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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG).

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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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Appeal court overturns $1.6bn mainframe software ‘poaching’ ruling against IBM

CIO Business Intelligence

billion ruling that it improperly replaced mainframe software from rival BMC at AT&T. AT&T “independently decided” to displace BMC software from its mainframe environment, the three-judge appeal court panel ruled. “AT&T’s IBM and BMC both develop software that runs on IBM mainframes. IBM appealed. billion judgement.

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VMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news

Network World

So far, the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal has led to some layoffs , VMware licensing changes, production rationalizations, and shifts to the partner program. We’ve tracked the saga since Broadcom first announced plans to acquire VMware in May 2022. Here’s a record of what has transpired so far, plus the latest news and analysis.

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Google offered complainant €470 million to maintain Microsoft antitrust probe: Report

Network World

The development comes just days after CISPE settled with Microsoft and withdrew the complaint it had filed in November 2022 with the European Commission, the EU’s antitrust authority. Microsoft has been in talks with CISPE since February to sidestep what could have been a costly investigation by the European Commission.

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How Birmingham’s $48M Oracle ERP project turned into an epic failure

CIO Business Intelligence

Birmingham City Councils (BCC) troubled enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, built on Oracle software, has become a case study of how large-scale IT projects can go awry. The system, intended to streamline payments and HR processes, is now unlikely to function correctly before 2026 four years after its 2022 launch.

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