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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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SharePoint Premium Makes Its Debut At Microsoft Ignite 2023

Forrester IT

While this is partially a branding and licensing streamlining effort, SharePoint Premium will continue to evolve into an AI-powered content platform with document automation, metadata enrichment, and other intelligent content services. Amid all of the buzz around Copilot at Microsoft Ignite last week, SharePoint Premium was revealed.

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Plan Now for Major Changes to Oracle Java Licensing Costs

Forrester IT

Plan Now for Major Changes to Oracle Java Licensing Costs Oracle has again changed licensing rules for its widely used Java product. On Jan 23, 2023, the company introduced a new license metric, the SE Universal Subscription.

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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. This past year has been rife with complaints over a substantial licensing change by Citrix after it was acquired by private equity firms and merged with TIBCO Software.

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Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 licenses this month

TechSpot

Microsoft has revealed on the softwares' official product pages that it will stop directly issuing licenses for Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Workstation. The disclaimer states that January 31, 2023, is the last day consumers can download the operating systems from Microsoft's site.

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New bill aims to allow digital driver’s licenses in Washington state

GeekWire

Washington state residents may no longer need to carry a physical driver’s license — as long as they have a smartphone. A new bill in this year’s legislative session aims to establish groundwork to allow digital driver’s licenses in the state of Washington. Mark Mullet. Photo via senatdemocrats.wa.gov ).

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HDMI licensing administrator says the obscure HDMI Alt Mode specs are dead

TechSpot

According to Notebookcheck, which spoke with HDMI Licensing Administrator (LA) representatives at CES 2023, HDMI Alt Mode will not be updated to the latest audiovisual standards.

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