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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Accelerate Sustainable Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry

CIO Business Intelligence

If an enterprise can do more work with less hardware, using fewer servers, licenses, and people, they save money while lowering carbon emissions. Many companies have budget or purchasing policy constraints or do not need the latest top-performing equipment. Power savings represents just part of the equation.

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The spy in your living room

Vox

Over the course of the next 15 years, Roku would grow its hardware business to include streaming sticks, which are basically just smaller set-top-boxes; wireless soundbars, speakers, and subwoofers; and after licensing its operating system to third-party TV makers, its own affordable, Roku-branded smart TVs.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO Business Intelligence

Protective packaging firm’s profit takes a knock from ERP Packaging firm Ranpak’s SAP migration was far from a disaster — it took less than a year and was delivered on time and to budget — but nevertheless initially led to disappointing results. In 2017 Worth & Co. But the IT services company didn’t take that lying down.

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How next AirPods could control Vision Pro with a wave of your hand

Dataconomy

Is a budget Vision Pro on the way: Heres what Apple is planning Technical hurdles and production timelines Kuo estimates mass production could begin by 2026, contingent on overcoming miniaturization challenges. Legal experts suggest Apple may license technologies to avoid delays.

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How to Select the Best eBook Publishing Platform

Kitaboo

Some vendors may sell their eBook publishing platform on an annual licensing basis or they would make a final sale where you can use the product endlessly. We would recommend going for a yearly license-based tool, as this way you can switch to another eBook publishing platform at the end of the year if you are not happy with the software.

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Pioneering study uses traffic cameras and AI to predict future, promising to save lives and money

GeekWire

Loewenherz said the analysis does not gather license plate information, use facial recognition or provide information to law enforcement. The city will be deciding on a new budget later this year and could include funding for more improvements prompted by the research. Despite making progress, Microsoft axed the project in 2018.

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