Derek Du Preez is a journalist at diginomica. He focuses on the intersection of technology and business, advocating for end-user needs while exploring themes such as digital supply chains, procurement, and the impact of AI and machine learning on various industries, including manufacturing and logistics. Derek's insights and expertise have been featured in diginomica.
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Derek Du Preez primarily focuses on the software and SaaS industry, with a particular emphasis on corporate announcements and expert commentary. His coverage often includes insights from company executives or experts within the field.
If you are looking to reach out to Derek, consider offering access to high-level executives for interviews regarding major corporate developments, particularly in relation to software innovation, SaaS products or business growth strategies. Additionally, if you can provide data-driven insights into trends within the Software & SaaS industry that could be of interest for his articles.
While he does not have a specific geographic focus, it is important to note that many of his articles cover companies based in Europe or North America. If your pitch involves companies operating outside these regions but has significant global impact in the tech sector, it may still be relevant.
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By: Derek Du Preez
Blue Yonder CEO Duncan Angove used ICON 2026 to announce a manifesto commitment to automating the software implementation lifecycle itself - signaling that Blue Yonder's ambition goes beyond selling customers new technology and extends to changing how they operate entirely.
By: Derek Du Preez
Blue Yonder has partnered with NVIDIA to build a Model Training Factory on Nemotron open-source models, as CEO Duncan Angove makes the case that supply chain AI demands owned, domain-trained intelligence rather than dependency on costly and imprecise frontier models.
By: Derek Du Preez
Anthropic's decision to withhold its Mythos model from the public - because it found more than 2,000 zero-day vulnerabilities in seven weeks and could turn them into working exploits overnight - has concentrated minds at the board level. Everpure's CTO Patrick Smith says the implications for how enterprises approach patching, resilience, and recovery is increasingly front of mind for enterprises.
By: Derek Du Preez
Knauf's Chief Supply Chain Officer Dr. Martin Brown explains how the building materials giant is using Blue Yonder's cognitive planning solutions to work towards an ambitious target of 80 per cent touchless order management - and why getting the data and the people right matters more than the technology itself.
By: Derek Du Preez
Blue Yonder's ICON 2026 day two delivered a raft of product announcements - including cognitive solutions for category management and production planning - but the more compelling story was the customers on stage starting to show real results from the platform investment.
By: Derek Du Preez
Blue Yonder CEO Duncan Angove is being more honest than most enterprise software vendor CEOs out there - an approach that will likely resonate well with customers.
By: Derek Du Preez
Conagra's supply chain transformation with Blue Yonder has taken the food giant from planners manually overriding the system 50-60% of the time to a 95% no-touch production plan, delivering 98% service levels and a 13% inventory reduction - with micro-agents next on the roadmap.
By: Derek Du Preez
Blue Yonder SVP of Generative AI Chris Burchett makes the engineering case for owned intelligence - and doesn't shy away from telling customers what the road to the autonomous supply chain actually involves.
By: Derek Du Preez
Against the frictionless mean - why enterprise AI needs a counterargument
By: Derek Du Preez
Everpure delivered a standout Q1 with 35% revenue growth and operating profit nearly doubling, but investors remained cautious as the company's CEO expressed concern about the unprecedented supply chain crisis.
