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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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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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Add Microsoft Store Application to ConfigMgr | SCCM | MSfB

Anoop

Let’s understand how to add Microsoft store application to ConfigMgr. Microsoft Store for Business license and admin access is required to complete this activity. MSfB gives opportunity organizations to automatically to make store applications available for SCCM admins. Subscribe YouTube Channel [link].

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OpenAI Updates: Condé Nast Partnership and GPT-4o Fine-Tuning Initiative

IT Toolbox

OpenAI has entered into a licensing agreement with publishing house Condé Nast and announced fine-tuning capabilities for GPT-4o. Learn more about the updates and what it means for the users and the AI applications. The post OpenAI Updates: Condé Nast Partnership and GPT-4o Fine-Tuning Initiative appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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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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FORRward: A quick weekly read for tech and marketing execs

Forrester IT

It’s Time To Start Talking About Professional Licensing For Software Engineers It wasn’t until enough boilers blew up that mechanical engineers had to get licensed. It wasn’t until bridges and buildings started collapsing that civil engineers and architects had to get licensed.

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The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

Explosive growth in cloud applications has depressed software license sales, and cloud platforms have upended the traditional on-premises server and storage market.

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