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How to mitigate software licensing surprises

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their business models from perpetual software licensing to subscription-based pricing. But lately, some licensees of virtual desktops and applications have been confronted with abrupt changes and even forced to accept and pay for unwanted features. Some do it with a measure of grace.

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VMware Explore 2024: Latest news and insights

Network World

VMware, in partnership with Nvidia, introduced VMware Private AI Foundation to empower enterprises to customize AI models and run generative AI applications on their own infrastructure. Despite the interest in private, the cloud migration is still a hot topic.

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Forrester’s Impressions: VMware Explore 2023

Forrester IT

In recent years, VMware has faced major headwinds: It migrated its clients from on-premises to public cloud, changed to a cloud-native application development paradigm, shifted to subscription licensing, had frequent cycles of M&A activities, and experienced unfavorable macroeconomic environments.

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5 reasons the enterprise data center will never die

CIO Business Intelligence

Theres still enough spending by enterprises on servers, licensed software, and the skill sets they need to maintain and operate the environment that currently exists. Many applications are better served on-premises The notion that eventually all applications should be migrated to the cloud has not proved true.

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Broadcom EMEA CTO: ‘When it comes to building private clouds, we are first’

Network World

Corporate evolution Since those first steps, the organization has passed through several hands – including former parent company Dell EMC and equity stakeholder Silver Lake – until ending up with Broadcom, which finalized the acquisition of VMware in November 2023. All we have done has been to complete” the solutions portfolio, he said. “We

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VMware Explore 2024: Post-Broadcom acquisition concerns will abound

Network World

Attendees can expect to delve deep into the latest innovations in cloud infrastructure, applications and network security that are shaping the industry. While the conference promises to showcase the combined strengths of both companies, concerns over pricing, licensing and the direction of VMware products are likely to dominate discussions.

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IT frustration costs companies more than $100 million a year — with shadow IT the only user solution

CIO Business Intelligence

At issue is the complexity and number of applications employees must learn, and switch between, to get their work done. With all whats happened in the last decade, it comes to hundreds of applications. Shadow IT can create several problems, he says, including software license violations and security holes.