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Atos calls for help after plan to raise new capital falters

CIO

French IT services company Atos has called on a third-party trustee to help it negotiate debt refinancing with its banks after plans to raise €720 million in new capital through a rights issue fell through. It announced it requested the appointment Monday, promising to give an update on the negotiations in due course.

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Schrodinger’s Open Banking

CIO

I can’t help but think of open banking in the United States — it’s not here, and, at the same time, it’s very much here. In essence, they’re not waiting for the kind of regulatory open banking mandates that have been handed down in other parts of the world. They’re building their own open banking environment.

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Schrodinger’s Open Banking

CIO

I can’t help but think of open banking in the United States — it’s not here, and, at the same time, it’s very much here. In essence, they’re not waiting for the kind of regulatory open banking mandates that have been handed down in other parts of the world. They’re building their own open banking environment.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

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The business value of social sustainability

CIO

Social sustainability is good for business. The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.” Benefits of social sustainability Businesses are investing to build momentum in their social sustainability efforts. million on average.

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Why entrepreneurs claim there’s no better place to do business than Puerto Rico

CIO

A college internship in Puerto Rico with Microsoft gave him the spark of an idea, and after working for six months in IT for a bank, also located on the island, he saw his opportunity. Business was good, and the company grew, mostly serving businesses located in Puerto Rico. Business, IT Leadership Federal Government.

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Atos receives four offers of help

CIO

The loss-making IT services company is struggling to repay or reschedule its debts and has been looking for new sources of capital for almost two years , including the sale of various parts of the company, so far without success. Atos has given itself a month to choose between the offers. billion (€1.5 of the company.

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