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    This IDC Market Perspective summarizes key takeaways from NTT DATA's EMEA and Latin America (EMEAL) Analyst Day, in which the company presented its new leadership and strategy. The event focused on how it is bringing together the various parts of the company to create a new, unified NTT DATA."By...

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