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Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

CIO Business Intelligence

Everybody says VMware works as advertised, but they have a problem with how Broadcom has changed the way you purchase and use VMware. Concerns about price hikes surfaced when Broadcom moved VMware away from perpetual licensing terms and onto a subscription model that bundles multiple products together.

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Google EU complaint: Microsoft is punishing enterprises that use rivals to Azure

CIO Business Intelligence

Dave McCarthy, an IDC research VP for cloud and edge services, said that he sees the context for the Google complaint being “an overall trend in the cloud industry (that) customers are rethinking how they are building applications in the cloud and who to work with. But, Nag added, that might not be especially persuasive to EU regulators.

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MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

Here is how Microsoft describes themselves: Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers.

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Google: Innovating in AI but can they catch up with cloud leaders?

CTOvision

But the majority of their business is still today selling advertisements. Google segment is engaged in advertising, sales of digital content, applications and cloud services, as well as sale of Google branded hardware. Don't expect pure play enterprise IT offerings from this powerhouse. For more see: Google.com.

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Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list

Trends in the Living Networks

Applications list is now officially launched - the full list is below, after appearing this morning in a feature section in BRW magazine on Web 2.0. applications. applications. application. * A few more applications have come to our attention since the list was finalized. The Top 100 Web 2.0 Website: [link].

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SharePoint Premium highlights the hard road CIOs face with generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Moreover, to better handle unstructured data, application vendors bifurcated their wares, with one group focused on unstructured data in its purest form, leaving the other group to manage documents. Imagine it works as advertised, without the usual v.1 1 glitches Microsoft is famous for.

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X partners with Visa: Soon you’ll send money like a tweet

Dataconomy

X, formerly known as Twitter, has faced challenges since Musk’s acquisition in 2022, including backlash from users and advertisers due to increases in hate speech and misinformation. For over a year, Musk has been applying for necessary licenses for X to operate as a money service business.

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