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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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Seattle wants to charge DoorDash and other gig companies 10 cents per order for new license fee

GeekWire

The bill, referred to the City Council last week, would require “network companies” operating in Seattle to pay the fees to obtain an annual license. In a statement, Instacart said the proposed tax “forces residents to foot the bill for an ill-advised ordinance amid record inflation and tightened budgets.”

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The software spending increases will be driven by several factors, including price increases, expanding license bases, and some AI investments , says John Lovelock, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. “We Data center spending will increase again by 15.5% trillion, Gartner projects.

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Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

GeekWire

When a court-appointed overseer took hold of the operations of the Infectious Disease Research Institute in early 2020 it was unclear how the Seattle organization would weather the change. After cutting budgets and paying debts, the institute has now re-emerged as a leaner enterprise with new philanthropic support. The AAHI labs.

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You can deck out your Switch Pokemon-style with these Hori accessories

The Verge

Here’s a picture of all of them in one place, as shared by Hori on Twitter : Calling all Trainers- Prepare for any adventure with our new Officially Licensed Pokémon Switch Accessories! Pre-orders coming holiday 2020. Hori’s tweet says that pre-orders are coming “holiday 2020,” so hopefully that means they’ll kick off soon.

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Gaming opportunities for investors in 2023: Generative AI, low-code, metaverse, and more

GeekWire

Per PitchBook’s numbers, global VC deal activity in the video game sector more than doubled between 2020 and 2021, going from $7.4 billion in 2020 to $16.6 One argument made at the time was that video games, despite a high initial cost of entry, can be a surprisingly efficient dollar-to-hour use of consumers’ entertainment budget.

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5 hidden costs of working with alt data

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a survey from Quanthub, there was a shortage of 250,000 data scientists in 2020. Difficulties may arise around licensing, intellectual property laws and data protection regulations. . Idera calculates that maintenance generally accounts for 50-80% of development budgets. Finding appropriately skilled staff.

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