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Goodbye digital transformation, hello AI-first business transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Investing in disparate intelligence efforts across the company means that each function may gain enhanced potential, but its impact remains constrained within that part of the enterprise. Optimizing a CRM system in marketing, for example, does little good if the supply chain is not optimized to keep up with new demand signals.

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IBM to buy Apptio for $4.6B to help companies optimize IT spend

CIO Business Intelligence

billion to help enterprises optimize their IT expenditure, particularly cloud costs, as they try to navigate uncertain macroeconomic conditions. Enterprise Applications, Finance and Accounting Systems, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology Industry IBM is acquiring software provider Apptio for $4.6

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Process mining giant Celonis has snapped up Process Analytics Factory, a small German company specializing in process optimization on Microsoft’s platforms. Equinix buys West African data center company for $320 million. Vendr buys SaaS platform Blissfully to simplify buying SaaS. Test automation: Tricentis buys Testim.