Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. For customers looking elsewhere, theres no shortage of alternatives. McDowell agrees.

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Virtualization Strategy Enterprise Enterprise 430

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

And while the maturity of those practices varies, large organizations at the forefront of FinOps are scaling up and out, driving the cloud optimization practice into new areas of IT, including as a way to get a handle on spiraling AI costs. And its FinOps principles arent limited to public cloud or SaaS.

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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The US government could designate cloud providers including Google and Microsoft as global gatekeepers for advanced AI chips, a step widely viewed as the latest effort to block Chinas access to this critical technology, according to a Reuters report. This would ensure their growth wont be hampered globally.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

In todays fast-paced digital landscape, the cloud has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business infrastructure, offering unparalleled scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency. As organizations increasingly migrate to the cloud, however, CIOs face the daunting challenge of navigating a complex and rapidly evolving cloud ecosystem.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With more and more businesses moving to the Cloud, FinOps is becoming a vital framework for efficiently controlling Cloud expenses. Given that SaaS accounts for a sizable amount of Cloud expenses for businesses of all kinds, including small and medium-sized firms, this addition is essential.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Its expertise in large language models along with Red Hat’s ability to support these models across the hybrid cloud aligns with Red Hat’s stated goal of making gen AI more accessible to more organizations. Red Hat intends to democratize the power of AI through open-source-licensed models that can run anywhere.

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Linux Open Source Architecture Licensing 370

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2025

It is available both in a cloud-based SaaS and an on-premises version. S/4HANA Cloud With S/4HANA, SAP has also taken a new approach to its operating model. S/4HANA can now be operated not only on-premises but also leased as a cloud version. The S/4HANA Cloud Edition is offered assoftware-as-a-service.

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Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

Options include getting off VMs altogether and shifting workloads to the public cloud, or going to a container-based platform like Red Hat OpenShift. Microsoft Azure Stack HCI For Microsoft shops, Azure Stack HCI is an option that leverages the Azure cloud and Microsofts Hyper-V hypervisor.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the start, Meta has made the Llama models available to other enterprises under a license it describes as “open source,” but the creation of the new business group makes clear that Meta’s interest is commercial, not philanthropic. Meta also has a veto on competitors using Llama for anything too big: The Llama 3.2

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Network World

JULY 11, 2024

Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay $22 million to settle an antitrust complaint with a group representing cloud computing companies in Europe. A complaint was filed in 2022 by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers Europe) accusing Microsoft of unfair licensing practices that hurt Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.

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Network World

MAY 24, 2024

Research by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has uncovered concerns that cloud users’ established commitments with hyperscalers may limit their future cloud computing options. Private clouds and software-as-a-service offerings were considered out of scope.

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Cloud Licensing Artificial Intelligence Survey 417

Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Coming up: VMware Explore Barcelona, Fira Gran Via November 4-7, 2024 VMware Explore 2024 attendees saw an emphasis on private AI and cloud repatriation as key strategies for enterprises. Despite the interest in private, the cloud migration is still a hot topic. VMware Explore 2024 Broadcom bolsters VMware Cloud Foundation Nov.

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Network World

MARCH 20, 2025

The deal, which sees Oracle and Carlyle selling their stakes in Ampere, strengthens SoftBanks position in the growing market for AI-optimized processors as major cloud providers increasingly look beyond traditional x86 architecture. SoftBank Group has announced plans to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A UK law firm on Tuesday filed what amounts to a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing it of using its market share to overcharge clients running Windows Server on AWS, Google, or Alibaba cloud offerings instead of on Microsoft Azure. If so, I would ask if there is a separate license SKU with this pricing delta clearly explained?”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Microsoft’s cloud business is under surveillance in Europe: The association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has set up new monitoring body to ensure the tech giant complies with a legal settlement to keep cloud licensing practices fair in the region.

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Groups Cloud Industry Licensing 370

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2024

The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. As a result, VMware customers can no longer purchase perpetual licenses or just the ESXi hypervisor on its own.

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Licensing Data Center Vmware Data 312

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In our case, we run it on AWS within our own private cloud, he says. Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. And if its used in an app or service with more than 700 million monthly users, a special license from Meta is required. Finally, theres the price.

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Open Source Security Licensing Training 288

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That’s why Rimini Street strategic services groups assist clients at any stage of their infrastructure modernization, including: • License advisory services to help maximize deployment of your Oracle Database licenses to achieve the best return on investment • Help with developing a business-driven, rather than vendor-dictated roadmap–even migrating (..)

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Oracle Licensing Database Administration Open Source 312

Network World

AUGUST 29, 2024

Simplicity is a superpower that’s strong,” said Chris Wolf, global head of AI and advanced services, VMware Cloud Foundation division of Broadcom. One bright shiny object that VMware pursued a decade ago, he said, was the public cloud. You’re confronting the three Cs of public cloud. Complexity: It is another platform.

