Blue Yonder acquires One Network for $829 million
The supply chain management company has spent about $1 billion on three acquisitions since the fourth quarter of 2023.
Procurement remains the life blood of many businesses. Today's procurement teams must focus on alignment with business outcomes while achieving pricing and quality requirements. Because technology remains a growing part of the budget, procurement leaders must craft policies and strategies that enable both line of business and technology teams to procure the right product or service at the right price, and delivered at the right time. Constellation brings expertise in technology vendor selection and contract negotiations across a range of disruptive technologies. The result - procurement leaders gain needed insight and best practices in driving down costs without jeopardizing relationships.
The supply chain management company has spent about $1 billion on three acquisitions since the fourth quarter of 2023.
New Chips, New Business Models Ahead In Accelerated Computing
Nvidia stock is up 267% YoY. With over 10,000 people in physical attendance and up to 100,000 people virtually attending, this could be the largest AI conference. All eyes on the next wave for AI with CEO Jensen Huang ready to keynote at 1:00 pm PT at the SAP Center in San Jose. The key things to look for in the keynote:
Age of AI Ushers Exponential And Transformational Power In The Hands Of A Few
Society has often swung from centralization to decentralization and back in the distribution of power and rights. Living in a culture of abundance versus a culture of scarcity can alter the prioritization of decisions, the quality of interactions, and the overall optimism or pessimism of a society. AI has the power to transform societies for both good and evil.
Most professional services firms have operated in a pyramid model where the most senior owner of a P&L would have a staffing ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 and their next reports would have a staffing ratio of 1:5 to 1:10. This pyramid structure would continue until the last level.
The Leap Year Brings A New Copilot - Finance
Microsoft announced the public preview of Copilot for Finance. With tools such as Copilot, the user experience begins and ends with generative AI. In conversations with Vice President of Business Applications Engineering - Charles Lamanna, Corporate Vice President of Business Applications Marketing - Emily He, Vice President of AI-led ERP Engineering - Georg Glantshnig, users can now apply geneative AI across departments such as sales, service, finance, and IT with Copilot for M365, Copilot for Sales, Copilot for Service, Copilot for Finance, and Copilot Studio.
Confidence in the global supply chain's continuity and resilience is waning and it's a topic we're likely to hear more about as companies report fourth quarter earnings in the weeks ahead due to geopolitical and climate disruptions. Get ready for another supply chain transformation investment cycle.
Enter AI And The Real Fourth Industrial Revolution
Running out of ideas to inspire, a false fourth industrial revolution was coined by the World Economic Forum. The move to digitization and digital transformation was a necessary half-step to the move towards AI. While some will now profess that the Fifth Industrial revolution is AI, AI is more exponential than the internet or the fake fourth industrial revolution. The dawn of the fourth industrial revolution begins with AI. This Cognitive Era will be with us for decades to come
The World Economic Forum's Four Themes Seek To Rebuild Trust
The 54th annual convening at Davos brings 2700 delegates from over 130 countries to officially attend the World Economic Forum’s event. Meanwhile, an additional 5000 individuals join events around Davos in a series of programing known as UnDavos. This year’s official Davos proceedings center on four main themes: