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
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.
By: Derek Du Preez
As enterprises race to deploy agentic AI, the cost curve is catching finance teams off guard - Celonis Field CTO Manuel Haug argues the solution isn't cutting token spend, but building the right architecture and tying every token to a business outcome.
By: Derek Du Preez
Everpure used its Accelerate press day to argue that 50 years of enterprise architecture has the hierarchy backwards - that data, not the application, belongs at the centre.
By: Derek Du Preez
Everpure CEO Charlie Giancarlo offers a candid account of what it actually takes to invert the enterprise architecture away from apps towards data - offering insights from his own organization.
By: Derek Du Preez
Everpure's data primacy thesis is a bold architectural argument. Across four interviews at Accelerate, its executives made the case about what it actually means for buyers right now.
By: Derek Du Preez
When CrowdStrike's 2024 update took the district down at 4am, Spring Branch ISD was fully operational again by noon - restoring from an Everpure array it had only ever bought as a secondary backup target.
By: Derek Du Preez
Two customers on the same Accelerate stage have different answers to the question the event was built around - where enterprise data should actually sit. Both are chasing the same outcome.
