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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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Oracle offers price-performance boost with Exadata X11M update

Network World

Exadata is Oracles hardware and software platform for running Oracle Database workloads on premises or in hybrid- and multi-cloud environments. The previous version, X10M, was released in June 2023, just as demand for generative AI was taking off, and some of the changes in the latest version address the needs of that market.

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Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Network World

Gartner reported that server sales will grow from more than $134 billion in 2023 to $332 billion by 2028, including an estimated more than $257 billion in 2025. The demand of genAI will help nearly triple server sales from 2023 to 2028.” Spending on software will also increase by 14% to $1.23 Software: 14% IT services: 9.4%

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10 cybersecurity predictions for tech leaders in 2023

Tech Republic Security

From ransomware to third-party vendor security to software-defined perimeters, these cybersecurity topics should be on IT leaders’ radar. The post 10 cybersecurity predictions for tech leaders in 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?”

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VMware Explore 2024: Latest news and insights

Network World

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads Aug 27, 2024: VMware has added connectivity options and traffic-management capabilities to its software-defined edge products to better support generative AI workloads. Customers want to continue to see innovation across the VMware portfolio, says one analyst.

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8 major IT disasters of 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

For past IT mishaps of note, see our biggest IT failure roundups from 2023 and 2021. ] The mother lode of meltdowns A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike in mid-July caused about 8.5 Dangers of third-party software updates McDonalds wasnt the only company plagued with point-of-sale outages.

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