tech:

taffy

HCL Technologies partners with LeasePlan on strategic ICT initiative

HCL Technologies has signed a strategic IT partnership contract with LeasePlan, a global fleet management and driver mobility company of Dutch origin. Under the terms of agreement, HCL will create group competency in collaboration with LeasePlan Information Services, to provide IT solutions in various domains such as core leasing platforms, business intelligence and data warehousing solutions, enterprise IT solutions, and application development & maintenance services.

The program is a part of broader ICT strategic initiative by LeasePlan to consolidate, harmonize and standardize IT elements such as Infrastructure, Applications and Data, said HCL in a statement. The scope of the contract will enable HCL to provide services to LeasePlan across 32 countries globally.

Just in

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren. 

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.