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THE BRIEF
By The Numbers
Research by Apogee finds organisations’ current IT setup is preventing effective collaboration, putting remote workers at a disadvantage and driving up cyber risks
48% admit remote staff don’t have access to the same solutions as office workers
63%
63% of IT directors are not very confident in their IT estate’s ability to fully support the hybrid workforce
48%
Younger consumers drive shift in how to earn and spend money
Technology is helping drive dramatic shifts in the way different generations earn and spend money in a post-COVID world, according to new research.
Adaptavist and Rozdoum deal shows Ukraine’s tech resilience
Global technology and innovative solutions provider Adaptavist has announced its acquisition of Rozdoum, a Ukrainebased Atlassian application and solution consultancy, and the first resident of Ukraine’s Diia.City initiative to be acquired by a foreign corporation.
Created by Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, as part of the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation that he oversees, Diia.City is a programme that provides legal and tax incentives making it easier to develop technology businesses in the region and was introduced only weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The Diia.City initiative is now vital for improving the wartime resilience of our technology sector, and Adaptavist’s acquisition of Rozdoum illustrates that,” Fedorov says. “As we rebuild our economy, Diia.City will continue to play an important role in attracting foreign investment into technology businesses within Ukraine.”
Search giant Google announced at its annual conference in India that it’s working with pharmacists to explore ways to decipher the handwriting of doctors. The feature, currently a research prototype, allows users to either take a picture of the prescription or upload one from the photo library.
KYNDRYL Kyndryl has unveiled new cloud-native services that it says will help customers accelerate their cloud application modernisation journey at scale.
JOB LOSSES
Numerous high-profile tech companies, including Facebook’s Meta, Twitter and Amazon, announced mass layoffs at the end of 2022. Job cuts in the US were on the rise, with a 6% increase for the first 11 months of 2022 in comparison to the previous year.
UBER Rideshare company Uber recently suffered a data breach after Teqtivity – a software company that provides asset management and tracking services for Uber – was targeted in a cyber attack.
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FEB23
