IT Executive news

• Former Berkshire Executive And Possible Warren Buffett Successor Walks Away From It All: Tracy Britt Cool - Benzinga

  19-07-2022 19:21 via benzinga.com
  
  Former Berkshire Executive And Possible Warren Buffett Successor Walks Away From It All: Tracy Britt Cool  Benzinga
  
  Read more

• New non-executive director for Stanchion - IT-Online

  19-07-2022 18:54 via it-online.co.za
  New non-executive director for Stanchion  IT-Online
  
  Read more

• Microsoft Teams now lets users send short video clip messages

  19-07-2022 18:32
  
  For the times when text messages and emojis just don’t cut it, Microsoft has given Teams users another option for communicating with colleagues: the ability to send short video clips using the chat function.It’s one of a handful of updates to Microsoft’s collaboration platform unveiled during its Inspire partner event Tuesday, including the addition of “stories” posts with the new Teams-based Viva Engage enterprise social network.To read this article in full, pleas
  
  Read more

• PlatinumGames teases ‘PlatinumGames Reborn’ as it hires former Nintendo executive [Update] - Gematsu

  19-07-2022 17:39 via gematsu.com
  
  PlatinumGames teases ‘PlatinumGames Reborn’ as it hires former Nintendo executive [Update]  Gematsu
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Microsoft brings social network-style ‘stories’ to work

  19-07-2022 17:01
  
  Microsoft has unveiled a workplace-focused take on Instagram and Facebook Stories posts, adding a new way to share video and photo updates within a revamped Yammer Communities app.“We hear from customers that they want more frictionless ways to share across an organization,” said Dan Holme, product lead for Viva Engage at Microsoft. “Stories are a way to share experiences that people are very familiar with from their consumer lives.”As part of announcements at Microsoft
  
  Read more

• Slack Pro is getting more expensive in September

  19-07-2022 16:01
  
  Popular enterprise messaging platform Slack has announced it will be increasing the price of its Pro plan for the first time, while also making significant changes to its Free plan.From September 1, monthly Pro subscriptions will increase 9%, from $8 to $8.75 per user, per month, and annual Pro subscriptions will increase 8%, from $6.67 to $7.25 per user, per month.Customers wanting to remain on the existing annual Pro price of $6.67 a month for another year can do so by renewing an existi
  
  Read more

• Slack Pro is getting more expensive from September

  19-07-2022 16:01
  
  Popular enterprise messaging platform Slack has announced it will be increasing the price of its Pro plan for the first time, while also making significant changes to its Free plan.From September 1, monthly Pro subscriptions will increase 9%, from $8 to $8.75 per user, per month, and annual Pro subscriptions will increase 8%, from $6.67 to $7.25 per user, per month.Customers wanting to remain on the existing annual Pro price of $6.67 a month for another year can do so by renewing an existi
  
  Read more

• PlatinumGames teases 'PlatinumGames Reborn' as it hires former Nintendo executive - Gematsu

  19-07-2022 14:50 via gematsu.com
  
  PlatinumGames teases 'PlatinumGames Reborn' as it hires former Nintendo executive  Gematsu
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Geopolitical events put pressure on IBM earnings

  19-07-2022 13:37
  
  IBM delivered its Q2 2022 earnings last night, posting revenue of $15.5 billion, marking a 9% increase year-on-year at an adjusted gross profit margin of 54.5% for the quarter ending June 30.However, the current geopolitical landscape is continuing to prove challenging for the technology vendor, as CFO James Kavanaugh told analysts that both currency headwinds and the impact from exiting the Russian market have put pressure on IBM's outlook.“With the year-to-year lost business due to the
  
  Read more

• Old PCs can find new life with Google ChromeOS Flex

  19-07-2022 13:30
  
  I'm the kind of person who runs computing hardware until it's dead, dead, dead.I mean, I still have a 1984 KayPro luggable that boots. I keep that one because of nostalgia, but I also have more than a dozen Macs and PCs that first saw the light of day in the late 2000s and early 2010s, still doing valuable work.How? I run Linux on them.While Linux isn't for everyone, with Google's release of ChromeOS Flex, it's now easy to turn an otherwise obsolete computer into a useful Chromebook.This can be
  
  Read more

• Q&A: FNA's Carlos León on how digital money can be more efficient and safe

  19-07-2022 12:00
  
  Governments across the globe are exploring or already piloting digital forms of national currencies, which have the potential to enable faster, less expensive retail and corporate transactions — and more secure money transfers.Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can also bolster financial inclusion because customers don't have to have a bank account to hold them; they can instead use encrypted "digital wallets" that exist in the cloud, on a desktop or laptop, or even on USB storage de
  
  Read more

• Take It from the Top: Accelerating Women's Representation in Executive Leadership - Bain & Company

  19-07-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Take It from the Top: Accelerating Women's Representation in Executive Leadership  Bain & Company
  
  Read more

• Take It from the Top: Accelerating Women’s Representation in Executive Leadership - Bain & Company

  19-07-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Take It from the Top: Accelerating Women’s Representation in Executive Leadership  Bain & Company
  
  Read more

• Former Berkshire Executive And Possible Warren Buffett Successor Walks Away From It All: Tracy Britt Cool's Story - msnNOW

  19-07-2022 09:00 via msn.com
  Former Berkshire Executive And Possible Warren Buffett Successor Walks Away From It All: Tracy Britt Cool's Story  msnNOW
  
  Read more

• Executive Income Protection: Yes, business owners, you need it - Lancashire Business View - Lancashire Business View

  19-07-2022 08:26 via lancashirebusinessview.co.uk
  
  Executive Income Protection: Yes, business owners, you need it - Lancashire Business View  Lancashire Business View
  
  Read more

• Executive Income Protection: Yes, business owners, you need it - Lancashire Business View

  19-07-2022 08:26 via lancashirebusinessview.co.uk
  
  Executive Income Protection: Yes, business owners, you need it  Lancashire Business View
  
  Read more

• Shinde faction forms nat’l executive, may ‘show’ EC it’s real Sena today - Times of India

  19-07-2022 04:39 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Shinde faction forms nat’l executive, may ‘show’ EC it’s real Sena today  Times of India
  
  Read more

Follow @ITExecutiveUK on Twitter!