Generally speaking, the function of communications holds an increasingly vital role at the executive table.

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In your case it appears this is not the case as you have earned and been given the opportunity to sit at the executive table.

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Alliances like that have more often failed when tried in the past in tech, but on the other hand, there are very few spaces available at the executive table.

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