Coats plc CIO slams 'legacy vendors' SAP, IBM, Oracle for complex licensing
'These legacy vendors make life so darned confusing,' says Coats CIO Richard Cammish
The CIO of Coats plc, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of sewing thread and supplies, has slammed "legacy vendors" such as SAP and IBM, for their complicated software licensing models....
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