Great news! #HPE networking equipment is now secure!

"Combination accelerates HPE’s strategic vision with a full, secure networking IP stack"

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2025/07/hewlett-packard-enterprise-closes-acquisition-of-juniper-networks-to-offer-industry-leading-comprehensive-cloud-native-ai-driven-portfolio.html

The Dangers of Consolidating All Government Information

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/dangers-consolidating-all-government-information

We're entering the golden age of getting scammed so much easier in another dark age for the consumer.

These pieces from the current issue of the American Prospect explains why and rightfully so.

https://prospect.org/topics/jun-2025-issue/

Great introduction piece as well ont he matter.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/

Consolidation in Odoo streamlines your financial data by integrating account mapping and multi-ledgers into unified reports. Explore strategies and best practices in financial integration. #Consolidation #Odoo #Finance #Accounting

https://teguhteja.id/consolidation-guide-unified-financial-integration-odoo/

Should every startup give up and go home? AI Acquisitions and consolidation

https://frontierai.substack.com/p/acquisitions-consolidation-and-innovation

@hankgreen.bsky.social I agree #airlines are pricing & arranging seat spacing in arguably efficient ways, but insane #consolidation thru the 80s that went on steroids after 9/11 left 4 major American air travel corps, & means little competition. I remember "we have more legroom" ads...

"Emergent Health Partners is the parent organization for several ambulance services in southeast Michigan."

You think there is competition in healthcare, but there's not. #Consolidation
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/ann-arbor-based-ambulance-services-accredited-for-another-3-years.html

#GranularInsuranceCompany was launched in 2020 and offers medical stop-loss, reinsurance and fronting products. #VerticalIntegration #Elevance #Consolidation #Acquisitions #HealthInsurance https://buff.ly/4hqfN6F

Instead of each #HealthInsurance plan using its own payment system, the three insurers use a single, shared system that rewards physicians for providing high-quality care. #ValueBasedCare #Aetna #Centene #BlueShield #California #Consolidation https://buff.ly/4b0Sa2t

#BCBS companies have pursued mergers in #recent years. "We have frequently formed partnerships to bring increased efficiencies, more value and new health care options for our members." #HealthInsurance #Consolidation #Monopolies https://buff.ly/40NXl2g

Not at all surprising, but it was a little sad to get final email newsletters from two different font houses about moving to Monotype/MyFonts on the same morning.

#fonts #typography #consolidation

Attention-Worthy Links for December 17th, 2024

https://bit.ly/awl121724

#warming #global #accelerating #Copernicus #NOAA #1.6°C #ACES #bridges. #barracks #barriers #culverts #3D-Print #concrete #vaults #pre-eclampsia #mRNA #VEGF #Endocannabinoids #ABHD6 #hippocampus #waves #spindles #ripples #consolidation #dementia #Alzheimer's

An increasing number of health systems are adopting the “payvider” model, in which they provide both #Healthcare services and #HealthInsurance. #ValueBasedCare #Consolidation https://buff.ly/4fOUcnH

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"@SUSE launches a #cloud #observability service"

#O11Y still so hot! But platform plays like this continue to drive commoditization & #consolidation. cf offers from @GoogleCloudTech @aws @Cloudflare ++.

Only #innovation will buck this trend. Laggards will fall.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/suse-launches-a-cloud-observability-service/

my critique on 45 drives new compute box - it is on last gen eypc for one and secondly no gpu? gpu are integral to fast compute - for people that want a mongo proxmox box ok but don't call it a compute box - it is a vm box and you can build it yourself and save a ton - they overcharge but for some people and smb it could be a great product. i am not deriding it but just offering up some basic analysis #open source tech companies #hooks #density #consolidation

Read: Helene ravaged the NC plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluid supply | Ars Technica

#consolidation https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/helene-ravaged-the-nc-plant-that-makes-60-of-the-countrys-iv-fluid-supply/

Institutional fight over EU telecoms rules laid bare at Brussels conference https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/institutional-fight-over-eu-telecoms-rules-laid-bare-at-brussels-conference/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CarlotaReynersFontana #consolidation #DigitalNetworksAct

Good article from @danachatter in @theconversationau @ConversationUS. Any attempt to get these concepts into the mainstream is welcome by me! https://theconversation.com/have-you-heard-of-the-open-source-internet-the-antidote-to-a-capitalist-web-already-exists-237641

Draft Council conclusions aims to strike balance with Letta, Draghi on telecom consolidation https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/draft-council-conclusions-aims-to-strike-balance-with-letta-draghi-on-telecom-consolidation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #consolidation #EnricoLetta #fragmentation #Hungarianpresidency