fixing in government contracts

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Federal prosecutors are also examining the role of other software resellers in potential market manipulation. Legal and market implications The investigation is particularly concerning for SAP, which has a long history of providing software solutions to the US government. Carahsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table

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When one company acquires another, it’s typically to enter a new market, gain market share, or obtain a new technology. Ewe is one of them, although he’s found a way to influence the discussion, providing those on the inside with a due-diligence checklist for technology. “If It’ll need to be done one way or another.”

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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

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And those massive platforms sharply limit how far they will allow one enterprise’s IT due diligence to go. When performing whatever minimal due diligence the cloud platform permits — SOC reports, GDPR compliance, PCI ROC, etc. it’s critical to remember that it is only a snapshot at that moment of evaluation.

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Beyond the status quo: Harnessing data and AI to drive transformational value in private equity

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Forecasts have suggested that market dynamics are changing and that the private equity is poised to expand at an annualized growth rate of 12.8% While the sell-side of the private equity market struggles to reach operational maturity, the buy-side isnt insulated from market pressures either. to double in AUM from $5.8T