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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. Atos is still discussing the sale of Tech Foundations with EP Equity Investment. IT Operations, Managed IT Services

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Atos contemplates fire sale as break-up plan falters

CIO

Negotiations over the sale of its legacy infrastructure services business are dragging on, and the company is contemplating the sale of more profitable activities such as its big data and security business to meet debt repayment obligations. French IT services company Atos is floundering as it seeks to refocus its business.

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Snowflake Summit: How Capital One Uses ZoomInfo to Modernize its GTM

Zoominfo

That’s the problem Capital One’s Commercial Banking business faced before it partnered with ZoomInfo. Today, with ZoomInfo’s Data as a Service delivered into Snowflake, Capital One’s team is able to run a modern go-to-market motion, reclaiming vast amounts of prospecting time for its sales professionals. “My

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Atos CEO Yves Bernaert quits over governance differences

CIO

Two weeks ago, the company announced plans to sell off more of its activities , as it struggled to conclude the sale of its managed infrastructure services business, known as Tech Foundations, to EP Equity Investment. The company needs to raise capital as it seeks to renegotiate €1.5 billion ($1.65

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Securing Venture Capital for Your New Cloud Startup

Smart Data Collective

You won’t be able to do so without a significant amount of capital. You are going to need to recognize the barriers to entry in this industry and make sure that you have access to the capital needed to cover these costs. You might want to consider using venture capital to raise the funds needed to grow your cloud business.

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO

For now, Andrew Cotter, CIO at large equipment financing firm Somerset Capital Group, is sticking with VMware, although he’s concerned about possible price hikes when his company’s VMware licenses are up for renewal. But Somerset Capital runs its developer environment in house using VMware. “As Do we go with something else?’”

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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.

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