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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO Business Intelligence

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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Amazon to acquire Perceive for $80M from Xperi, expanding its AI technology for edge devices

GeekWire

Perceive specializes in technology for serving large artificial intelligence models on edge devices, hardware that often operates with limited power, processing, connectivity, and storage on the boundaries of networks. Xperi incubated Perceive and separated it into a standalone subsidiary in 2018.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider. April 2018: The federal grand jury finds Hussain guilty.

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The Linux Migration: December 2018 Progress Report

Scott Lowe

Although I stopped the migration in August 2017, I restarted it in April 2018 when I left VMware to join Heptio. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Graphics: No changes here, except some occasional use of LibreOffice Draw.

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IBM is using VMware Cloud Foundation to help enterprises address challenges and accelerate innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

VMware Cloud Foundation is a refreshed strategy that offers IBM and VMware clients the ability to bring multiple offerings and licenses to IBM Cloud. Clients can leverage thousands of hardware profiles and storage options without having to re-architect their existing applications, allowing for control of their data and where it resides.

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Fraunhofer’s new H.266 codec promises to cut the cost of streaming 4K video in half

The Verge

But Fraunhofer says VVC could be a path forward for the industry, as almost every major hardware and software company is currently tied up in a messy patent royalty system that dictates how much various stakeholders must pay to use different compression and transmission standards for devices, websites, and apps.

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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

The Verge

The price was first raised to $40 per month in early 2018 as it added Turner networks (including TBS, TNT, CNN, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, truTV, and Turner Classic Movies). We at YouTube TV license content from our content providers to then provide to you. YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) June 30, 2020.