Tech Moves: Amazon Music names VP; Microsoft departures and a Copilot shakeup; Veeam adds exec
THE SO WHAT
Exec churn around Microsoft’s security and Copilot orgs, plus Amazon and Veeam’s new AI-focused leadership, shows that AI and security are now board-level portfolios, not side projects. If your org hasn’t explicitly assigned exec ownership for AI and security strategy, you’re behind the governance curve.
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