Fabricators, already under the gun from a shrinking supply base, higher raw material costs, a scarcity of qualified personnel, and margin pressures, face yet another persistent threat: over-certification.
In the end, Paul Singer did what Carl Icahn couldn’t: got Mentor sold.
It didn’t take the dumping of hacked emails from politicians or a trove of government secrets on Wikileaks for those in IT to know that cybersecurity is a really big deal. In the rush for the world to connect its digital systems, however, it seems more than a few others have lost their bearings.