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Cloud Vmware Symantec Policies 397

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Some delayed decisions by relying on existing VMware licenses, while others explored alternatives or ran redundancies to compare options. Many are reframing how to manage infrastructure, especially as demand for AI and cloud-native innovation escalates,” Carter said. A few years ago, Gregg Lowe the CIO of Boyd Gaming Corp.,

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Vmware Hotels Cloud Strategy 312

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2025

The startup, which ranked 13th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list in August 2024 with a valuation of $13 billion , closely integrated its process mining software with the SAP universe. The dispute revolved around the question of how users who access SAP via third-party software should be licensed.

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SAP Data Licensing Software 240

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With tight IT budgets getting tighter, many Oracle licensees with Unlimited Licensing Agreements (ULAs) are tempted to consider an exit plan to avoid the pinch of rising support costs. Most enterprises want to avoid expending unnecessary time, effort, and resources on licensing issues, so they can focus on maximizing value and results.

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Oracle Licensing Enterprise Enterprise 260

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2024

The Association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has denied reports that an agreement in its antitrust dispute with Microsoft is imminent. The dispute revolves mainly around how Microsoft is linking its products such as Microsoft 365 and Windows more and more closely with its Azure cloud and other services.

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Microsoft Cloud Licensing Software 288

Network World

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This includes acquisition of new software licenses and/or cloud expenses, hardware purchases (compute, storage), early termination costs related to the existing virtual environment, application testing/quality assurance and test equipment, the report reads. Add to all this personnel costs, and the expense might not be worth it.

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Vmware Virtualization Quality Assurance Licensing 348

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Virtually every company relied on cloud, connectivity, and security solutions, but no technology organization provided all three. Leaders across every industry depend on its resilient cloud platform operated by a team of industry veterans and experts with extensive networking, connectivity, and security expertise.

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System Enterprise Enterprise Vmware 264

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East and Central Asia, stated that Huawei Cloud is transforming how enterprises harness AI.He Huawei Cloud combines Cloud for AI and AI for Cloud, leveraging cloud infrastructure to build AI model capabilities and utilizing AI to enhance cloud development processes.

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Cloud Government Licensing Development 147

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2024

A VMware licensing cost increase of 150%. For many VMware customers, the licensing model and price changes were abrupt. Facing backlash from existing customers, Broadcom has attempted to explain the new product and licensing model with a hope that current customers can manage the transition. An increase of 300%.

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Vmware Licensing Cloud Virtualization 214

Network World

JULY 16, 2024

Alphabet’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, tried to sustain the European Union’s inquiry into Microsoft’s antitrust practices in the cloud computing sector by offering complainant Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) a package worth €470 million ($511 million), Bloomberg reported.

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Microsoft Google Report Licensing 397

Network World

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Third, when customers are using third-party tools, such as SolarWinds for SNMP management, they are licensed via IP address. So, by exposing a single IP for a group of switches, customers can realize license cost savings,” Venkiteswaran said.

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Network Licensing Operating Systems Groups 319

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Concerns about price hikes surfaced when Broadcom moved VMware away from perpetual licensing terms and onto a subscription model that bundles multiple products together. But the analogy has its limitations because many users think of mainframes as a legacy technology, while VMwares cloud-based products address future challenges, he adds.

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Vmware Comparison Virtualization Disaster Recovery 287

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Aiming to deliver end-to-end service automation, Oracle on Wednesday unveiled new agentic AI capabilities for Oracle Fusion Cloud Service and Oracle Fusion Field Service. Wartgow noted that the new agentic capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud CX are now standard features in the software, available at no additional cost. “If

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Oracle Cloud Knowledge Base Licensing 351

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2025

Many CIOs expect significant price increases in the cloud and other IT products and services during 2025, requiring those with stagnant budgets to make difficult decisions about IT spending. Faiz Khan, founder and CEO of multicloud services provider Wanclouds, agrees that cloud prices are likely to go up this year.

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Network World

APRIL 17, 2025

That changed in February 2024 after VMware was acquired by Broadcom and it proceeded to transition and perpetual licensing and migrate to a subscription model, a decision that went over very poorly. Broadcom didnt exactly promote the news of the return, either. It was simply a line in the release notes for version 8.0 Update 3e of ESXi.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 11, 2023

SAP is doubling the time between major releases of S/4HANA Cloud private edition from one year to two — at the same time promising to release new feature packs every six months or so to keep up the pace of innovation. It is also extending maintenance to seven years, from five today.

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SAP Cloud Licensing Fractional CTO 317

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2024

The cloud services landscape is in constant flux. With the cloud being an inevitable part of enterprise digital transformation journeys, IT leaders must keep on top of the latest developments in the cloud market to better predict downstream impacts on their roadmaps.

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