The Weekly Briefing: Agency moves and software modernization
Buying a professional service from an existing, trusted provider such as a company's accounting firm is often easier than onboarding a new supplier. That dynamic...
The Weekly Briefing: Fiber network due diligence and AI-driven job gains
Before a business buys a competitor, it needs to know that all the assets listed in the M&A agreement work as advertised. That’s easier said...
The Weekly Briefing: AI research tools and high-velocity code modernization
When enterprises need to find a new IT vendor or consultancy, their first stop is often the client portal of one of the tech industry’s...
The Weekly Briefing: Consultancy acquisitions and AI projects
Most consulting firms that make M&A headlines are acquired either by a fellow consultancy or an investment firm. Rootstock Software, which bought a Virginia-based Salesforce...
The Weekly Briefing: AI-accelerated production scheduling and MSP deals
AI consulting deals have gotten more ambitious over the past two years. Many early projects focused on basic use cases such as helping employees find...
The Weekly Briefing: Management consulting and GitHub services
Management consulting engagements don’t necessarily end when the initial project goals are achieved. In some cases, companies continue working with their consulting partner to deepen...
The Weekly Briefing: Consulting subsidiaries and startup programs
Quite a few consumer brands have consulting arms that help their other subsidiaries and, in some cases, external clients boost operational efficiency. Porsche’s MHP unit,...
The Weekly Briefing: Third-party risk management and Oracle consulting
Many companies share confidential data as part of business partnerships. A smartphone maker, for example, might provide device blueprints to a component supplier. If hackers...
The Weekly Briefing: Cybersecurity investments and growth consulting
The initial phase of enterprise software deals usually includes a questionnaire in which the buyer asks the vendor doing the selling about its cybersecurity program....
The Weekly Briefing: Industry-specific language models and consulting M&A
Increasing the number of Nvidia chips in the server cluster that a company uses to train its LLMs is only one of the ways to...