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It has been a tough year for content management vendor Box, as it faces scrutiny from activist investor Starboard Value.
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Box is fighting to make a comeback as it reported better than expected earnings for Q1 of this year and raised its full year guidance. The content cloud vendor has had a difficult year, as it trails some of its closest competitors, and as the leadership faces intense scrutiny from activist investor Starboard Value.
Speaking to analysts this week, CEO Aaron Levie said:
With the strong momentum we re driving, we are confident in our ability to achieve accelerated growth and higher operating margin now and in the years ahead.
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A discussion at the Team 21 virtual conference between the CEOs of Atlassian, Slack and Zoom explores lessons learned from a year of distributed teamwork and takeaways for the hybrid future of work
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As people start to contemplate returning to offices after a year of working elsewhere, what will the new world of work look like? In a discussion broadcast yesterday at the opening of its Team 21 virtual conference, Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes sought the views of Stewart Butterfield, CEO of messaging platform Slack, and Eric Yuan, CEO of video meetings vendor Zoom. The three companies have been at the heart of the digital teamwork revolution this past year and all three CEOs believe too much has changed to go back to the old ways. As Butterfield put it:
Walgreens was among the brands talking about embracing a digital-first world at Adobe Summit 2021 as the content and marketing tech giant announced several product updates
Oracle introduces personalized Journeys to help employees navigate HR processes
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Oracle Journeys aims to improve the employee experience of navigating complex HR processes. Yvette Cameron tells me what this means for CHROs
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As we emerge into the Vaccine Economy, one of the new priorities for organizations is an improved employee experience when using enterprise applications. This is particularly important when workers can no longer turn to their neighbor in the office to ask for help when they get stuck. It s also part of the new awareness of the importance of staff wellbeing and job satisfaction, which is top of mind for CHROs as they look to manage the transition to new hybrid working arrangements. For those organizations using Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, today s launch of Oracle Journeys provides a more joined-up experience for a variety of HR processes.